QUEEN | You're My Best Friend | First Time Reaction to the Official Video

A classic song written by John ! Interesting back story to this, but you will need to watch the reaction to find out. I will not be putting any more thoughts/ remarks in the description - so enjoy :) hehe
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[@Anisabell2]

This great song was written by Deaky. A true hidden gem, John. Thanks to the gods, Freddie encouraged him to write songs and show them. Freddie loved to sing John's songs, they were two romantic chaps. John wrote this one for his wife, isn't that sweet???❤️❤️❤️ Good choice, Chris, thanks for the request. And Hap, thanks for the reaction.

[@imweakfordeaky]

John taught himself to play keyboard (having no previous such experience)... he took it home with him to figure it out, and composed this song while doing so. John was known to do such things : Brian had (jokingly) said he wanted John to learn stand-up double-bass for ‘39 - a few days later, there John was with a stand-up bass , having taught himself -ready to record !

[@deboraclark5791]

John is remarkable, many say he was their secret weapon.

[@NilZed1]

@@deboraclark5791 stealthy weapon too.

[@deboraclark5791]

@@NilZed1 indeed 😊

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

@@deboraclark5791 Secret stealth weapon💕

[@imweakfordeaky]

Written by John “Sweet Deaky” Deacon ! ♥️(and yes, this got a LOT of radio play when it came out !) He wrote it inspired by his lovely wife - they were newlyweds.

[@missd9785]

Yes, definitely remember this song on the radio and it's probably a top 5 Queen song for me. I love it.

[@deboraclark5791]

John wrote this for his wife, a very sweet song. Nice reaction 🙂

[@danithompson1693]

John Deacon wrote this song for his wife Veronica and is indeed playing that white baby grand. It is probably the single Queen song any body of any age can learn and appreciate since it is so sweet. Queen does indeed do it all!

[@maryannsavage3724]

They had the best harmonies. I swear, Freddie could sing anything. I can listen to him all day. 😉❤

[@aimlessbauer9082]

They were up there with Motown artists with their harmonizing.

[@snjezanasiklic8934]

This song was, among so many other Queen songs, often used in movies and, yes, even commercials..It's kind of an anthem of friendship, appreciation and love for a lover or a friend (Deacy's wife, in this case 🙂) It does have an effect of calmness, I agree.. Simple but emotional and sweet song, just like the person who wrote it 😊

[@janematthews3394]

Yeah Roger didn't like "i'm happy at home", he said "I'm not singing this fucking line, we're rock n roll band" 😃 But he still did sing it. And Freddie really loved the song, he just didn't want to play electric piano. He knew John could do it himself:) Freddie often encouraged the others to play new instruments. For "Love of my life" he made Brian play the harp, and Brian said it was so hard because he never did it before.

[@deboraclark5791]

Freddie really push the band to go where others dare not. Peter, Freddie's PA said, Freddie new what people were capable of and knew they could do things they were not aware of.

[@heatherqualy9143]

Freddie didn’t do it to encourage him. 🙄 Not one person in the band said that. Freddie refused to play the electric piano because he found it vastly inferior to a real acoustic piano. They were/are musicians. If they needed a jazz band, Brian learned to make his guitar sound that way. Need a harp. Ok, Brian will do it. Freddie won’t play electric and it’s John’s song? John will learn to play what he needs to to develop his song. Roger can’t possibly explain a song idea with drums, so he learned to play the guitars himself. Giving that impetus to Freddie takes away the outstanding musicianship and desire for perfection that was inherent in all of them.

[@theaterpup3466]

@@heatherqualy9143 Well to be fair, Freddie did use the word encourage when he talked about Roger and John starting to write.

[@mariabryant6582]

It was the mid-seventies. We would record songs from the radio on cassette tapes to make our own personalized cassettes. This song was played on the radio a lot.

[@chrisy8989]

Trying to avoid DJ's chat and jingles was almost impossible.

[@lcbcreative]

Made quite a few of those mix tapes for myself. Must hit play and record simultaneously! I feel like this song was played quite a bit on U.S. top forty radio.

[@sherryheim5504]

This was a surprise to the band that it charted at number 1 in the US. The US seemed to really like the Deacon songs.

