Another One Bites the Dust was released by Queen in 1980 on the album The Game, written by bassist John Deacon, and its simple bass riff became one of rock's most recognisable hooks. Online editors later paired that hook with cannon fire and other heavy impacts to mark eliminations in games and sports clips. The combination spread through meme soundboards and short video edits because the lyric delivers the joke instantly, turning each new defeat into another entry in a running count.