Headlong
by Queen

Album: Innuendo (1991)
Charted: 14
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  • And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal
    And you're rushing headlong out of control
    And you think you're so strong
    But there ain't no stopping and there's nothin'
    You can do about it
    Nothin' you can do
    No there's nothin' you can do about it
    No there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can
    Nothin' you can do about it

    And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal
    And you're rushing headlong out of control
    And you think you're so strong
    But there ain't no stopping no there's nothin'
    You can do about it
    Yeah

    Hey, he used to be a man with a stick in his hand
    Hoop diddy diddy hoop diddy do
    She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand
    Hoop diddy diddy hoop diddy do
    Now you've got soup in the laundry bag
    Now you've got strings, you're gonna lose your rag
    You're gettin' in a fight
    Then it ain't so groovy when you're screaming in the night
    Let me out of this cheap 'B' movie
    Headlong down the highway and you're rushing
    Headlong out of control
    And you think you're so strong
    But there ain't no stopping and you can't stop rockin'
    And there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can
    Nothin' you can do about it

    When a red hot man meets a white hot lady
    Hoop diddy diddy hoop diddy do (ho)
    Soon the fire starts a raging gets 'em more than half crazy
    Hoop diddy diddy hoop diddy do
    Oh, now they start freaking everyway you turn
    You can't start walking 'cause your feet got burned
    It ain't no time to figure wrong from right
    'Cause reasons out the window
    Better hold on tight, you're rushing headlong
    Headlong out of control, yeah
    You think you're so strong
    There ain't no stopping and there's nothin' you, nothin' you
    Nothin' you can do about it at all
    Yeah yeah alright go
    And you're rushing headlong down the highway
    And you're rushing headlong out of control
    And you think you're so strong
    But there ain't no stopping
    There's nothin', nothin', nothin' you can do about it, yeah
    Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
    Ha ha
    Headlong
    Yeah yeah
    Headlong
    Yeahaw
    Headlong
    Gnoldaeh gnoldaeh gnoldaeh gnoldaeh Writer/s: BRIAN MAY, FREDDIE MERCURY, JOHN DEACON, ROGER TAYLOR
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 14

  • AnonymousWhen a red hot man(blood) meets a white hot lady(heroine)
  • Dan Gillespy. from Courtenay Bc.This song rocks and it rules.
  • AnonymousI just absolutely adore watching Deacy smiling at Freddie all the way through this video. He knew Freddie was dying so he made the most of what time they had left... True friends, truest friends I have ever known
  • Mark from Nh"soup in the laundry bag".... ??
  • Josh from UsaA version with Brian May singing can be heard on the 2011 "Deluxe Remastered Version".
  • Eliseu Carvalho from Canoas, Rs, BrazilThe weird thing repeated four times in the end is just "headlong" played backwards.
  • Lester from New York City, NyA real rocker. Great guitar
  • Jason from Woodside, NyI love the way Freddie sang this song. It's no wonder Brian let it go.
  • Jonathon from Clermont, FlYeah, best part of the song, I'd say. I also really like the video for this one.
  • Jeanette from Irvine, Cadefinitely not going crazy. best part= "he used to be a man with a stick in his hand, she used to be a woman with a hot dog stand" that part is awesome. lol i like the way he says hot dog too.
  • Amy from Dallas, TxI love this part: She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand. I love the way he says 'hotdog' lol i must be going crazy..right?
  • Amy from Monaghan, IrelandBrian (1991): "Headlong came from me, at our studio in Montreux, a home recording studio for us that's very state-of-the-art, lovely for creating. The ideas came in a couple of days. At first I thought about it as a song for my solo album but, as always, the band is the best vehicle. As soon as I heard Freddie sing it, I said, 'That's it!' Sometimes it's painful to give the baby away, but what you gain is much more. It became a Queen song."
  • Alicia from Tamaqua, PaThis is a great song... One of my faves to be exact.
  • Rick from Humboldt, Iathere's a part where they say "used to be a man with a stick in his hand" referring to how freddie always had his microphone attached to a stick.
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