@ALBUM: Greatest Hits II 1992 ================ PAR CDP 79 7971 2 "A Kind Of Magic" : Written by Roger Taylor, and taken from the album of the same name, it was released in the US on June 4th 1986 and was produced by Queen and David Richards. The song was comissioned by director Russell Mulchay to provide the score for his feature film "Highlander". The track was a major hit throughout the world, reaching number three in Britain, but dominating the charts at number one in no less than 35 countries. Mulchay himself directed the video for the single using many special effects and computer animation. "Under Pressure" : Queen and David Bowie, released in the US on October 27th 1981 and taken from the album "Hot Space", produced by Queen and David Bowie, the song was the result of an impromptu recording session, at Mountain Studios in Montreux and marked the band's first collaboration with another recording artist. It was a huge success throughout Europe, and gave Queen their second UK number one single; it was also number one in Argentina. It was included on some countries's "Greatest Hits 1" album and in 1990 the bass and piano featured again on Vanilla Ice's number one single Ice Ice Baby. "Radio Ga Ga" : Written by Roger Taylor for "The Works" album, their first album to be recorded in Los Angeles. Released in the US on February 7th 1984, produced by Queen and Mack. The track was inspired by "MTV", and itself inspired a video based on Fritz Lang's famous silent movie "Metropolis", Queen purchased parts of that film from German Government to use in the video. The track was number sixteen in the US chart, and reached number one in 19 different countries, it was the first to feature the band's personal catalogue number in the UK. "I Want It All" : Written by Queen and taken from the album "The Miracle". Released in the US on May 10th 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. After a two year hiatis from the European chats, Queen returned with a classic Rock track and a perforamce video. The single was a huge hit all over Europe, peaking at number three in the UK but reaching number one in many other European Territories. The song has been heard as a rallying song for black Africa youths. "I Want To Break Free" : Written by John Deacon, produced by Queen and Mack and released in the UK on April 2nd 1984. This second single from "The Works" gave the band their longest reign of the decade in the UK charts. After climbing to number three it remained in the chart for 15 consecutive weeks and proceeded to become one of the band's most successful European hits. The video featured the memebers of the band in drag, in a parody of a britsh TV soap opera, and became one of the most popular in Europe, although it was banned in America. The song has become an anthem in many oppressed areas of the world. "Innuendo" : Written by Queen. Taken from the album of the same name. Released in the UK on January 14th 1991 and produced by Queen and David Richards. Queen's first release of the nineties, this six and a half minute opus crashed straight into the British charts at number one. It also provided them with a huge hit all over Europe. The epic track takes in several diverse musical styles an intrinsic Queen trademark - and includes guest musician Steve Howe on 'Wandering Minstrel Guitar'. The video, produced by Hibbert Ralph and Doro Productions won several prestigious awards, including a Gold Camera Award from the American Film and Video Festival. "It's A Hard Life" : Written by Freddie Mercury for 'The Works' alnbnum. It was released in the UK on July 16th 1984. Produced by Queen and Mack. The songs opens with a line from 'I Pagliacci' opera 'Vesti La Gibba' and features the famous Queen trademarks. It peaked at number six in the British chart and was the band's first release to appear as a 12" picture disc. "Breakthru" : Written by Queen and taken from the album 'The Miracle'. Released in the UK on June 19th 1989, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for the songs was filmed on a private railway in the Nene Valley in Cambridgeshire and featured a steam train dubbed 'The Miracle Express'. The single was numbedr seven in the UK charts, and gave the band a top then hit throughout Europe. "Who Wants To Live Forever" : Written by Brian May, from the "A Kind Of Magic" album, and released in the UL on September 15th 1986. Produced by Queen and David Richards with Orchestral arrangements by Michael Kamen. This poignant ballad was composed in the back of a car after the band had first viewed the rough cut of the film "Highlander" and became one of the central themes of the movie. The video for the single featured the full National Philharmonic Orchestra, forty choirboys and two thousand candles. It gave Queen yet another top thirty hit in Europe, climbing to 24 in the UK. "Headlong" : Written by Queen, taken from the album "Innuendo" and released on May 13th 1991. Produced by Queen and David Richards. A characteristically fast paced Queen rocker, it was the first release in the USA for the band's new label Hollywood Records. The performance video to accompany the track was shot in the London studio where much of the album had been recorded. It climbed to 14 in the UK chart and was a big seller throughout the rest of Europe. "The Miracle" : Written by Queen and taken from the album of the same name. Released in the UK on November 27th 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. It was the first time that EMI had ever released five singles from a Queen album. The single peaked at 21 in the UK and made top forty in Europe. The video featured four young Queen 'lookalikes' who performed a perfectly executed mini Queen stage show to the track - leaving the 'real Queen' to make a mere cameo appearance during the finale. