Mustapha (song)

"Mustapha" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and recorded by British rock band Queen.

It is the first track of their 1978 album Jazz,[1] categorized as "an up-tempo Arabic rocker" by Circus magazine.

[2] "Mustapha" was released as a single in Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia and Bolivia in 1979.

It also uses a sentence in Persian-emulating gibberish, reflecting Mercury's Parsi background.

Parts of the lyrics like "Achtar es na sholei" meaning "His star, not his flame" have clear ties to the Persian language.