[@bluebell3720]

No 16 in the us 1976 Johns ABTD was no 1 in the us 1980

[@theresarandall7448]

John took the electric piano home to learn how to play it and overachiever that he is penned this beautiful song for Veronica his wife

[@debramoore7513]

Awwwww man! 😍

[@heatherqualy9143]

Because Freddie said he wasn’t going to play an electric piano. 😂

[@bastardsecretaryfromhell3504]

I read a comment that said: Roger and his car, Freddie and his cats, at least John wrote a song about being in love with his wife. Just love it. ❤️

[@barbaramendoza2202]

Don’t forget Brian with Space Travel/Time Theory as presented in “39”. 😊

[@yvetteadshead4212]

One of my favourites

[@angelafranzin6792]

That was funny 😂😂 We are a Rock Band not a knitting club 🪕🎵😎 Nice reaction as always!

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

I had to stop my self from continuing to laugh on that one.

[@traceythompson6897]

Love how Roger is laughing in the video when he has to sing the "happy at home" line lol. Always been one of my favourites though.

[@debramoore7513]

I love this song! Used in the opening credits of The Break Up with Vince Vaughn & Jennifer Aniston. Also used in the closing credits of Shaun of the Dead! And the countless commercials!! Sweet Deacy wrote it for his wife 💗💗💗 Who he’s still married to with six kids!! 💪💪 Freddie said he never gave John a female nickname cuz John was too masculine! 😂💪 What romantics Freddie & John were. Awwwwww!! 😍

[@kingstumble]

I've heard this song many times and I had no idea it was a Queen song.

[@flaviamesaglio5429]

Wow 🤩 Hap bello bello bellissimo video 👏👏👏💖🥰💘 bellissima interpretazione 💞👌

[@yvrkid7070]

This was a big hit when it came out. The second single from A Night At the Opera after Bohemian Rhapsody and such a contrast! In Canada (where I am from) it reached #2. Freddie didn't like the electric piano saying"why would I play that when I have a grand piano?" so Deacy went home and learned it himself. John's bass in this is pretty cool as well. If you read the lyric it could be too sweet but Freddie puts so much passion into the vocal it sounds sexy instead. Apparently Roger said something like "happy at home! You can't say that in rock and roll! What is this, the women's institute?" But it turned out to be a beautiful song. The fight about royalties was because the writer of the B-side made the same amount of money as the writer of the A-side. So Roger made the same amount as Freddie for Bohemian Rhapsody. So when this song came out Brian made sure '39 was on the B-side then all 4 got royalties. Another great reaction Hap!

[@dianecourtney2724]

Freddie and Deacy were best friends....probably didn't argue.

[@debbiebush5887]

Hey HAP. This song is so beautiful that JOHN wrote for his wife. Do you know that JOHN and VERONICA are still married after 46 yrs. JOHN also wrote the song FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS. YEA I get to cross another song off of the list of songs that you havent done yet. This song came off of A NIGHT AT THE OPERA album from 1975. Great reaction my friend. Have a good evening and take care. Your girl, QUEEN BEE.

[@leed119]

Yep Friends will be Friends is GOOD>>>>

[@tonyataylor4697]

Freddie and John wrote Friends will be Friends.

[@bigmallly7863]

I love this track. Anyone not in the know would think Freddie wrote this.

[@barbaramendoza2202]

Probably because Freddie uses his voice and emotion to adapt and present every song as he thinks it should be! Such a Legend!!

[@leonarae8496]

Another Deacy great, written for his wife. Reportedly Roger hated this song saying “I’m happy at home? We can’t say that! We’re a rock band not the **expletive** country women’s association!” 🤣 It became one of their biggest hits

[@rockledgeln]

A way to date some songs is that Freddie grew his mustache in 1980 and shaved it in 1984 for The Great Pretender (I think that's the song he shaved it for). The painted fingernails are pre-1980.

[@davethomas6216]

He shaved the moustache off in 1987 for the great pretender

[@kuntumhapsari6894]

Never get bored with this song. Freddie voice very very soft here ❤️

[@sumerfluffy]

Good song choice Chris! Spot on again HAP!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@korinalacount2664]

Love this song,Johns songs were so good and most very well received,he had hits too! This is one of them,so sweet he wrote it for his wife,who he is still with,with 6 kids!!!

[@chicochi3]

One of my favorite songs by Queen. And Petsmart used in in a TV commercial a few years back. When one of your band members has a degree in electrical engineering there are a lot of things you can do in the studio.

