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"Liar" is a song by British rock group Queen. Written by singer Freddie Mercury in 1970, the song featured on the band's 1973 debut album Queen. An edited version of "Liar" was released as single—backed with "Doing All Right" as its B side—in the United States by Elektra Records in February 1974. In the earlier years of Queen, this song was regarded as one of the most impressive performances of a live show, often going over 8 minutes long. However over time the song eventually fell off the set-list, with the exception of The Works Tour. The song though was cut down to 3 minutes or less. At Wembley right before "Tear It Up," the beginning of the"Liar" guitar riff is played by Brian May. During live performances, it was one of the very few songs when bass player John Deacon sang backing vocals,during the part where the band calls "all day long." in response to Mercury's lead. He mimics the promotional video for the song, where Deacon stands behind Freddie, and sings into his microphone. Also in live performances, Deacon also performs a short bass solo. As confirmed by the transcription on EMI Music Publishing's Off The Record sheet music for the song, this is one of three Queen tracks, the others being "Now I'm Here" and "Under Pressure" (their collaboration with David Bowie), to feature a Hammond organ. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.