'39 is a song by English guitarist Brian May and first recorded by his band Queen for their album A Night at the Opera in 1975. May sings lead vocals on its skiffle-like arrangement, featuring three- and four-part harmony vocals – including passages of falsetto during the middle bridge section, which culminate in an A5 sung by Roger Taylor. "'39" is the 39th song in the Queen studio album chronology. The acoustic guitars were recorded with a capo on the first fret. "'39" was released as the B-side to "You're My Best Friend", so the two singles from A Night at the Opera, the other being "Bohemian Rhapsody/I'm In Love With My Car" comprised one composition from each of the four members of Queen. The song's lyrics are a science fiction short story which concerns twenty volunteers who leave a dying Earth on a spaceship in search of new worlds to settle. They return to report success, 100.
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