Reference song
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen is included in the MRP music-supervisor reference catalog as a discovery and research track. Use this page for music-reference research across film, television, advertising, trailers, branded content and creative pitches. Inclusion does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents the recording or publishing rights.
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For Music Supervisors
For music supervisors researching Another One Bites the Dust by Queen, use this page as a reference point for film, TV, advertising, trailer and branded-content music research.
Licensing & clearance
Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- Queen Music Ltd. / current Sony-controlled catalog interest requires direct confirmation
- Administrator
- Sony Music Publishing (reported current catalog administration/acquisition context)
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- PRS
- Licensing / contact information
- Sony Music Publishing / Queen rights team; exact work-level licensor and represented share must be confirmed before quoting or clearing
- Verification status
- Research Required
- Verification date
- 2026-08-30
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Queen – Another One Bites the Dust (original 1980 The Game studio recording)
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Territory-dependent: Hollywood Records/Disney in U.S. & Canada; Queen/Sony catalog interests elsewhere subject to distribution transition
- Record label
- Hollywood Records (current U.S. catalog release); original EMI/Elektra release history
- Distributor / administrator
- Territory-dependent; Universal distribution transition to Sony reported for 2026/2027
- Master licensing / contact information
- For U.S./Canada, begin with Hollywood Records/Disney Music Group; outside U.S./Canada, confirm current Sony/UMG transition route before clearance
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Research Required
- Verification date
- 2026-08-30
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. MFP can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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- 1980s
- Categories
- Competition · dark comedy · sports · death
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