Who Am I? Week #790

[sadchild]

I Want to Break Free

 

[scotchandcigar]

I Want to Break Free

That would be my guess. But I'll say

Justify My Love

 

[Wolf]

Relax

 

[HecticArt]

I Want to Break Free

My pick as well, but I don’t have another guess to throw in.

 

[Channel98]

This:

 

[scotchandcigar]

My pick as well, but I don’t have another guess to throw in.

Maybe each of us can get a half-asterisk.

 

[kingchuck69]

I Want to Break Free

Congratulations, Sadchild!

This week's subject was "I Want To Break Free", the 1984 song from Queen that was a worldwide hit, but not America.

In 1980, the band scored two #1s with "Crazy Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust". However, by 1984, it was now a cardinal sin to not have a music video accompanying a song thanks to MTV. So, the band dressed in drag to parody the British TV series Coronation Street. The problem, however, was that MTV felt that a video with cross dressing was too inappropriate for the time. With no video play, "I Want To Break Free" only peaked at #45 in the States while it was a respectable hit worldwide.

And to think that today, MTV has virtually banned all music videos and now airs RuPaul's Drag Race! Times sure have changed.



No game next week. We'll be back the week after!

 

[Channel98]

In sadchild's case, LGBTQ means "Look, guessed brilliantly today's question." Congratulations! For your amazement and amusement, here is Drag Queen, a 2023 single by Chris Housman, a gay country singer from Kansas.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Congrats on beating us to the buzzer. I'll take my half-asterisk. Thanks for the game King!

 

[HecticArt]

CongratsChild!

Thanks for the game King.
I remember seeing that video on MTV for a little while. I didn't realize that it had gotten banned.

 

[Wolf]

Congrats sadchild and thanks king!