I 'm in love with My car - wikipedia I 'm in love with My car `` I 'm In Love With My Car '' Song by Queen from the album A Night at the Opera A-side `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' Released Recorded 1975 at Sarm East Studios Genre Hard rock Length 3 : 05 Label EMI Elektra Songwriter ( s ) Roger Taylor Producer ( s ) Queen, Roy Thomas Baker A Night at the Opera track listing 12 tracks Side one `` Death on Two Legs ( Dedicated to... ) '' `` Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon '' `` I 'm in Love with My Car '' `` You 're My Best Friend '' `` ' 39 '' `` Sweet Lady '' `` Seaside Rendezvous '' Side two `` The Prophet 's Song '' `` Love of My Life '' `` Good Company '' `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' `` God Save the Queen '' `` I 'm in Love with My Car '' is a song by the British rock band Queen, released on their fourth album A Night at the Opera in 1975. It is the album 's only song written entirely by drummer Roger Taylor. Contents 1 History 2 Personnel 3 References 4 External links History The song lyrics were from a private joke shared by Brian May and Roger Taylor over a demo recording. Although having a somewhat campy style, the song was written seriously enough and sung as such. In terms of genre, it features a bombastic hard rock sound, generally reminiscent of other heavy tracks by the group such as later tune `` Fat Bottomed Girls '' and earlier tune `` Now I 'm Here ''. Taylor played the guitars in the original demo, but they were later rerecorded by May on his Red Special and Taylor also doubled on electric guitar in addition to drums. The lead vocals were performed by Taylor on the studio version and all released live versions. The revving sounds at the conclusion of the song were recorded by Taylor 's then current car, an Alfa Romeo. The lyrics were inspired by one of the band 's roadies, Johnathan Harris, whose Triumph TR4 was evidently the `` love of his life ''. The song is dedicated to him, with the liner notes mentioning, `` Dedicated to Johnathan Harris, boy racer to the end ''. When it came down to releasing the album 's first single, Taylor was so fond of his song that he urged Freddie Mercury ( author of the first single, `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' ) to allow it to be the B - side and locked himself in a cupboard until Mercury agreed. This decision would later become the cause of much internal friction in the band, in that while it was only the B - side, it generated an equal amount of publishing royalties for Taylor as the main single did for Mercury simply because it was the B - side to `` Bohemian Rhapsody ''. The song was often played live during the 1977 -- 81 period. Taylor sang it from the drums while Mercury played piano and provided backing vocals. During the News of the World Tour, Mercury would often sing the chorus lines with Taylor. The song was used in a 2004 advertisement for Jaguar. Music writer Tom Reynolds described the song as `` ( s ) eriously, one of the greatest and most passionate love songs I 've heard during the last thirty - plus years ''. Personnel Roger Taylor - lead and backing vocals, drums, rhythm guitar Freddie Mercury - piano, backing vocals Brian May - lead guitar, backing vocals John Deacon - bass guitar References Jump up ^ http://www.queensongs.info/album-analysis/a-night-at-the-opera Jump up ^ I 'm In Love With My Car UltimateQueen Retrieved 27 August 2011 ^ Jump up to : Mark Blake, Is This the Real Life ? : The Untold Story of Queen ( Da Capo Press, 2013 ), ISBN 978 - 0306819735. Excerpts available at Google Books. Jump up ^ The Mojo Collection ( 4th ed. ). Canongate Books. 2007. ISBN 9781847676436. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Queen Prepares To ' Rock ' Again '', Billboard, 16 July 2004. Jump up ^ Tom Reynolds, Touch Me, I 'm Sick : The 52 Creepiest Love Songs You 've Ever Heard ( Chicago Review Press, 2008 ), ISBN 978 - 1556527531, p. 249. Excerpts available at Google Books. Jump up ^ http://www.queensongs.info/album-analysis/a-night-at-the-opera External links Live cover by Queen + Paul Rodgers on YouTube Lyrics at Queen official website Queen singles discography Queen `` Keep Yourself Alive '' `` Liar '' Queen II `` Seven Seas of Rhye '' Sheer Heart Attack `` Killer Queen '' / `` Flick of the Wrist '' `` Now I 'm Here '' `` Lily of the Valley '' `` Stone Cold Crazy '' A Night at the Opera `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' `` You 're My Best Friend '' `` Love of My Life '' A Day at the Races `` Somebody to Love '' `` Tie Your Mother Down '' `` Teo Torriatte ( Let Us Cling Together ) '' `` Long Away '' `` Good Old - Fashioned Lover Boy '' News of the World `` We Are the Champions '' / `` We Will Rock You '' `` Spread Your Wings '' `` It 's Late '' Jazz `` Bicycle Race '' / `` Fat Bottomed Girls '' `` Do n't Stop Me Now '' `` Jealousy '' `` Mustapha '' Live Killers `` Love of My Life '' ( Live ) `` We Will Rock You '' ( Live ) The Game `` Crazy Little Thing Called Love '' `` Save Me '' `` Play the Game '' `` Another One Bites the Dust '' `` Need Your Loving Tonight '' Flash Gordon `` Flash '' Hot Space `` Under Pressure '' ( with David Bowie ) `` Body Language '' `` Las Palabras de Amor '' `` Calling All Girls '' `` Staying Power '' `` Back Chat '' The Works `` Radio Ga Ga '' `` I Want to Break Free '' `` It 's a Hard Life '' `` Hammer to Fall '' A Kind of Magic `` One Vision '' `` A Kind of Magic '' `` Princes of the Universe '' `` Friends Will Be Friends '' `` Pain Is So Close to Pleasure '' `` Who Wants to Live Forever '' `` One Year of Love '' The Miracle `` I Want It All '' `` Breakthru '' `` The Invisible Man '' `` Scandal '' `` The Miracle '' Innuendo `` Innuendo '' `` I 'm Going Slightly Mad '' `` Headlong '' `` I Ca n't Live with You '' `` The Show Must Go On '' `` These Are the Days of Our Lives '' Made in Heaven `` Heaven for Everyone '' `` A Winter 's Tale '' `` I Was Born to Love You '' `` Too Much Love Will Kill You '' `` Let Me Live '' `` You Do n't Fool Me '' Queen Rocks `` No - One but You ( Only the Good Die Young ) '' / `` Tie Your Mother Down '' Greatest Hits III `` Under Pressure ( Rah Mix ) '' Non-album singles `` Thank God It 's Christmas '' `` Another One Bites the Dust ( Small Soldiers Remix ) '' `` We Will Rock You '' ( with Five ) `` We Are the Champions '' ( with Robbie Williams ) `` Flash ( Vanguard Mix ) '' `` Another One Bites the Dust ( The Miami Project Remixes ) '' `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' ( with The Muppets ) Other songs `` See What a Fool I 've Been '' `` Death on Two Legs '' `` Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon '' `` I 'm in Love with My Car '' `` ' 39 '' `` Sweet Lady '' `` Seaside Rendezvous '' `` The Prophet 's Song '' `` Good Company '' `` Sheer Heart Attack '' `` Is This the World We Created... ? 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Question: who wrote im in love with my car
Answer: Roger Taylor