"
Under Pressure" is a 1981 song originally recorded by
Queen and
David Bowie, and later included on Queen's 1982 album
Hot Space. The song reached number one on the
UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's second number-one hit in their home country (after 1975's "
Bohemian Rhapsody", which topped the chart for nine weeks), and Bowie's third UK number-one. It was also number 31 on
VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.