Vintage Ads (Look & Listen): Queen, ‘Bicycle Race’/’Fat Bottomed Girls’ (1978)
Queen, ‘Bicycle Race’/’Fat Bottomed Girls’ (‘Cash Box’ magazine, October 28, 1978). Click to enlarge.
Queen released a double A-side single featuring “Bicycle Race” and “Fat Bottomed Girls” at the tail-end of 1978. Both songs appeared on the band’s Jazz LP.
The songs hit #24 on the US Hot 100 and #11 in the UK.
Previously on Vintage Ads: ZZ Top, ‘Fandango!’ (1975)
Thanks for posting that ad-I’ve never seen it before. It’s interesting that the ad features a girl on a bicycle wearing a bikini bottom and the inside fold out cover of the Jazz album shows dozens of naked girls on bicycles.
Queen held a naked bike race to promote the single. I guess the bikini bottom was painted on after an outcry over the nudity.