Innuendo es la primera canción del disco homónimo. También es el primer sencillo británico correspondiente al álbum, con Bijou como B-side (se lanzó el 14 de enero de 1991).
Composición
Letras: Roger Taylor (principalmente)
Música: Freddie Mercury (principalmente)
Arreglos: Queen y David Richards
Acreditada a: Queen
Compás: 4/4, 6/4, 6/8, 3/4, 5/4
Inflencias: Led Zeppelin
Género: Rock progresivo
Producción
Producción: Queen y David Richards
Ingeniería de sonido: David Richards, Noel Harris y Justin Shirley-Smith
Mezclas: David Richards
Créditos
Freddie Mercury - voz principal, coros y teclados
Brian May - guitarra
Roger Taylor - batería y percusión
John Deacon - bajo
Steve Howe - solo de guitarra flamenca
David Richards - teclados programados
Equipamiento
Guitarra eléctrica Red Special
Guitarra Gibson Chet Atkins Classical Electric, con cuerdas de nailon
Sintetizador Korg M1
Versiones oficiales de la canción
1) Versión de estudio (6:33): Primera canción del disco Innuendo.
2) 'Greatest Hits II Edit' (6:28): Disponible en el disco recopilatorio Greatest Hits II.
Video oficial
Fecha de grabación: Diciembre de 1990
Directores: Jerry Hibbert y Rudi Dolezal
Letra de la canción
(One two three four)
While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land
While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow
Till the mountains crumble into the plain
Oh yes we'll keep on trying
Tread that fine line
Oh we'll keep on trying yeah
Just passing our time
While we live according to race, colour or creed
While we rule by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion
Through the aeons, and on and on
Oh yes we'll keep on trying
We'll tread that fine line
Oh oh we'll keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Through the sorrow all through our splendour
Don't take offence at my innuendo
You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be
Be free with your tempo be free be free
Surrender your ego be free be free to yourself
Oooh oooh
If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky
If there's a point if there's a reason to live or die
If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask
Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask
Oh yes we'll keep on trying
Hey tread that fine line
Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah (yeah yeah)
And whatever will be will be
We'll keep on trying
We'll just keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