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" : Written by Queen and taken from the "Innuendo" album. Released in the UK on March 4th 1991, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. A complete change of mood and pace for this second single from "Innuendo", typical Queen eccentricity with tongues planted very irmly in cheeck. The monochrome video features the band interacting with live penguins and a gorilla. The song reached 22 in the UK chart and climbed into the top twenty all over Europe, whilst settling at number one in far flung Hong Kong. "The Invisible Man" : Written by Queen and taken from the album 'The Miracle'. Released in the UK on August 7th 1989, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for this single was one of the band's more lighthearted, yet still inovative, films; the members of the band were duplicated on film via computerised motion control. The single reached number twelve in the UK and made top twenty all over Europe. "Hammer To Fall" : Written by Brian May, produced by Queen and Mack this track was released as a single in the US on October 12th 1984. The fourth and final single from "The Works", "Hammer To Fall" featured Quenn in their heaviest rock guise, different sleeves were used to package the record, and the live picture sleeve is now a collectors item. The video was filmed in Brussels during the band's Eurooean tour, and the single gave the band a European wide top twenty hit, peaking at 13 in the UK. The track was featured later in the film "Highlander". "Friends Will Be Friends" : Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, taken from the album 'A Kind Of Magic' and released in the UK on June 9th 1986. Produced by Queen and Mack. This traditional Queen anthem was released to coincide with the Magic Tour in the summer of '86, and marked the band's 30th single release in the UK, peaking at 14 in the UK, the single reached the top forty in most European territories. "The Show Must Go On" : Written by Queen, taken from the 'Innuendo' album, released October 1991 as a forerunner to "Greatest Hits II". It signalled the band's fortieth British single release. Combining everything inherently Queen. It is a perfect foil for a video depicting the best of Queen on film during the 80's. "One Vision" : Written by Queen and released on November 4th 1985, taken from their "A Kind Of Magic" album. Produced by Queen and Mack, the song was recorded after the band's triumphant appearance at Live Aid and climbed into the top ten in most European countries, reaching number seven in the UK. The video marked the first collabortation between Queen and Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, the Austrian director and producer team who have been responsible for many Queen Film's productions since. The song featured in the film "Iron Eagle". @SONG: "A Kind Of Magic" (Taylor) It's a kind of magic, It's a kind of magic, A kind of magic, One dream, one soul, one prize, One goal, one golden glance of what should be, It's a kind of magic, One shaft of light that shows the way, No mortal man can win this day, It's a mind of magic, The bell that rings inside your mind, It's a challenging the doors of time, It's a kind of magic, The waiting seems eternity, The day will dawn of sanity, It's a kind of magic, There can be only one, This rage that lasts a thousand years Will soon be gone, This flame that burns inside of me, I'm hearing secret harmonies It's a kind of magic, The bell that rings inside your mind, Is challenging the doors of time, It's a kind of magic, It's a kind of magic, This rage that lasts a thousand years, Will soon be will soon be, Will soon be gone, This is a kind of magic, Tere can only be one, This life that lasts a thousand years, Will soon be gone, Magic - it's a kind of magic, It's a kind of magic, Magic, magic, magic, magic, It's magic, It's a kind of magic. @SONG: "Under Pressure" (Queen/Bowie) Pressure pushing down on me Pressing down on you no man ask for Under pressure - that burns a building down Splits a family in two Puts people on streets It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets Turned away from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why - why - why Love Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance Why can't we give love that one more chance Why can't we give love Cause love's such an old fashioned word and love dares you to care for The people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves Under pressure Under pressure Pressure @SONG: "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) I'd sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And everything I had to know I heard it on my