| "Who Wants to Live Forever" | ||||
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album A Kind of Magic | ||||
| B-side | "Killer Queen" | |||
| Released | 15 September 1986 | |||
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| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian May | |||
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"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the British rock band Queen. A power ballad,[1] it is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, which was released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander.[2] Queen was backed up by an orchestra, with orchestrations by film score composer Michael Kamen. The song peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts.[3] In 1991, it was included in the band's second compilation album, Greatest Hits II.[4]
Since its release, the song has been covered by many artists. Five months after Mercury's death in November 1991, Seal performed a live version of the song at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. In 2014, Rolling Stone readers voted it their fifth favourite song by Queen,[5] and in 2018 it was listed at number 15 in "The top 20 Queen songs of all time" by Smooth Radio.[1]
- ^ a b Eames, Tom (23 October 2018). "The top 20 Queen songs of all time". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Who Wants To Live Forever. UltimateQueen.co.uk
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
- ^ "Queen Greatest Hits II". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Readers' Poll: 10 Greatest Queen Songs". Rolling Stone. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2018.