Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (lyrics)

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
Produced by David Bowie & Queen
Album Greatest Hits (North America)

lyrics

[Intro: Freddie Mercury]
Mmm num ba de
Dum bum ba be
Doo buh dum ba beh beh

[Verse 1: David Bowie & Freddie Mercury]
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

[Bridge: Freddie Mercury]
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da- that's okay

[Chorus: David Bowie & Freddie Mercury]
It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming, "Let me out!"
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people, people on streets

[Verse 2: David Bowie & Freddie Mercury]
Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
Okay
Chipping around, kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap
People on streets
Ee da de da de
People on streets
Ee da de da de da de da

[Chorus: David Bowie & Freddie Mercury]
It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming, 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow gets me higher, high
Pressure on people, people on streets

[Bridge: David Bowie & Freddie Mercury]
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Love, love, love, love, love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking

[Verse 3: Freddie Mercury]
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love, give love?

[Outro: David Bowie]
Because love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the (People on streets) edge of the night
And love (People on streets) dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves under pressure
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

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[ferwoodz]

Rest in peace, Bowie and Freddie. You will always be loved and missed.

[rsb]

I'm a 28-year-old Japanese, and I love this song. May these two great artists have eternal glory.

[swallowtail]

This song is way too short, wish it can go on and on forever. RIP to Bowie and Mercury. Thank you for this beautiful masterpiece with so much truth that we all can relate to every single day.

[bikeboy]

How many songs can touch you, reveal a core truth about the human condition, elevate and entertain you at the same time. Not many.

[Psychosocial_cracker]

2:18 this is why Freddie's voice is GOATed

[TodaysTomSawyer-lmfu]

Only these two vastly different but equally brilliant musicians could create something epic like this! I've read that the "creative friction" was intense at this session.

[Rob-rs]

Mr Bowie, you were truly a one of kind singer. Thank you for your music. Some of the greatest music ever written.

[theneighborhoodgirlsMAL]

I can tell when David is singing. His voice is so prominent.

[mrmoviemanic]

Heaven's getting some great concerts with these two.

[adrianpoeppel]

Love this song....and the effort to make it...RIP

[cinemonger]

Aftersun made this song so dramatic, an amazing movie by the way, and of course David Bowie and the Queen are also marvelous

[fultonauston]

Wished these two would have done more music with each other

[clarklindquist]

When ya listen to the lyrics it really is about everyone.

[AdventuringDave]

Thanks for sharing the lyrics. I've always like the sound of this song, but never realized how emotionally moving it is, especially towards the end.

[tomwheeler]

Im constantly amazed at how ubiquitous Freddie Mercury was while he was alive. There are so many songs that I love and I later find out ... Freddie Mercury either sang it, or wrote the lyrics, or came up with the melody...and so many are so unique. The other thing that stands out is how British music is so different from American music.

[DJTORRENT.s]

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you
No man ask for
Under pressure
That brings a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

That's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming "Let me out"
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people, people on streets

Chipping around
Kick my brains around the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours

People on streets...

That's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming "Let me out"
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people, people on streets

Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
But it's so slashed and torn
Why?
Love, love, love, love, love
Insanity laughs, under pressure we're breaking

Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love...?

Because love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change
Our way of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure...

[staceygreenwood]

Always loved this song.. it meant so much

[alisontunny]

Can’t seem to get enough of this song. It’s even in my lucid dreams…

[ana_geo]

❤ miss you Fred
KEEP THE LOVE ALIVE...

[Rick-wxmd]

Those words in this song... having good friends Say... "let me out!!!" ... really hits home for me. Thanks for the content. Suicide is preventable.