[@jojoa2870]

THANK YOU HAP! ❤ One of my top favorite Queen songs, LOVE the video, not action packed but beautifully shot with the candlelight and the boys doing their thing. The song itself is so amazing, calming, melodic..... Freddie's soothing vocals and Brian's added riffs. The astounding Queen music 🎶 and sound 🎧 wasn't always easy to achieve but well worth the "bickering" it took. Great reaction, can't wait for the next one! 😀

[@flyingcloud6776]

This single has been released after Bohemian Rhapsody, and has been overshadowed, of course. But it also has been a long time hit, and had a lot of airplay over many years. It has been a widespread wedding song, and was really popular. There are also a bunch of ads with this song. So many people know it, but strange enough, not so many know, that it's by Queen. Deaky wrote it while he learned to play the electric keyboard, and Freddie refused to play that instrument, so Deaky played it himself. Roger didn't like the song, because rock stars don't sing things like "we're happy at home"...

[@annmonaghan4360]

It's years since I've heard this, it's quite mellow and relaxing.

[@brittahlander1043]

John wrote it to his wife

This song is such a ''Feel good'' song, I listen to it whenever I wanna feel happy, just like ''Don't stop me now''

[@diesebellim9044]

very nice song and amazing freddie's voice always queen forever thank you for sharing.. ⭐🌹🙏

[@joymaxs2874]

Hap, the smile on your face made me smile too. Queen can really do anything and deliver so much joy 💕🎶 I love songs written by John. Thank you Chris for requesting this beautiful song. 💞

[@taniagariepy]

Sweet and amazing it’s taken you so long to find it. Used for advertising in many countries. Fun as always Hap.

[@The1queencollector]

Their music is engrained in a lot of countries culture, most people have heard Queen somewhere without ever realising it, a staple from Queen greatest hits.

[@angelak.7365]

This was filmed in the summer in a barn. Apparently that, and with all the candles, made it incredibly hot and smelly.😄

[@nataliebagshaw2773]

Great reaction. Love this song and especially love how Freddie stares in to the camera leaning on the microphone stand and the groaning noises 😋😋. HOT 🔥🔥🤗❤️

[@lindsaycrellin4588]

You should check out Roger & Brian’s commentary on this video very funny 😄

[@JanS1]

I LOVE this song! Seems simple but like all Queen songs, it isn't. Always happy to hear it :) John wrote some really great ones.

[@denikennedy6675]

A SWEET, HAPPY SONG! LOVED IT! FANTASTIC REACTION, HAP! AS ALWAYS!🥰❤👑 good choice chris!

[@proudarmymom8657]

I love this song, John Deacon wrote this for his wife!

[@gersonneto2113]

QUEEN the show must go on reaction

[@barbaramendoza2202]

@Gerson Neto Hap has reacted to The Show Must Go On. He’s got quite an impressive playlist - check it out! 😊

[@gracek4309]

Awesome reaction! I laughed w/ u Hap. I like this song. It’s very catchy& it sounds so lovely. Awww John 🧡 How lovely that he wrote this for his wife.

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Deaky wrote this for his wife Veronica....it’s on A Night at the Opera, 1975, along with BoRap. Roger didn’t want to sing the line “happy at home”, he was quoted as saying, “what is this the women’s institute? We’re a rock band”

[@jeansands9303]

John Deacon playing electronic piano is awesome 😍😍😍

[@johnandrews3151]

From the Queen album A Night At The Opera, named after one of the Marx Brothers movies. Another great song from the album (all of them are great!), is called I'm In Love With My Car. This one is written and lead vocals by Roger Taylor.

[@mmaloneym]

Freddie hated the electric piano so John took it home and taught himself to play it for the song!! John wrote the song for his wife!!

[@lollinelson5549]

I don't think I've ever seen you smile so much during a reaction. Love it. There are a couple of other arrangements of You're My Best Friend floating around KZbin. At my first listen it was a bit jarring, but really quite good.

[@aprilebert157]

You have got to do Misfire by John Deacon. That's his naughty song. And yes it was John Deacon.

[@chrisy8989]

That one should leave Hap speechless! 🤣

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

"HAP3SPEAKZHLESS" 🥸😁

[@lynnhoffman247]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ 🤣😂🤣

[@aprilebert157]

I really do just want to see his face when he hears it and myblife will be complete.

