Released on October 13, 1978, "Bicycle Race" / "Fat Bottomed Girls" was issued as a double A-side single by Queen through EMI Records in the United Kingdom. Taken from the band's seventh studio album Jazz, the release paired two of the album's most recognizable tracks and became one of Queen's most memorable late-1970s singles. Written respectively by Freddie Mercury and Brian May, the two songs were deliberately linked, each containing lyrical references to the other. The co