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Another One Bites the Dust is a Disco and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Chic and Bernard Edwards. Those roots explain a lot about how Another One Bites the Dust arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sun Is Shining, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gary Glitter, Michael Jackson, Bob Seger, Survivor and Gwen Stefani, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Another One Bites the Dust, reaching back through Chic and forward to Gary Glitter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by bassist John Deacon, the song was featured on the group's eighth studio album, The Game (1980). It was a worldwide hit, charting at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, from 4 October to 18 October. The song spent 15 weeks in the Billboard top 10, including 13 weeks in the top five, and 31 weeks total on the chart. It reached number two on the Hot Soul Singles chart and the Disco Top 100 chart, and number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The song is credited as Queen's best-selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. This version was ranked at number 34 on Billboard's All-Time Top Songs.
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Another One Bites the Dust grew out of Chic and Bernard Edwards, shares an orbit with Sun Is Shining, went on to shape Gary Glitter, Michael Jackson, Bob Seger and Survivor. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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