radio Radio. You gave them all those old time stars Through wars of worlds -- invaded by Mars You made 'em laugh -- you made 'em cry You made us feel like we could fly. So don't become some background noise A backdrop for the girls and boys Who just don't know or just don't care And just complain when you're not there You had your time, you had the power You've yet to have your finest hour Radio. All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio blah blah Radio what's new? Radio, someone still loves you! We watch the shows -- we watch the stars On videos for hours and hours We hardly need to use our ears How music changes through the years. Let's hope you never leave old friend Like all good things on you we depend So stick around cos we might miss you When we grow tired of all this visual You had your time, you had the power You've yet to have your finest hour Radio -- Radio. All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio blah blah Radio what's new? Radio, someone still loves you! @SONG: "I Want It All" (Queen) (single mix) I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now. Adventure seeker on an empty street, Just an alley creeper, light on his feet A young fighter screaming, with no time for doubt With the pain and anger can't see a way out, It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say, Gotta find me a future move out of my way, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, Listen all you people, come gather round, I gotta get me a game plan, gotta shake you to the ground, Just give me what I know is mine, People do you hear me, just give me the sign, It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth, Here's to the future for the dreams of youth, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I'm a man with a one track mind, So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me), Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living lies, So I'm living it all, yes I'm living it all, And I'm giving it all, and I'm giving it all, It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth, Here's to the future, hear the cry of youth, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, etc. @SONG: "I Want to Break Free" (Deacon) I want to break free I want to break free I want to break free from your lies You're so self satisfied I don't need you I've got to break free God knows, God knows I want to break free. I've fallen in love I've fallen in love for the first time And this time I know it's for real I've fallen in love, yeah God knows, God knows I've fallen in love. It's strange but it's true I can't get over the way you love me like you do But I have to be sure When I walk out that door Oh how I want to be free, baby Oh how I want to be free, Oh how I want to break free. But life still goes on I can't get used to, living without, living without, Living without you by my side I don't want to live alone, hey God knows, got to make it on my own So baby can't you see I've got to break free. I've got to break free I want to break free, yeah I want, I want, I want, I want to break free. @SONG: "Innuendo" (Queen) While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow Till the mountains crumble into the plain Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' Tread that fine line Oh we'll keep on tryin' yeah Just passing our time While we live according to race, colour or creed While we rule by blind madness and pure greed Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion Through the eons, and on and on Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' We'll tread that fine line Oh we'll keep on tryin' Till the end of time Till the end of time Through the sorrow all through our splendour Don't take offence at my innuendo You can be anything you want to be Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be Be free with your tempo, be free be free Surrender your ego - be free, be free to yourself Oooh, ooh - If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask Oh yes we'll keep on trying Hey tread that fine line Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah And whatever will be - will be We'll just keep on trying We'll just keep on trying Till the end of time Till the end of time Till the end of time @SONG: "It's a Hard Life" (Mercury) I don't want my freedom There's no reason for living with a broken heart. This is a tricky situation -- I've only got myself to blame It's just a simple fact of life It can happen to anyone -- You win -- you lose It's a chance you have to take with love Oh yeah -- I fell in love But now you say it's over and I'm falling apart. It's a hard life To be true lovers together To love and live forever in each others hearts -- It's a long hard fight To learn to care for each other To trust in one another right from the start When you're in love -- I try and mend the broken pieces I try to fight back the tears They say it's just a state of mind But it happens to everyone -- How it hurts -- deep inside When your love has cut you down to size Life is tough -- on your own Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies Waiting for love. Yes it's a hard life Two lovers together To love and live forever in each others hearts It's a long hard fight To