Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Fatboy Slim. The song contains portions of "Zidler's Rap", performed in the film by Jim Broadbent as the character Harold Zidler, and has been called the "'Can Can' for the next generation". "Sparkling Diamonds" is performed by Kidman, Broadbent, Caroline O'Connor, Natalie Mendoza and Lara Mulcahy. The song is a medley featuring "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin and introduced by Carol Channing in the Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), and "Material Girl" by Madonna. "Rhythm of the Night" was a hit single made famous in 1985 by the American R&B
You're My Best Friend (Queen song) album-release. Mercury's lead vocal features lot of "special effects" (voice, rubato-ized rhythms, ornaments, slides). Mercury hits two sustained Cs in the lead vocal track. The band answered Tom Browne on 24 December 1977 in a live BBC Radio One interview, regarding Deacon's control of the piano for the recording: You're My Best Friend (Queen song) "You're My Best Friend" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by bass guitarist John Deacon. It was originally included on the album "A Night at the Opera" in 1975, and later released as a single. In the US, "You're My Best