, ▁who ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁visit ▁them ▁and ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁play . ▁" In nu endo " ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁debut ing ▁at ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁ ▁" I ' m ▁Go ing ▁S light ly ▁Mad " ▁ ▁" I ' m ▁Go ing ▁S light ly ▁Mad " ▁was ▁begun ▁in ▁Mercur y ' s ▁London ▁house , ▁after ▁he ▁had ▁got ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁writing ▁a ▁song ▁about ▁mad ness , ▁inspired ▁by ▁No ël ▁Cow ard ' s ▁camp ▁one - lin ers . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁like ▁" ban ana ▁tree " ▁or ▁" one ▁need le ", ▁came ▁from ▁both ▁him ▁and ▁his ▁friend ▁Peter ▁Stra ker , ▁who ▁stayed ▁up ▁all ▁night ▁in ▁Mercur y ' s ▁kitchen , ▁de vis ing ▁ever ▁more ▁out land ish ▁lines . ▁The ▁music ▁is ▁Mercur y ' s ▁and ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁songs ▁the ▁band ▁were ▁working ▁on ▁in ▁Mont re ux ▁when ▁Steve ▁How e ▁came ▁in . ▁The ▁video ▁that ▁accompanied ▁the ▁song ▁saw ▁Mercur y ▁dressed ▁in ▁a ▁cost ume ▁suit ▁with ▁wild ▁hair , ▁white ▁glo ves , ▁long ▁pointing ▁sho es ▁and ▁extremely ▁heavy ▁make ▁up , ▁fil med ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white . ▁Wh ilst ▁Queen ▁fans ▁were ▁thoroughly ▁am used ▁by ▁the ▁band ▁in ▁the ▁video , ▁in ▁the ▁document ary , ▁Champions ▁of ▁the ▁World , ▁Taylor ▁conf essed ,