▁filled ▁the ▁g aps ▁in ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁recorded ▁it . ▁All ▁of ▁the ▁backing ▁vocals ▁were ▁done ▁by ▁May . ▁The ▁demo ▁version ▁is ▁s ung ▁by ▁May , ▁with ▁Mercur y ▁making ▁spoken ▁comments ▁( like ▁" B ite ▁the ▁bullet ▁baby ! "). ▁The ▁finished ▁product ▁features ▁Mercur y ' s ▁vocals ▁pe aking ▁at ▁an ▁E 5 . ▁ ▁" B ij ou " ▁ ▁" B ij ou " ▁was ▁an ▁idea ▁Mercur y ▁and ▁May ▁had ▁of ▁making ▁a ▁song ▁" inside - out ", ▁having ▁guitar ▁doing ▁the ▁vers es ▁and ▁the ▁vocal ▁doing ▁the ▁break . ▁Mercur y ▁put ▁the ▁ch ords , ▁title ▁and ▁lyr ics , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁of ▁them ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁guitar ▁parts . ▁Mercur y ▁sang ▁the ▁first ▁line ▁and ▁then ▁May ▁transferred ▁the ▁mel ody ▁to ▁his ▁Red ▁Special . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁finished ▁without ▁any ▁input ▁from ▁Taylor ▁or ▁De acon . ▁The ▁idea ▁was ▁not ▁new ▁and ▁already ▁used ▁by ▁Yes ▁on ▁their ▁song ▁" S oon ". ▁May ▁later ▁cred ited ▁Jeff ▁Beck ' s ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁song ▁" Where ▁W ere ▁You " ▁as ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁" B ij ou ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Queen ▁+ ▁Paul ▁Rod gers ▁performed ▁this ▁song ▁in ▁their ▁shows ▁of ▁the ▁Rock ▁the ▁Cos mos ▁Tour ▁by ▁May ▁playing ▁the ▁verse ▁live ▁and ▁then ▁having ▁Mercur y ' s ▁studio ▁vocals ▁play ▁while ▁a ▁screen ▁showed ▁foot age ▁from