Another One Bites the Dust is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by bass guitarist John Deacon, the song featured on the groups eighth studio album The Game (1980). The song was a worldwide hit, charting number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, from 4 October to 18 October (their second number-one single in the country). The song spent 15 weeks in the Billboard top 10 (the longest running top ten song of 1980), including 13 weeks in the top five, and 31 weeks total on the chart (more than any other song in 1980). It reached number two on the Hot Soul Singles chart and the Disco Top 100 chart, and number seven on the UK Singles Chart.[4][5] The song is credited as Queens best-selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies.[6] This version was ranked at number 34 on Billboards All-Time Top Songs.[7]