[@bluebell3720]

Well, Freddie didn't like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that's the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on. - John Deacon[13] I refused to play the damn thing [the Wurlitzer]. It's tinny and horrible and I don't like them. Why play those things when you've got a lovely superb grand piano? No, I think, basically what he [John] is trying to say is it was the desired effect. Freddie mercury Bo rap was released oct 75 Best friend june 76 off the same album It got to no 7 uk and 16 in the us Used in a lot of films,ads.. Shaun of the dead used Freddie DSMN in the fight scene! Also johns best friend I think in the credits I love how Freddie can make everything sound genuine and personal as if he wrote it

[@barbaramendoza2202]

Love that you notice details and are able to deduce who the song was written by. The book really adds a lot of inside info too. 😍

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

thanks for listening up until the end. :)

[@chrisy8989]

You've heard it before because you've reacted to a live version with Millionaire Waltz, Hap! 😂😂 Great reaction and thank you!

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

indeed you are correct there :D haha

[@janslowhand1684]

@@HAP3SPEAKZMaybe you've heard it at the end of the movie Shaun Of The Dead. Fantastic movie

[@lynlandham3779]

I had no idea this was a Queen song! It's so sweet and "normal."

[@Anisabell2]

When I first heard it I could rewind it to...I bought a CD 😊😊😊

[@scaramouche5851]

it's a simple song, easy to remember. I like it and maybe I shouldn't say what everyone has already said in the comments (but I will): 📣📣📣John wrote it for his wife, ha!

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Yep I also mentioned that at the end of the video too. 📖

[@scaramouche5851]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ I just heard you. oh my, I will never forget this .. the leitmotif of the day: for his wife !! I like that you also give us information from your books.✌🙋

[@karenparsons7788]

Aww Deaky 💓💓💓 Made the Song for His Wife!!!! Freddie sang it Very Beautifully ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️!!!

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

John Deacon wrote few songs, but the ones he did were some of my favorites!

[@ben1ben]

nice

[@minarosa-diaz2592]

Grew up listening to Queen. 💗 Enjoy your reaction vids, not many I am patient with but, yours 👍🏽. Thank you

[@pearlegates7079]

Not the biggest Queen fan here, but I have always loved this song. My sister, on the other hand, is probably one of Queens biggest fans!

[@annroberts2269]

Love this song!!!

[@annmonaghan4360]

Freddie often wore black nail varnish

[@barbaramendoza2202]

...and only on the left hand because he couldn’t paint using his left hand to do the right side! 😂

[@pennioltheten6018]

this song was pretty popular in the states when it came out. I remember hearing it and loving it. Written by John Deacon to his wife.

[@NilZed1]

just one of the sweetest love songs ever.

[@terridostal1348]

I haven't listened to this song in years. Thanks for the reaction.

[@GinMae]

Thanks again, Hap - this song was fairly popular in the U.S. -- written by John Deacon, of course -- quite sentimental and sweet - My BFF and I were SO into Queen, I remember that for my 16th birthday, she hand-wrote all of the lyrics for this song in the card she gave me -- it was so great... lol

[@aimlessbauer9082]

Freddie Mercury was fine! I just had to say it, and hearing him sing this song makes my heart melt!

[@gregmcneil895]

Haps3, enjoy all your QUEEN reaction videos, you are the BEST!

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Thank you so much!!

[@bettybaby63]

Roger made a fortune off of being on the B side of BoRap. The tension was likely a result of Brian & John being left out of that windfall. Roger was often the one to make his opinion/criticism of a particular song known. He also stated, well if someone comes up with an idea & no one else likes it, but can’t come up with anything better then we’ll go with the original idea. Lol John wanted the sound of an electric piano, but yes Freddie was a Piano snob.

[@barbaramendoza2202]

@bettybaby63 Roger also locked himself in a closet and wouldn’t come out until the band agreed to let his Car song be on the “B” side of BoRap!! 😂😂😂

[@tracilmoser1677]

In the USA, this recieved a lot of play on FM radio stations. Oh boy I am old, lol

[@susieq9801]

Deaky's songs were always very accessible. Usually he wrote about romance and friendship, things all people can readily relate to. "Just you and I" is a perfect example. Amazing lyrics. "Friends will be friends", "One year of love" (is better than a lifetime alone), "In only 7 days". He wrote PEOPLE songs. Freddie said he loved his compositions because they were "singer's songs" whatever that is.

