Sheer Heart Attack (song)

"Sheer Heart Attack"
Back side of the US vinyl for the "It's Late" single release
Song by Queen
from the album News of the World
A-side (US)
Released
  • 10 February 1978 (Europe)
  • 25 April 1978 (US)
RecordedJuly  September 1977
Studio
Genre
Length3:27
LabelEMI, Parlophone (Europe)
Elektra, Hollywood (US)
Songwriter(s)Roger Taylor
Producer(s)
Music video
"Sheer Heart Attack" on YouTube

"Sheer Heart Attack" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released on their sixth studio album News of the World in 1977. It is one of two songs on the album entirely written by Roger Taylor, the other being "Fight from the Inside".The song contains a music video shot in 1997 for the Queen Rocks compilation album. The video contains footage from the video for the song Liar, Under Pressure, Who wants to live forever, footage from the performance at Earls court in 1977, at the rainbow theatre in 1974, footage from the performance at the Hammersmith odeon in 1975 and 1979, footage from the performance in Tokyo with the song we will rock you (fast) (1979), footage from performances in Tokyo (1979), Paris(1979), Rotterdam (1979), Buenos Aires (1981), Milton Keynes (1982), Madison Square Garden (1980), Houston (1977), Brussels (1984) with the song crazy little thing called love, footage from various Japanese TV shows, horror films, rallies in Japan, Japanese shows, tragedies in Japan. Many Japanese fans say they were pleased to see their country in the video.