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Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)

"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (Japanese title: "手をとりあって", te wo toriatte) is a song by Queen from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the closing track on the album.

Personnel
; Queen • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals • Brian Mayharmonium, acoustic piano, Vox electronic piano, guitars, backing vocals • Roger Taylor – drums, tambourine, percussion, backing vocals • John Deacon – bass guitar ; Additional musicians • Uncredited choir - backing vocals ==Live performances==
Live performances
It was performed live in Tokyo during the Jazz Tour in 1979 and again when the band visited Japan during The Game and Hot Space tours in 1981 and 1982, respectively. When Queen returned to Japan with Paul Rodgers in 2005, a truncated acoustic version was played during May's solo set. The same arrangement was used for Queen + Adam Lambert's festival appearances in Japan in summer 2014. Two years later, during the Japanese gigs of the Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour, the song was played in its entirety featuring the full band. ==Live recordings==
Live recordings
Super Live in Japan (2005) ==In other media==
In other media
"Teo Torriatte" was covered by Japanese singer Kokia on her 2008 Christmas album Christmas Gift, and by Mêlée in 2010 and can be found on the Japanese version of their album The Masquerade released in Japan on 18 August 2010. Andre Matos (former Angra singer) covered the song on the Japanese Edition of his 2010 effort Mentalize. Queen's version is also one of 38 songs included on the benefit album, Songs for Japan (compiled in response to the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Tōhoku), released on 25 March 2011. An extract from the song was used as the musical accompaniment for a montage of the Olympic torch relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony ("Hope Lights Our Way") on 23 July 2021. The song's alternative title is used on strategy video game Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. ==Romanisation of the title==
Romanisation of the title
The song's title is a romanisation of the phrase ; "Teo" is the romanisation of , plus the Japanese particle . "Torriatte", such as on the back cover of the A Day at the Races album and their official website, The Japanese single's cover gave the romanised version of the title as "Teo Toriatte", a standard single "r". ==Chorus translation==
Chorus translation
The chorus part sung in Japanese goes as follows: The chorus part sung in English: The album liner notes includes a translation credit: "With special thanks to our Japanese friend and interpreter Chika Kujiraoka." ==References==
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