"Flash" is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, "Flash" is the theme song of the 1980 film Flash Gordon. The soundtrack released
to coincide with the film contained only the music composed and performed by
Queen.
There are two
versions of the song. The album version ("Flash's Theme") is in fact
the start to the movie, with all the dialogue from the first scene. The single
version features dialogue cut from various parts of the movie, most memorably,
Brian Blessed's character exclaiming "Gordon's alive?!" This version
was also included on the Greatest Hits compilation from 1981.
Flash is sung as
a duet between Freddie Mercury and Brian May, with Roger Taylor adding the high harmonies. May plays all of the
instruments except for the rhythm section. He used an Imperial Bösendorfer
Grand Piano (with 97 keys instead of 88, having an extra octave on the low
range), Oberheim OBX synth (which he plays in the video) and his homemade Red
Special electric guitar.
Contrary to
connections made in popular culture, and despite the song's title, it bears no
relation to the DC Comics character of the same name.
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