Do n't Stop Me Now - wikipedia Do n't Stop Me Now This article is about the Queen song. For other uses, see Do n't Stop Me Now ( disambiguation ). `` Do n't Stop Me Now '' Single by Queen from the album Jazz B - side `` In Only Seven Days '' `` More of That Jazz '' ( Japan, USA, Canada and Australia ) Released 5 January 1979 Format 7 '' Recorded August 1978 at Super Bear Studios ( Berre - les - Alpes, France ) Genre Rock Length 3 : 29 ( 7 '' / Album version ) Label EMI Elektra Melodiya Songwriter ( s ) Freddie Mercury Producer ( s ) Roy Thomas Baker Queen Queen singles chronology `` Bicycle Race '' / `` Fat Bottomed Girls '' ( 1978 ) `` Do n't Stop Me Now '' ( 1979 ) `` Mustapha '' ( 1979 ) `` Bicycle Race '' / `` Fat Bottomed Girls '' ( 1978 ) `` Do n't Stop Me Now '' ( 1979 ) `` Mustapha '' ( 1979 ) Audio sample file help `` Do n't Stop Me Now '' is a song by the British rock band Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz that was released as a single in 1979. Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre - les - Alpes ( Alpes - Maritimes ), France, and is the twelfth track on the album. Musically the song builds on Mercury 's piano playing, with John Deacon and Roger Taylor providing a bass guitar and drums backing track. The song also provides an example of Queen 's trademark style of multitrack harmony vocals for the chorus lines. On the studio version, Brian May 's only guitar playing is in his guitar solo, but on live versions performed on the band 's 1979 Jazz and Crazy tours, May would also play rhythm guitar throughout the rest of the song to give more of a feel of rock music. A live version of the song features in the band 's 1979 album Live Killers. The song also appears in the band 's 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits, and in June 2011, as part of Queen 's 40th anniversary celebrations, an old take of the song containing more guitar parts was included on the bonus EP of the re-released and remastered Jazz album. The electronics company Alba conducted a survey of 2000 UK adults, which asked respondents to name their favourite uplifting song, and ' Do n't Stop Me Now ' was the most popular response. Contents 1 Reception 2 Music video 3 Single 4 In popular culture 5 Sales and certifications 6 Personnel 7 Cover versions 8 Chart positions 9 References 10 External links Reception The single reached number 9 in the UK charts but only number 86 in the US ; as the album was a top - 10 hit, the song got some airplay on U.S. album - oriented rock stations despite its low chart ranking as a single. Viewed at the time of release as one of the lesser songs in the Queen canon, it was only performed live during 1979, with the last performance in the Crazy Tour. Despite this the song has grown in stature with time and has been popularised not only by consistent airplay, but by its use in advertisements, television programmes and films, and through cover versions. It has subsequently become one of Queen 's most popular songs. The single also has reached Platinum status in the United Kingdom. Music video The video for the song was directed by J. Kliebenstein and filmed at the Forest National, Brussels, Belgium on 26 January 1979. Single On the Japanese, USA, Canadian and Australian release, `` More Of That Jazz '' was the B - side. In popular culture In the musical We Will Rock You, the song is used in the scene where Killer Queen prematurely begins to celebrate, thinking that Galileo and Scaramouche have been captured. Episode 5 of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool featured the recording, accompanied on screen by the singing and dancing of the characters, as part of the story. In 2005, this song was voted as `` The Greatest Driving Song Ever '' by viewers of the BBC television program Top Gear. The song 's use in a scene for the zombie / comedy film Shaun of the Dead, where the main characters attack a zombie to the song 's beat was well received by critics. The song was used in the episode of American Dad ! when Roger and Stan go on a wild night out in Atlantic City. It was entitled `` Roger ' n ' Me '' In 2011, on what would have been Freddie Mercury 's 65th birthday, this song was used by Google in their Google Doodle homage to him. The song was featured as a downloadable track for the Rock Band series. In 2015, Thomas Cook advert featured the song for Real Good Times. In October 2014 the singer Foxes performed the song in the style of a 1920s jazz number aboard a starship in the Doctor Who episode `` Mummy on the Orient Express ''. Her cover was used again in the episode `` Hell Bent ''. The song featured as the requested funeral music for Jonny Kennedy in the Channel 4 documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off. UMK3 player legend Mgo, uses the song in a highlights video `` UMK3 Do n't Stop Me Now ''. The song appears in the 2016 video game Just Dance 2017. The song is played at the end of the Guardians of the Galaxy episode `` I Feel the Earth Move '' In September 2015, a spoof version of the track ( with suitably amended lyrics ) called ' The 111 Song ' was published on YouTube to promote Britain 's telephone health advice service. The song was used in the launch trailer for the video game Plants vs. Zombies : Garden Warfare 2. The song was used in the film Hardcore Henry, the original in the trailer and the `` With Long Lost Guitars '' version in the film. `` Do n't Stop Me Now '' features as the music to the intro credits sequence of Video Games : The Movie. The visuals in this sequence match the lyrics to the song. DSPStanky used the song in a video by the name of Vindication where he goes from console Overwatch to PC Overwatch, getting to grandmaster in the process. The song was used in one of Cadbury chocolate 's `` Glass and a half full production '' advertisements, in which airport vehicles race each other along a runway. This song was included in the list of songs for use in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, and released that same year alongside Queen 's `` Jealousy '' single in the Soviet Union. A cover of the song was used in the opening credits for the short - lived Rebel Wilson sit - com Super Fun Night. The song was used in the tv show `` Fast and Loose '' by David Armand, through the medium of Interpretative Dance. The song is used in Toyota Camry commercials in the USA in 2017. The song is used in Emirates ( airline ) commercials in the USA in 2017. Sales and certifications Region Certification Italy ( FIMI ) Gold United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum United States ( RIAA ) Platinum Personnel Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano Brian May - electric guitar, backing vocals Roger Taylor - drums, tambourine, triangle, backing vocals John Deacon - bass guitar Cover versions Notable cover versions include : McFly, the cover is the official song for Sport Relief 2006. It reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on the week ending 29 July 2006. The Vandals, on their 2004 album Hollywood Potato Chip. A music video filmed for the song features guitarist and producer Warren Fitzgerald busking in front of Grauman 's Chinese Theatre while in costume as Freddie Mercury. In the European release of the drumming game Donkey Konga ( 2004 ) The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Katy Perry performed the song twice on her Hello Katy Tour. Unibet in Scandinavia featured a cover by Fibes, Oh Fibes ! in autumn 2009 Olly Murs sang this on 14 November during `` Queen Week '' of The X Factor 2009 Parts of the `` Weird Al '' Yankovic song, `` Ringtone '' ( 2009 ) resemble this song 's melody, along with several other Queen songs. Sally Chatfield covered this song in the Australian version of the X-Factor. Kitty Brucknell sang this on 12 November during `` Lady Gaga vs Queen Week '' of The X Factor 2011 Sean ( Kamasean Y. Matthews ), an Indonesian Idol 2012 contestant sang this song on the second of her two performances at the Indonesian Idol ( season 7 ) Top 6 Spectacular show 2012. A cover version of the song appears with The Incredibles float at Disney 's Pixar Play Parade at the Disney California Adventure. Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson covered the song for Glee in the episode `` Diva ''. This Morning presenter Matt Johnson performed the song as Freddie Mercury on week 4 of the ITV show Your Face Sounds Familiar, scoring top marks from the judges and winning the heat. Foxes performed the song in the style of a 1920s jazz number in the Doctor Who episodes `` Mummy on the Orient Express '' and `` Hell Bent ''. Lali performed the song on her A Bailar Tour ( 2014 - 2016 ). MNEK covered the song on the 7 October 2016. Chart positions United Kingdom - # 9 Ireland - # 10 Netherlands - # 14 Germany - # 35 Sweden - # 37 United States - # 86 Australia ( 2008 ) - # 85 References Jump up ^ Jazz - Do n't Stop Me Now Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 2 July 2011 Jump up ^ Donald A. Guarisco, `` Do n't Stop Me Now ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011 Jump up ^ Live Killers Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011 Jump up ^ Queen Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011 Jump up ^ Jazz ( Remastered ) Queen Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. iTunes. Retrieved 12 July 2011 Jump up ^ `` Science Unveils Queen 's ' Do n't Stop Me Now ' As The Most Feel - Good Song Of All Time ''. Huffington Post. 2015 - 09 - 23. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ Queen live on tour : Crazy tour Queen Concerts. Retrieved 2 July 2011 Jump up ^ Official : Top 25 karaoke songs The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2011 Jump up ^ Queen interview : Brian May on Do n't Stop Me Now Absolute Radio. Retrieved 21 December 2011 Jump up ^ Do n't Stop Me Now Tops HMV Lyric Poll Queen Online. Retrieved 21 December 2011 Jump up ^ `` Queen Promo Videos ''. Ultimatequeen.co.uk. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ Queen win Top Gears Best Driving Song ever poll Queen Zone. Retrieved 28 May 2011 Jump up ^ Delingpole, James ( 30 March 2004 ). `` Masters of the comic horror ''. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 February 2013. Jump up ^ Knapp, Alex ( 13 January 2012 ). `` The Geek Playlist : Fight Songs ! ''. Forbes. Retrieved 14 February 2013. Jump up ^ Inc, Google. `` Freddie Mercury Google Doodle ''. Video. Retrieved 5 September 2011. Jump up ^ `` Italian single certifications -- Do n't Stop Me Now '' ( in Italian ). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- Do n't Stop Me Now ''. British Phonographic Industry. Enter Do n't Stop Me Now in the search field and then press Enter. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Do n't Stop Me Now ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 25 May 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ Unstoppable McFly top music chart BBC News. Retrieved 28 May 2011 Jump up ^ `` The Vandals - ' Do n't Stop Me Now ' Kung Fu Records ''. YouTube. Kung Fu Records. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 29. Jump up ^ Do n't Stop Me Now Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jump up ^ Katy Perry - Do n't stop me now, seattle showbox YouTube Jump up ^ Katy Perry - Do n't stop me now, seattle showbox Unibet Love The Game TVC 30 Sec Swe YouTube Jump up ^ Weird Al Yankovic releases a Queen - influenced song Queen Zone. Retrieved 6 September 2011 Jump up ^ Indonesian Idol 2012 Top 6 Spectacular Show IndonesianIdol.com Jump up ^ `` Pixar Play Parade ''. Magic Music.net. Jump up ^ `` ' Dont Stop Me Now ' ft Darren Criss from Glee 4.13 ' Diva ' ''. DarrenCriss.com. Jump up ^ Do n't Stop Me Now - Lali Esposito en el Luna Park 18 - 03 - 16 Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin ( 2011 ). Australia 's Music Charts 1988 -- 2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia : Moonlight Publishing. External links Official music video on YouTube 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 don't stop me now by queen
Answer: Freddie Mercury