Queen Now I’m Here Song Facts

“NOW I’M HERE

Freddie Mercury / 4:15

Musicians

Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, backing vocals, organ

Brian May: electric guitar, backing vocals, piano

John Deacon: bass

Roger Taylor: drums, backing vocals

Recorded

Trident Studios, London: September 1974

Technical Team

Producers: Queen, Roy Thomas Baker

Sound Engineer: Mike Stone

Assistant Sound Engineers: Neil Kernon (Trident)

Single

Side A: Now I’m Here / 4:15

Side B: Lily of the Valley / 1:43

UK Release on EMI: January 17, 1975 (ref. EMI 2256)

Best UK Chart Ranking: 11

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“Recorded by the band in September 1974 at Trident Studios, “Now I’m Here” is one of Brian May’s four contributions to the album’s track-listing.

“Down in the city just Hoople and me,” is reference to Mott The Hoople the band Queen toured with in the States in 1974

“Down in the dungeon just Peaches and me.”Is reference to the Dungeon Bar in Toulouse Street in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. 

The Peaches reference seems to a girl Brian met, This meeting seemed to trouble the guitarist, who was in a relationship with his longtime girlfriend Chrissie Mullen. The troubled relationship referred to in “It’s Late,” on the News of the World album.”

“Now I’m Here” was released as a single on January 17, 1975, with “Lily of the Valley” on the B-side. It went on to reach eleventh place in the British charts, thanks to the band’s appearance on Top of the Pops. The appearance in which Brian uses a Les Paul guitar not the Red Special.

“The introduction to this track is marked by the sound experiments of producer Roy Thomas Baker. He used a delay on Mercury’s voice in order to repeat his words and harmonize the phrase endings.

The song in structure is reminiscent of Chuck Berry songs and “Go Go Go Little Queenie” is a direct nod to Chuck Berry