Lost in history picture ~ Queen behind the scenes of “I want to break free” videoclip, 1984
Curiosities about this song/video:
- Freddie was ready to shave off his signature mustache for his turn as a woman in the video, but director David Mallet put a stop to it. He told the documentary series Video Killed the Radio Star: “I said, ’No, the one thing you musn’t do, the funny thing is that your mustache is there and you’re in drag!’ To this day, when he comes around the corner with that hoover I laugh.”
- This song became an anthem for the ANC (African National Congress), in South Africa in the late ‘80s when Nelson Mandela was still in jail and the white government’s apartheid policies were still in place.
- Queen bass player John Deacon wrote this from the male perspective of the women’s liberation movement.