Written and composed completely by frontman and pianist Freddie Mercury, “My Melancholy Blues” is the concluding song for the Quadruple-Platinum hit album News of the World by the British band Queen. The song, following in the same vein of a preceding hit “Love of My Life”, describes a speaker expe...
[Instrumental intro]
[Verse 1]
Another party's over
And I'm left cold sober
My baby left me for somebody new
I don't wanna talk about it
Want to forget about it
Wanna be intoxicated
With that special brew
[Bridge]
So come and get me, let me
Get in that sinking feeling
That says my heart
Is on an all time low
So don't expect me
To behave perfectly
And wear that sunny smile
My guess is I'm in
For a cloudy and overcast
Don't try and stop me
'Cause I'm heading
For that stormy weather soon
[Chorus]
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm permanently glued
To this extraordinary mood
So now move over
And let me take over
With my melancholy blues
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm in the news
I'm just getting used
To my new exposure
So come into my enclosure
And meet my melancholy blues
[Piano Solo Outro]
My Melancholy Blues was written by Freddie Mercury.
My Melancholy Blues was produced by Mike Stone & Queen.
Queen released My Melancholy Blues on Fri Oct 28 1977.