Back in June, the surviving members of Queen surprised fans when they revealed they had unearthed a previously unheard song that included late frontman Freddie Mercury. Fans were obviously excited to hear a new song featuring the singer that passed away in 1991. Now, after months of anticipation the band has finally released the song recorded 34 years ago.
On Thursday, Queen finally gave the world some new music featuring Freddie Mercury. According to BBC, the song was recorded during the historic sessions for ‘The Miracle’ in London and Switzerland. At that time, Mercury had already been diagnosed with HIV, but the public was still unaware.
“We looked at it many times and thought, oh no, we can't really rescue that. But in fact, we went in there again and our wonderful engineering team went, 'OK, we can do this and this,’” said Brian May of the new track. In the song, Mercury appears to reference his failing health. While the song didn’t end up making it onto ‘The Miracle,’ fans are happy they finally get to hear Mercury’s voice on a new song again.
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