Don’t stop me now

"Whilst Farrokh Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury, the rock star artist had departed this life in 1991, his extraordinary vocal performances live on — on earth and… in outer space,” mentions a report from independent researcher Farrokh Vajifdar of UK. When the latest British astronaut Tim Peake blasted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on December 15, 2015 for a European Space Agency project on the International Space Station, he took with him the rock star’s acclaimed number Don’t stop me now…’cos I’m havin’ a good time as one of his three preferred music choices. "So, the Parsi presence has now been extended some 250 miles (400 km) skyward in earth orbit,” reiterates Vajifdar.
"I love Queen and I think that (song) has just got so much energy and obviously fun lyrics to go with it,” the astronaut told the Sunday Times of December 13. Peake had previously stated that in order to hear the music as it is piped into his cockpit, it will need to be "real loud.” The other two tracks he has chosen for his launching music are U2’s Beautiful Day and Coldplay’s A Sky Full of Stars.

Peake was reportedly the first Briton ever to set foot on the International Space Station when he travelled for over six hours at speeds in excess of 17,500 mph. He is scheduled to spend the next six months on board the Space Station, which orbits earth at an altitude of 225 miles, according to the International Business Times of December 13. He will participate in 265 experiments during that time, as well as carry out routine maintenance tasks to ensure the station’s communication channels, power networks and 15-year-old suction toilets are in perfect working condition.
The top feel-good song for the past several decades Don’t stop me now still has the ability to lift moods and fill the dance floor, according to a study by a cognitive neuroscientist Dr Jacob Jolij who has confirmed the impact it seems to have on listeners. The 1978 hit has just the right tempo, lyrics by Mercury and is played in the musical key identified as producing a happy feeling.
"Holiday-themed lyrics naturally remind us of happy times, while a major third musical key sounds happy to our ears and something we associate with confidence. A high tempo of 150 beats per minute also subconsciously triggers a sense of energy. Combine these three ingredients together and you have the formula for the perfect ‘feel-good’ song,” it was explained on Daily Mail’s MailOnline dated September 17, 2015.
"Peake has some six months to recall and relish Freddie’s bravado words… The lyrics make reference to supersonic speeds and space travel, albeit in originally rather unscientific contexts,” states Vajifdar.
The first three verses of the high energy song Don’t stop me now are:
Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time/I feel alive and the world it’s turning inside out Yeah!/I’m floating around in ecstasy/So don’t stop me now don’t stop me/’Cause I’m having a good time having a good time