Jealousy Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Oh, how wrong can you be?
Oh, to fall in love
Was my very first mistake
How was I to know
I was far too much in love to see?
Oh, jealousy, look at me now
Jealousy, you got me somehow
You gave me no warning
Took me by surprise
Jealousy, you led me on
You couldn't lose, you couldn't fail
You had suspicion on my trail

[Chorus]
How, how, how, oh my jealousy
I wasn't man enough
To let you hurt my pride
Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

[Verse 2]
Oh, how strong can you be
With matters of the heart?
Life is much too short
To while away with tears
If only you could see
Just what you do to me
Oh, jealousy, you tripped me up
Jealousy, you brought me down
You bring me sorrow, you cause me pain
Jealousy, when will you let go?
Got a hold of my possessive mind
Turned me into a jealous kind
[Chorus]
How, how, how, oh my jealousy
I wasn't man enough
To let you hurt my pride
Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

[Outro]
But now it matters not
If I should live or die
'Cause I'm only left
With my own jealousy

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Genius Annotation

“Jealousy” is one of many Queen-ballads written by Freddie Mercury. The song is simply about being jealous, and ruining a relationship because of it. The song was released as the fourth, and last single from the Jazz album, as well as being the first and last single Queen released in the USSR. In the same region, the B-Side was the later side 2 Jazz cut, “Fun It,” but featured “Don’t Stop Me Now,” instead for countries elsewhere.

Brian May’s guitar features not his Red Special but his old side-White Hallfredh guitar, from Queen II’s “White Queen”, Brian’s ballad on Side White of the album, of course.

“Jealousy” tanked as a single, failing to chart in any land, or failing to land on any charts. But this poignantly melodic Mercury ballad ranks high among fans, a “deep cut” which was a single that flopped. But it’s served as Jazz’s Track 3, sandwiched in-between the 33&1/3rd RPM double-A single songs “Fat Bottomed Girls” and “Bicycle Race”. The first four or five tracks on “Jazz” were meant to entertain you as much as rock you, or just move you with “Jealousy” which failed to move in a don’t-stomp-me-now-manner. “Jazz” turns out more rock around after the Bicyclic Track 4.

It was Track 3 from the next album The Game that funked you, to Queen’s surprise; one could say it bit the jackpot but wasn’t supposed to, like the “Fun It” B-side to the 45 RPM herein which lacked the punch bass-line inspiration of “Good Times”.

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Credits
Produced By
Written By
Percussion
Background Vocals
Bass Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Lead Vocals
Recorded At
Mountain Studios, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland (July 1978)
Release Date
November 10, 1978
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