Beauty Queen (Roxy Music song)

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"Beauty Queen"
Song by Roxy Music
from the album For Your Pleasure
ReleasedMarch 1973
RecordedFebruary 1973 at Command Studios, London
Genre Art rock, glam rock
Length4:40
Label EG Records
Songwriter(s) Bryan Ferry
Producer(s) Chris Thomas, John Anthony and Roxy Music

"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure .

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