October 4, 1980 –
Queen started a three week run at No.1 on the Billboard singles chart with Another One Bites The Dust, on this date.
Queen were originally reluctant to release this as a single, but backstage after a Queen gig at the Los Angeles forum, a visiting Michael Jackson convinced them it would be a hit. “Michael and all his brothers were all going, ‘That’s a fantastic track. You must release it,‘” recalled Queen drummer Roger Taylor to Q magazine December 2009.
The Haus of Dcaligari 