[@maritzamardones4372]

Beautiful song writen by Deaky❤❤

[@ashlynbulsara4238]

John Deacon wrote this song for his wife Veronica .

[@cathytobias4722]

This song is so beautiful,❤️❤️❤️ and the headphones are a must for all Queen songs, because I found out that you miss out on a lot of musical mastery without them!🎧

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

QUEEN #1_ greatest of all time best all around band of all time. #1_ band in the UK ever and #2_ favorite bands in the USA & world is Journey. #3 Band in the USA and the world is Fleetwood Mac!! I was 7 years old when the song came out.. maybe 8 years old because the album was released in October 1974 and I turned 8 in Dec 12-15-1975.._ I remember hearing Bohemian Rhapsody and White Queen and I definitely remember hearing on the radio.. aside from Killer Queen and Seven Seas of Rye song I remember most from the 1970s in America.. Love it!! It is so John Deacon

[@aviatom1]

Studio was great, but live proved this band had all the talent, no studio tricks, :)

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

Long hair/clean shaven Fred = 70s. Short hair Freddie = 80s. One of my favorite song lyrics: "Whenever the world is cruel to me, I have you to help me forgive."💕 (There's a LOT of unspoken meaning there... I wonder in what ways John felt the world cruel?)

[@micheleshelley6156]

This is one of my very favorites. It was getting a lot of radio play along the time I got one of my big red geldings. I loved that horse so much, and I always think of him when I hear it. Also, Fred was a bit...put off, I suppose you might say, about the electric piano, but it just never sounded as good without it.

[@johnnie3Chords]

Similar songs that have that same " Flow ' are , Misfire , Killer Queen , Jealousy , to name a few , a few are John songs ! 👍😁

[@johnnie3Chords]

I see you continue this video with a list of facts about Deaky, I should have known 😁

[@alisonrandall3039]

This was filmed on a hot summers day. Next to a pig farm. The room filled up with flies.

[@user-eh8eg4hp5t]

You're on the Dark side";today Hap!🙂 You are always spit on and catching those intricacies. Love it. Thank you feelving good vibes during my insomnia. 😊 Not Roger's or Brian's favorite.At least not Roger's. Felt being "happy at home" was not a good Rock'n Roll vibe. Yes, Deaky's song to his wife.

[@melissachamoun3047]

and im a fan of freddie

[@melissachamoun3047]

i.like hapspeakz hes british i like brit people i think theyre yummy

[@bluebell3720]

who wrote that book? I think it's giving you the wrong impression of Freddie he was very much a team player and particularly supportive of John,the song probably wouldn't have gone on the album if Freddie han't supported him or ABTD which freddie helped him with ,the other two didn't want to work on it I very much doubt John would have expected freddie to play the wultlitzer,he knew he hated it,thats why John took it home and that's how the song came about Freddie probably offered to do it on his piano but John prefered to do it as he learnt it credit to John for learning something new and it's more interesting for John as well as for royalties,I think it would have been best if whoever wrote the a side had one of their own songs on the b side,end of arguing! and then there's no unfairness between them the better the album does the bigger the share they're getting!

[@barbaramendoza2202]

@blue bell John also taught himself to play upright bass for Who Wants to Live Forever. ALL Wonderful and Committed Musicians!! 👑👑👑👑. I don’t think the idea of having the same artist on both A and B sides of a SINGLE (not Album) would solve the band’s problem of sharing royalties. By doing that, it would take 4 Singles. The way they did it, it took just 2 Singles for all 4 to have royalties from a released Single. At least that makes more sense to me. 😊🤷🏻‍♀️

[@theaterpup3466]

Well if the same writer got both the A side and B side, they'd get a ton of money, the others probably wouldn't see that as fair. They did the right thing later by sharing the credit for everything.

[@bluebell3720]

@@theaterpup3466 See my response to Barbara Mendoza

[@theaterpup3466]

@@bluebell3720 I don't see a response.

[@bluebell3720]

@@theaterpup3466 its showing up on my phone thought it would be easier than practically repeating I forgot I hadn't responded to her until I saw yours!

[@thugforlife1601]

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[@bbbfst]

I don't hate this song, but it's certainly one of my least favorite ones from Queen. A little too damn sweet for my taste.