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== Live recordings == * Queen first recorded a live full version of the song at the [[Montreal Forum]] in Canada on 24 November 1981. This was included in the concert films ''[[We Will Rock You (video)|We Will Rock You]]'' and ''[[Queen Rock Montreal]]''.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1239496 Queen Rock Montreal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018005645/https://www.allmusic.com/album/queen-rock-montreal-mw0000489040 |date=18 October 2019}} ''Allmusic''. Retrieved 29 August 2011</ref> Incidentally, it is one of the few times in concert where Mercury used [[falsetto]] in the song on the line "these are the days it never rains but it pours". * A second live version of the song was recorded at [[Milton Keynes]], England, in 1982. This was released in 2004 on the live album/DVD ''[[Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl]]''. Prior to the concert, rumours circulated that Bowie would appear with Queen to sing his parts on stage, but he probably did not even attend the concert. * In September 1982, the band performed the song during an appearance on the [[Saturday Night Live (season 8)|eighth-season premiere]] of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which turned out to be Freddie Mercury's final live performance with Queen in the United States. * Later, Queen recorded a third live version of the song at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London, in 1986. This was released on the live album/DVD ''[[Queen at Wembley|Live at Wembley Stadium]]''.<ref>[http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/songs/wembley.htm#under Live At Wembley 1986] Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 23 July 2011</ref> Another rendition from this same tour (from Queen's concert in Budapest) appeared in edited form on the album ''[[Live Magic]]'' in 1986. A recording taken from Queen's last gig in [[Knebworth Park]] in 1986, appears, albeit in remixed form, as a B-side from second CD single of "Rah Mix" version of this song, released in 1999. ''([[#Rah Mix|See below]])'' * During the [[Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] in 1992, the surviving members of Queen along with Bowie and [[Annie Lennox]] (fulfilling Mercury's role) performed the song.<ref name="Tribute">[http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/videos/fmtributedvd.htm#under Under Pressure – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717091143/http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/videos/fmtributedvd.htm#under |date=17 July 2012}} Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 29 August 2011</ref> The concert was later released on DVD in 2002 for the 10th anniversary.<ref name="Tribute"/> * A version recorded by David Bowie's live band in 1995 was released on the bonus disc included with some versions of ''[[Outside (David Bowie album)|Outside – Version 2]]''. This live version was also released on the single "[[Hallo Spaceboy]]" in 1996. Two live recordings from the Outside Tour appear on Bowie's live concert albums ''[[Outside Tour#Dallas, Texas (Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95))|Ouvre le Chien (Live Dallas 95)]]'' (2020) and ''[[Outside Tour#Birmingham, England (No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95))|No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)]]'' (2020). * Bowie's 25 June 2000 performance of the song at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] was released in 2018 on ''[[Glastonbury 2000]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Sean T. |title=David Bowie: ''Glastonbury 2000'' Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/david-bowie-glastonbury-2000/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711093411/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/david-bowie-glastonbury-2000/ |archive-date=11 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Bowie's DVD ''[[A Reality Tour (film)|A Reality Tour]]'' (2004) and album ''[[A Reality Tour (album)|A Reality Tour]]'' (2010) include a November 2003 live version from the [[A Reality Tour]], recorded in Dublin, with Bowie's bassist [[Gail Ann Dorsey]] singing Mercury's parts. * The 2006 [[VH1 Rock Honors]] at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], featured [[Queen + Paul Rodgers]] performing "Under Pressure" along with "[[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]", "[[We Will Rock You]]" and "[[We Are the Champions]]" as a live broadcast.<ref>[http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/live/queenpr.htm#2006vh1 2006 VH1 Rock Honours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928215806/http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/live/queenpr.htm#2006vh1 |date=28 September 2012}} Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 29 August 2011</ref>
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