“Scandal” is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was released as the fourth single from their 1989 album The Miracle.
“Scandal”, written by Brian May, but credited to Queen, is about the unwanted attention May and lead singer Freddie Mercury received from the press in the late 1980s, involving May’s divorce from his first wife, Chrissie Mullen, and his relationship with actress Anita Dobson and growing media speculation about Mercury’s health.
Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in April 1987; he did not reveal his condition until the day before his death in November 1991.
However, changes in his appearance, particularly his weight loss and rather gaunt look, helped fuel speculation that he was seriously ill.
Lyrics:
Eeh dah eeh dah
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
Scandal – now you’ve left me all the world’s gonna know
Hey scandal, they’re gonna turn our lives into a freak show
They’ll see the heart-ache, they’ll see our love break
They’ll hear me pleading, we’ll say for God’s sakes
Over and over and over again
Scandal – now you’ve left me there’s no healing the wounds
Hey scandal, and all the world can make us out to be fools
Here come the bad news, open the floodgates (oooh oooh)
They’ll leave us bleeding, we say you cheapskates
(Oooh oooh)
Over and over and over again
So let them know when they stare, it’s just a private affair
They’ll have us hung in the air and tell me what do they care
It’s only a life to be twisted and broken
They’ll see the heart-ache, they’ll see our love break – yeah
They’ll hear me pleading, I’ll say for God’s sakes
Over and over and over and over again – yeah
Scandal, scandal
Scandal, scandal
Yes you’re breaking my heart again
Scandal – yes it’ll all and all happen again
Today the headlines, tomorrow hard times
And no-one ever really knows the truth from the lies
And in the end the story deeper must hide (oooh)
Deeper and deeper and deeper inside
Scandal, scandal
Scandal, scandal
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