"we just happened to be recording in the same studio at the same time" contributions/collaborations

There's a bit of Roy Harper s "One of those days in England" the side-long suite that sounds like Paul McCartney and Wings rocking out - the "Mrs Space" bit

Circling back to Lou Reed... I forgot "Wild Child" is on this LP (I know the song well from the best-of tape I wore out as a kid). Such a great track!

"Guilty" backing vocals - Jesus & Mary Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gwiInUNf_s

Paul Weller on PGs 'And Through The Wire':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDHpbZ_0n6E

Steve Howe: “I was in Montreux, and Queen were recording at Mountain Studios—the same studio where we made Going For The One. I go in, and they played me the whole album, but they saved ‘Innuendo’ until last. I was incredibly blown away. They said, ‘We want you to play on that. Why don’t you race around like Paco de Lucía?’ Brian May had three Gibson Chet Atkins, which are Spanish guitars. I found one I liked, we started doing takes, we tried different approaches, and then we went to dinner. After dinner, we went back to the studio, listened through, and comped together what you hear today. It was just a lovely experience with a lovely bunch of guys.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2N0TkfrQhY

Huh, I don't think I've heard that song before. No one told me Queen did a Zeppelin pastiche with a classical guitar solo by Steve Howe.

Yup and Robert Plant kinda murdered it at the Freddie Tribute Concert

Oh the 1992 Wembley Stadium thing? I definitely watched that on TV at the time so I guess I have heard it before.

xpost yeah, straight to number one that one, first time for donkeys years I'd found a Queen song interesting.

Not heard it since, though. A bit like "Paranoid Android" iirc.

Think it knocked 'Bring You Daughter To The Slaughter' off number 1, so most likely a quiet January thing

I don't think it charted here.

I saw it a fair bit on MuchMusic, more than any of the other Innuendo singles.