Quote related to 'Another One Bites The Dust' from 'The Game'

That's a drum loop. That was built out of boredom, from my side, because nobody would show up in the studio! I started this loop and, in order not to step on anybody's toes, I put in these ominous, backwards piano notes. It's just a different piece of tape turned over. Things you can do when you're playing by yourself in the control room. Deacy said, “I've got some notes for this.” Freddie said he had some lyrics; he didn't have them written down, but had them memorized. “It's called Another One Bites the Dust. The bits before and after? I didn't get to those.” He didn't have any! He had a phrase. The riff, which is really, to an extent, the Chic thing with a couple of alterations, was put down and it started taking shape. We did some drum rolls and little cymbal crashes. For instance, that percussion thing in the middle section is some weird mistake going down. That was the Infernal Machine that I had on loan from Publison - the French manufacturer. I tried to mute something; my finger hit the knob and it turned up and went through the Machine – it sounded good! Even the end has a mistake. John told me months and months later, “It's number one, but it's still not perfect.” I asked why, but he went, “I won't tell you.” Finally he said, “Well, at the very end there's a hi-hat going ‘chhh' that should have been muted.” But nobody has written in or complained.

Reinhold Mack; Tape Op, January 2011