Queen was a British rock band founded in 1970 by lead singer, Freddie Mercury, guitarist, Brian May, drummer, Roger Taylor, and bassist, John Deacon. They are known for their major rock hits, Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, We Are the Champions, and so on. In 1981, they would return to the top charts of England with Under Pressure, a song composed and realized next to David Bowie. 
     The members of Queen were in the Swiss Alps working on some new songs, and at this time, David Bowie was there doing the same. Bowie decided to pay a visit to the band, bringing cocaine to share. As the musicians were on a drug high, they decided to get creative and began messing around with sound. Bowie said to the group, “Let’s just write one.” John Deacon, started messing around with some bass riffs and one caught Bowie’s attention. This bass riff became the opening of Under Pressure. The group worked all night. Bowie and Mercury took turns in the booth, recording vocals without hearing what the other was singing. 
     Originally the song was going to be titled, People on the Streets, but it was changed to Under Pressure later on. Bowie and Mercury butted heads several times during this process but eventually came to creative agreements. Under Pressure, a song written in a one night drug high, reach #1 in the UK and #29 in the US. Bowie would never perform Under Pressure live until the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with the Eurythmics singer; Annie Lennox.