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"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander. (It was later used in the television series of the same name, in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", and "Leader of the Pack"). May sings lead on the first verse before Freddie Mercury takes over for most of the remainder of the song. The version which can be heard in the film is unique, in that it features Mercury singing lead vocals on the first verse. In live performances, Mercury would sing lead on the entire song. Image File history File linksMetadata Wwtlfq. ...
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A Kind of Magic is a 1986 album by English rock band Queen. ...
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Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ...
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Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
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Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
A Kind of Magic is a 1986 album by English rock band Queen. ...
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Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ...
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An instrumental version of the song, titled "Forever", was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by Brian May.
Cover versions
- In 1989, Brian May's daughter Louisa, who was at the time eight years old, sang a version of the song. It was included on a 12 inch single, along with another version of the song that Brian May performed with two kids named Ian and Belinda.
- Seal performed a live version of this song at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992.
- In 1995, Brian May recorded a version with Jennifer Rush on her Out Of My Hands album. It featured May on lead-vocals for a verse plus backing vocals and guitar work.
- Pavarotti called Giorgia for his charity concert Pavarotti & Friends where she performed the song. The recorded Live-CD was released in 1995.
- Sarah Brightman also has recorded this song on her Time to Say Goodbye album, released in 1997.
- Dune recorded an orchestrated version on the 1997 album Forever. It was also released as the first single from the album.
- The symphonic metal band After Forever recorded a cover of this song and released it with their single "Emphasis" in 2002.
- In 2005, the song was covered by Breaking Benjamin on the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen.
- The Ten Tenors recorded a version on their album "Here's to the Heroes", released in 2006.
- Rock Star: INXS Finalist, MiG Ayesa covered the song on his debut Album "MiG" in 2007.
- Katharine McPhee covered this song on the "Queen" themed week on American Idol's fifth season.
- Eva Avila covered this song on the "1980's" themed week on Canadian Idol's fourth season.
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