| "The Invisible Man" | |||||
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| Single by Queen from the album The Miracle |
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| B-side | Hijack My Heart | ||||
| Released | August 7, 1989 | ||||
| Format | vinyl record (7", 12"), cassette tape, CD | ||||
| Genre | Pop rock | ||||
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| Label | Parlophone, EMI | ||||
| Writer | Queen (Taylor) | ||||
| Producer | Queen and David Richards | ||||
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"The Invisible Man" is a song by English rock band Queen, written by drummer Roger Taylor. Originally released on the album The Miracle, it was released as a single in 1989. Taylor claims that he got the inspiration to create the song while reading a book, and the bass beat instantly came up. The Invisible Man has the names of the band members hidden throughout the song, Freddie Mercury is said just before the first verse, John Deacon right after the first verse, Brian May (said twice) during his solo and Roger Taylor (rolled on the tongue to make it sound like a drum roll) in the closing parts of the song. In the music video, a video game plays a large part, as a small child is playing a game while the band (all dressed in black), who are the "bad guys" in the game, enter the real world and perform the song in his room, while the boy is trying to shoot them with the game controller. A cover of the song has been done by Scatman John, in which many of the lyrics and instrumentals are replaced with scat singing.
Trivia
Butch Hartman, the creator of Danny Phantom has said the show's theme song was inspired by the bass line of The Invisible Man. [1] The video features a 15-year-old Daniella Westbrook who went on to star in British soap opera EastEnders.
