"
Tie Your Mother Down" is a song by British
rock band
Queen, written by guitarist
Brian May. It is the opening track and the second
single from their 1976 album
A Day at the Races. On its original release as a single in 1977 the song peaked at 31 in the UK Singles Chart, however more than 20 years later it was released as a double a-side to "
No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" where it reached 13 in UK Singles Chart. On the album the song is preceded by a one-minute instrumental intro featuring a
Shepard tone melody, which is reprised in the ending of "
Teo Torriatte": this was intended to create a "circle" in the album, typical, for example, of
Pink Floyd's albums.