'39

"'39" is a song by British rock band Queen. Composed by lead guitarist Brian May, it is the fifth track on their fourth studio album A Night at the Opera. The song was also the B-side to "You're My Best Friend".

This article is about the song. For years of this name and other uses, see 39.

"'39"
The back sleeve of the Italian single sleeve for "You’re My Best Friend"
Song by Queen
from the album A Night at the Opera
A-side"You're My Best Friend"
PublishedQueen Music Ltd.
Released18 June 1976
RecordedAugust–November 1975
Genre
  • Progressive rock
  • pop rock
  • folk
  • skiffle
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)Brian May
Producer(s)
  • Roy Thomas Baker
  • Queen

The song relates the tale of a group of space explorers who embark on what is, from their perspective, a year-long voyage. Upon their return, however, they realise that a hundred years have passed, because of the time dilation effect in Einstein's special theory of relativity, and the loved ones they left behind are now all dead or aged.

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