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"Let Me Live" is a 1996 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 No. 9 in the UK Single Charts, becoming Queen last top ten hit.

"Let Me Live"
Artwork for UK release
Single by Queen
from the album Made in Heaven
B-side	"Fat Bottomed Girls" "Bicycle Race"
Released	17 June 1996
Recorded	1983, 1993–1995
Genre	Gospel
Length	4:45
Label	Parlophone (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 rumoured that this song was intended to be on Queen's The Works album in 1984. Some backing lyrics 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 No. 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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Live"	4:46
2.	"We Will Rock You"	2:57
3.	"We Are the Champions"	4:04

Personnel

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• Freddie Mercury — lead vocals on first verse, piano
• Brian May — lead vocals on final verse, backing vocals, electric guitar, organ
• Roger Taylor — lead vocals on second verse and bridge, backing vocals, drums, percussion
• John Deacon — bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals
• Gary Martin – backing vocals
• Catherine Porter — backing vocals
• Miriam Stockley — backing vocals

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

External links

• Official video (based on short film "Return Trip") on YouTube
• Lyrics at Queen official website

На других языках

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- [en] Let Me Live

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[es] Let Me Live

«Let Me Live» es la tercera canción y quinto sencillo del disco Made In Heaven, realizado en 1995 por la banda de Rock inglesa Queen. La voz líder recae en Freddie Mercury para el primer verso, el segundo Roger Taylor y el tercero en Brian May. Otros músicos que participaron en esta canción son Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter y Miriam Stockley, quienes cantaban en el coro.

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[ru] Let Me Live

«Let Me Live» — песня британской рок-группы Queen с её последнего альбома Made in Heaven. Она вышла в качестве сингла в Великобритании, Нидерландах, Японии, Италии и Мексике[2].

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