Take over popular and successful recording involving Queen? (7)
I believe the answer is:
inherit
'take over' is the definition.
(take ownership of something)
'popular and successful recording involving queen?' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' (something that's 'in' is fashionable).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'successful recording' becomes 'hit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'queen?' becomes 'ER' (short for Elizabeth Regina ie Queen Elizabeth).
'hit' placed around 'er' is 'herit'.
'in'+'herit'='INHERIT'
(Other definitions for inherit that I've seen before include "Receive under terms of will" , "Be the recipient of" , "Receive from a predecessor" , "Receive as bequest from will" , "Receive as heir" .)