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Sound sample

Hi! I've added a 21-second sample of the song, though I did the beginning part. Should I have done a different part of the song? —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 06:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, the beginning is fine. Thanks for your time :).—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 07:26, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overtly homosexual?

What is so homosexual about this song? MatteusH 00:52, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is homosexual because the song is talking about sex, but the man singing the song says "I'm gonna make a super-sonic man out of you." This hints to homosexual man-on-man sex. Also, it should be noted that the lead singer of Queens was gay.

Actually, in the middle of the song, he does say, "make a supersonic woman of you." Perhaps it's a bisexual song...but no, it is very gay, isn't it?

Who says "super-sonic man" refers to sex? Find some sources that document this so-called "homosexuality" of the song. Otherwise saying that Don't Stop Me Now is a gay song should be treated as WP:OR.—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 07:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I was going to say something about this a while ago. It's not about homosexual sex any more than heterosexual sex. And Freddie Mercury wasn't gay, per-se. He was bisexual and went through stronger phases of homosexuality. At his death, he announced that he had been a heterosexual for many years and had stopped dabbling. --linca ^linca 10:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually. one verse says supersonic man, another says supersonic woman, so while it's probably referencing sex, the actual type of sex is highly ambiguous. Besides, whoever thinks that this is the "gayest" Queen song has obviously never heard Good_old_fashioned_lover_boy. That song is much, much more suggestive. I agree, that comment is WP:OR and should be removed. 97.82.247.200 04:11, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see any reason to keep the quote about the song being 'overtly homosexual,' as it is no more homosexual than many of Queen's other sexually-related songs. The reference cited is merely the opinion of someone with a web site. Tegrenath 04:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, the lyric is "THEY want to make a super-sonic man out of you." Second any statement that it's their "gayest song" is OR, unless provided by at at least more than just one critic, you know, to reach a consensus. True it's pretty flamboyant, but that does not necessarily mean gay, at least not more so than other of their similarly energetic songs. And anyone reading sexual metaphors or meanings into the song is doing so in light of the fact the Mercury was gay/bi. A layman would probably just consider it a funky tune. Lue3378 09:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're incorrect. It's not they, it's I. 98.221.133.96 (talk) 11:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So, we all agree the song is about sex. Why does the article not mention it? The song is extremely phallic. --67.172.13.176 (talk) 05:50, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm late to this discussion, so I don't expect any answers, but what is gay about "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy"? That one is completely over my head. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 08:04, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vocals

In video Deacon sings backing vocals. Did he do that in record, too? --87.110.80.44 (talk) 16:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. Deacon never sang on a record. Queenie 21:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'Notable Covers

Removed information pertaining to the 'Learn by Doings' cover of the song, according to its download page, its chart peak is 607, hardly notable I would argue.

-- ckydavies 01:13 GMT, 20 Dec, 2008

Thats a great exsample don't stop me now is my best song —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.139.31 (talk) 19:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

May's Dislike?

Why did Brian May hate the song? BulsaraAndDeacon (talk) 17:33, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

80 rent boys

Should some mention be made of Russell Brand's claim that this song was written after Freddie spent a night with 80 rent boys? It's in Booky Wook 2 - a source:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23883686-the-celebrities-strike-back-in-the-bookshops.do

I have no idea about the validity of this claim but I guess it should be looked into with a view to considering it for the article.

Nottrobin (talk) 14:09, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Space time continuum...

How can a 1979 song be on a 1978 album? :-)

Also anyone see a connection between this page and Hank Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing?? Yagirlfromanotherworld (talk) 23:04, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Most feel-good song ever

This recent news was added and reverted. A further source has the headline, "Scientists say this is the most feel-good song ever written". Should it be mentioned in the article? Burninthruthesky (talk) 09:55, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We can mention it, but the study isn't very scientific itself... the scientist just took a poll from random people with no consideration of their age (if you just peek at the top 10 list you can easily understand that it's not a list that someone under age 30 could have compiled), no control group and without laying a common background, and concluded that "fast songs charges you up more than slow ones". So... yea, that's it. ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.30.95.174 (talk) 17:03, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This seems like an interesting fact

Can I add the fact that this song is scientifically proven to be the most feel good song of all time? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3238679/Queen-s-Don-t-Stop-feel-good-song-past-50-years-scientific-formula-proved-it.html I feel like in adding it I might be violating the neutral POV, so I just want to be sure AbdulAliAbdullah (talk) 03:14, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My fault, I just looked through the talk page and realized this issue was already adressed AbdulAliAbdullah (talk) 05:35, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In popular culture...

New to editing... May I suggest the following addition to the "In popular culture" section - Team GB used the song in a video following the 2012 London Olympic Games

There are several links to the video including https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMySZa0TzQ&usg=AFQjCNEkRX7cCje6g842NG-aSxm1BtNXJg Icebsa (talk) 06:52, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The song was also featured in the trailers for Hardcore Henry and Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. AFluffyMuffin (talk) 22:32, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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What's the difference?

I noticed that next to the length of the song it says '7/Album Version. Is there any particular reason for this? As far as I know the album and single versions were the same length, so why is it significant to mention that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by UndoubtedlyMe (talk • contribs) 15:55, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism coming from a book plot point

For context: The recently (Sept 25th) released book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing has this Wikipedia article as a plot point. On page 28 of the hardcover (I just bought and started reading it) the protagonist is reading the article and notices a typo in the lead, and when she tries to fix it a new typo mysteriously appears instead, and that repeats once again. The recent vandalism has been adding those 4 typos. I haven't read beyond that (plus I don't want to spoil the unrelated-to-this-article book plot on the talkpage here) so I'm not sure how it develops from there. Now, the author of the book is a powerful force for good in this world (free educational materials, charitable work, and much more), so I'm only slightly frustrated at him that the novel is leading to minor vandalism. However, it is likely to continue at a low ebb for the next few months.

We might need to consider either longer-term semi-protection (thanks to user:Willondon and user:Ad Orientem for the current 2 day semi-protection :), or perhaps a temporary hidden-comment just above the first paragraph along the lines of  which might help dissuade most of these likely-first-time editors from petty vandalism. Perhaps we could even redirect their energy by adding "Maybe go fix a typo somewhere else?" or something.

Just notes and thoughts. :) Quiddity (talk) 04:18, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eh. No need to make a big deal out of this. If the problem persists protection can be restored/extended as needed. Just drop me a line if this resumes. See also WP:BEANS and WP:DENY. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:25, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the insight, Quiddity. I wondered why, of course. I thought it was maybe a giddy crowd-sourced campaign focussed ironically on "don't stop me now". I'm all for WP:BEANS and WP:DENY. If it's not a big thing, it won't be a big thing. I think we've all done well by Wikipedia. Willondon (talk) 05:55, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Supersonic Man

In dem Lied kommt der Supersonic Man vor. Wurde das lied für diesen Film verwendet? Auch für "Shazam! Film" scheint er verwendet worde zu sein. --88.67.204.48 (talk) 15:56, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]