{"id":6873,"date":"2026-11-03T12:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:35:48","slug":"this-queen-classic-may-be-freddie-mercurys-greatest-empowerment-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/this-queen-classic-may-be-freddie-mercurys-greatest-empowerment-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"This Queen Classic May Be Freddie Mercury\u2019s Greatest Empowerment Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freddie Mercury opens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/queen\/we-are-the-champions\">\u201cWe Are The Champions\u201d<\/a> with dues paid and sentences served. It all leads to a celebratory chorus of triumph over hardship. And it endures as a go-to song for victorious sports teams: \u201c<em>No time for losers \/ \u2019Cause we are the champions of the world<\/em>.\u201d No doubt a great anthem for when one has routed an opponent in the big game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Mercury\u2019s greatest empowerment anthem may be \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Me Now\u201d. Appearing on Queen\u2019s 1978 LP, <em>Jazz<\/em>, it\u2019s an upbeat and cheerful tune that finds the singer in a state of utter rapture as he keeps the buzzkills at bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Floating Around in Ecstasy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen - Don&amp;apos;t Stop Me Now (Official Video Remastered 4K)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HgzGwKwLmgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercury croons optimistically over piano chords. He\u2019s floating and he wants to keep it that way. It could be a great night, week, or month; he doesn\u2019t want it to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tonight, I\u2019m gonna have myself,<br>A real good time, I feel alive.<br>And the world, I\u2019ll turn it inside out, yeah,<br>I\u2019m floating around in ecstasy, so<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His soliloquy then becomes a chorus as Mercury and the band layer voices into a kind of defiantly grand opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Don\u2019t stop me now,<br>Don\u2019t stop me,<br>\u2019Cause I\u2019m having a good time, having a good time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From here, he leaps like a jungle cat, refusing to be grounded, and speeds by like a naked Godiva on horseback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I\u2019m a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger,<br>Defying the laws of gravity.<br>I\u2019m a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva,<br>I\u2019m gonna go, go, go, there\u2019s no stopping me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Speed of Light<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t Stop Me Now\u201d feels like it could be the backstory to \u201cWe Are The Champions\u201d. Before a champ can triumph, the champ must first rally himself, as Mercury does here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Mr. Fahrenheit, who, like Mercury the planet, reaches scorching temperatures. 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