Calling All Girls

"Calling All Girls"
"Calling All Girls"
	US single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album Hot Space
B-side	"Put Out the Fire"
Released	19 July 1982
Recorded	1981 – 1982
Genre	Rock; pop;
Length	3:50
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Roger Taylor
Producer(s)	Queen; Reinhold Mack;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"Calling All Girls" on YouTube

"Calling All Girls" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It is the eighth track on the album Hot Space and it was written by Roger Taylor. It was the fourth single from the album. It was released as a single in the summer of 1982 in the US, Canada and Poland, where it peaked at #60, #33 and #6 respectively.

"Calling All Girls" was the first Roger Taylor-penned song to be released as a single, although it was only released in certain countries, including the US, Australia and Canada, but not the UK. Taylor composed the song on guitar, playing feedback noises during the break. There is also the notable use of record-scratching.

The song was never performed in Europe, but a 1982 live recording in Japan is available on the Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl DVD.

Music video[]

The video is a parody of the George Lucas film THX 1138, and was rarely seen before being released on Greatest Video Hits 2 and the band's official YouTube page. Both Roger Taylor and Brian May openly expressed disdain for the video in their commentary for it, with Taylor claiming the song's message had nothing to do with robots (which make a prominent appearance).

Personnel[]

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals
Brian May - electric guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar

Live recording[]

Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (DVD)
Hot Space (Bonus EP)

Chart performance[]

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	60
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[3]	40

References[]

^ Prato, Greg. "Hot Space Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
^ "Queen Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Queen Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links[]

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[AMG-1] Prato, Greg. "Hot Space Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Queen-2] "Queen Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Queen-3] "Queen Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

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