Let Me Live

"Let Me Live" is a song by Queen, from the album Made in Heaven. Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May share lead vocals, with Mercury singing the first verse, Taylor singing the second verse & bridge, and May singing the last verse. During the choruses, all of the band members sing (except for John Deacon), as well as a background choir, giving it a gospel sound reminiscent of the band's 1976 single "Somebody to Love". The single reached #9 in the UK Single Charts.

For the Rudimental and Major Lazer song, see Let Me Live (Rudimental and Major Lazer song).
For the Charley Pride song, see Let Me Live (Charley Pride song).

"Let Me Live"
Artwork for UK release
Single by Queen
from the album Made in Heaven
B-side
Released17 June 1996
Recorded1983, 1993–1995
GenreGospel
Length4:45
LabelParlophone (Europe)
Hollywood (North America)
Songwriter(s)Queen
Producer(s)Queen
Queen singles chronology
"Too Much Love Will Kill You"
(1996)		 "Let Me Live"
(1996)		 "You Don't Fool Me"
(1996)

History

Freddie Mercury stated in an interview that this song was originally recorded with Rod Stewart in 1983. It is rumored that this song was intended to be on Queen's The Works album in 1984. A backing lyric in the version intended for release on Made in Heaven had to be changed due to copyright problems, because it resembled a line from "Piece of My Heart". The first Mexican and Dutch pressings of the album, however, had the original version. The song peaked at #9 on the UK singles chart. According to the Queen website, BBC Radio 1 banned this song from the air waves.[1]

Track listing
CD single – part one: 1994 digital remaster
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Live"4:46
2."Fat Bottomed Girls"4:15
3."Bicycle Race"3:00
4."Don't Stop Me Now"3:30
CD single – part two: BBC session, February 1973
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Live"4:46
2."My Fairy King"4:07
3."Doing All Right"4:13
4."Liar"6:30
CD single (from The Singles Collection 4): Live at Wembley '86
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Live"4:46
2."We Will Rock You"2:57
3."We Are the Champions"4:04

Personnel
Queen
Additional musicians

Alternate version
  • Made in Heaven – The Film's Edit (0:29) (on the DVD only, on the 'Song Select' screen) (an edit of the album version from 0:25 to 0:55, fading out over three seconds)

Chart performance
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[2] 67
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 28
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 9

References
  1. "Made In Heaven". Queenonline.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. "Offiziellecharts.de – Queen – Let Me Live". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Queen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – Let Me Live" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. "Queen: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2020.



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