Body Language (Queen song)

"Body Language"
"Body Language"
Single by Queen
from the album Hot Space
B-side	"Life is Real (Song for Lennon)"
Released	19 April 1982
Recorded	December 1981 – February 1982
Genre	Funk; disco; new wave;
Length	4:29
Label	EMI (UK); Elektra (US);
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Queen; Reinhold Mack;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"Body Language" on YouTube

"Body Language" (printed as "Body Language ↑⬱") is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was released as the second single from their tenth studio album, Hot Space. This was on 19 April 1982. It was the first music video banned by MTV. The song was a top ten hit in Canada, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden. It peaked at number 11 in the United States, even crossing over to R&B charts. However, it stalled at number 25 in the United Kingdom.

Personnel

Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, Linn LM-1, synth bass
Brian May – guitars
Roger Taylor – electronic drums

References

↑ John Milward (10 June 1982). Hot Space. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
↑ The Most Disappointing Albums Ever… Reassessed!, Mojo, January 14, 2026, retrieved April 30, 2026
↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (13 July 2023). "Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you". The A.V. Club.

[RS-1] John Milward (10 June 1982). Hot Space. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[2] The Most Disappointing Albums Ever… Reassessed!, Mojo, January 14, 2026, retrieved April 30, 2026

[3] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (13 July 2023). "Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you". The A.V. Club.

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Queen singles discography
Queen	"Keep Yourself Alive" "Liar"
Queen II	"Seven Seas of Rhye"
Sheer Heart Attack	"Killer Queen"/"Flick of the Wrist" "Now I'm Here" "Lily of the Valley" "Stone Cold Crazy"
A Night at the Opera	"Bohemian Rhapsody" "You're My Best Friend" "Love of My Life"
A Day at the Races	"Somebody to Love" "Tie Your Mother Down" "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" "Long Away" "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
News of the World	"We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You" "Spread Your Wings" "It's Late"
Jazz	"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Jealousy" "Mustapha"
Live Killers	"Love of My Life" (Live) "We Will Rock You" (Live)
The Game	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Save Me" "Play the Game" "Another One Bites the Dust" "Need Your Loving Tonight"
Flash Gordon	"Flash"
Hot Space	"Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) "Body Language" "Las Palabras de Amor" "Calling All Girls" "Staying Power" "Back Chat"
The Works	"Radio Ga Ga" "I Want to Break Free" "It's a Hard Life" "Hammer to Fall"
A Kind of Magic	"One Vision" "A Kind of Magic" "Princes of the Universe" "Friends Will Be Friends" "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "One Year of Love"
The Miracle	"I Want It All" "Breakthru" "The Invisible Man" "Scandal" "The Miracle"
Innuendo	"Innuendo" "I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Headlong" "I Can't Live With You" "The Show Must Go On" "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
Made in Heaven	"Heaven for Everyone" "A Winter's Tale" "I Was Born to Love You" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" "Let Me Live" "You Don't Fool Me"
Queen Rocks	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"/"Tie Your Mother Down"
Greatest Hits III	"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"
Non-album singles	"Thank God It's Christmas" "Another One Bites the Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" "We Will Rock You" (with Five) "We Are the Champions" (with Robbie Williams) "Flash (Vanguard Mix)" "Another One Bites the Dust (The Miami Project Remixes)" "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with The Muppets)
Other songs	"See What a Fool I've Been" "Death on Two Legs" "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" "I'm in Love with My Car" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "Seaside Rendezvous" "The Prophet's Song" "Good Company" "Sheer Heart Attack" "Is This the World We Created...?" "Ride the Wild Wind" "Delilah" "Made In Heaven" "Mother Love" "Let Me in Your Heart Again" "Love Kills" "There Must Be More to Life Than This"
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