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Spread Your Wings by Queen
Genre: Rock
Year: 1978
Year: 1978
"Spread Your Wings" is a song by Queen, from their 1977 album News of the World. It was released as the A side of the single Spread Your Wings/Sheer Heart Attack in 1978. It is a rock ballad, written by bassist John Deacon. It features Deacon on bass and acoustic guitar, Freddie Mercury on piano and vocals, Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums.
The song is in 4/4 meter, and starts with a simple piano motif in D. It is written in D Major, then modulating up to D's relative minor, B minor in the bridge, coming down to D in the chorus.
The lyrics of the song describe a troubled young man named Sammy who works sweeping the floor at Emerald Bar. The narrator (Mercury) of the song encourages Sammy to pursue his dreams, telling him to "spread your wings and fly away". Read full article at wikipedia.org
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