learn to care for each other To trust in one another -- right from the start When you're in love -- Yes it's a hard life In a world that's filled with sorrow There are people searching for love in every way -- It's a long hard fight -- But I'll always live for tomorrow I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love Yes I did it for love -- for love -- oh I did it for love. @SONG: "Breakthru" (Queen) When love breaks up When the dawn light wakes up A new life is born Somehow I have to make this final breakthru . . . Now! I wake up Feel just fine, Your face Fills my mind I get religion quick 'Cos you're looking divine Honey you're touching something, you're touchin' me, I'm under your thumb, under you're spell, can't you see, If I could only reach you, If I could make you smile, If I could only reach you, That would really be a breakthru - oh yeah. Breakthru, these barriers of pain, Breakthru, to the sunshine from the rain, Make my feelings known towards you Turn my heart inside and out for you now Somehow, I have to make this final breakthru. Now I Your smile, Speaks books to me, I break up, With each and every one of your looks at me, Honey you're starting something deep inside of me, Honey you're sparking something, this fire in me, I'm outta control, I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy If I could only reach you If I could make you smile If I could only reach you That would really be a breakthru If I could only reach you If I could make you smile, If I could only reach you That would really be a breakthru Breakthru, breakthru @SONG: "Who Wants To Live Forever" (May) There's no time for us, There's no place for us, What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us. Who wants to live forever, Who wants to live forever.....? There's no chance for us, It's all decided for us, This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us. Who wants to live forever, Who dares to love forever, When love must die. But touch my tears with your lips, Touch my world with your fingertips, And we can have forever, And we can love forever, Forever is our today, Who wants to live forever, Who wants to live forever, Forever is our today, Who waits forever anyway? @SONG: "Headlong" (Queen) And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal And you're rushing headlong out of control And you think you're so strong But there ain't no stopping no there's nothin' You can do about it There's nothin' you can do No there's nothin' you can do about it No there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can Nothin' you can do about it And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal And you're rushing headlong out of control And you think you're so strong But there ain't no stopping no there's nothin' You can do about it He used to be a man with a stick in his hand Hoop diddy diddy - Hoop diddy do She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand Hoop diddy diddy - Hoop diddy do Now you've got soup in the laundry bag Now you've got strings, you're gonna lose your rag You're gettin' in a fight Then it ain't so groovy when you're screaming in the night Let me out of this cheap `B' movie Headlong down the highway and you're rushing Headlong out of control And you think you're so strong But there ain't no stopping and you can't stop rockin' And there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can Nothin' you can do about it When a red hot man meets a white hot lady Hoop diddy diddy - Hoop diddy do Soon the fire starts a raging gets 'em more than half crazy They start freaking everyway you turn You can't start walking cause your feet got burned It ain't no time to figure wrong from right Cause reason's out the window Better hold on tight - you're rushin' [... etc.] @SONG: "The Miracle" (Queen) Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all, It's a miracle, All God's creations great and small, the Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal, That's a miracle, Test tube babies being born, mothers, fathers dead and gone, It's a miracle, We're having a miracle on earth, mother nature does it all for us, The wonders of this world go on, the hanging Gardens of Babylon, Captain Cook and Cain and Able, Jimi Hendrix to the Tower of Babel It's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, The one thing we're all waiting for, is peace on earth - an end to war, It's a miracle we need - the miracle, the miracle we're all waiting for today, If every leaf on every tree, could tell a story that would be a miracle, If every child on every street, had clothes to wear and food to eat, That's a miracle, If all God's people could be free, to live in perfect harmony, It's a miracle, we're having a miracle on earth, Mother nature does it all for us Open hearts and surgery, Sunday mornings with a cup of tea, Super powers always fighting, But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling, The wonders of this world go on, It's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, The one thing we're all waiting for, is peace on earth and an end to war, It's a miracle we need, the miracle, the miracle, Peace on earth and end to war today, That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be friends, repeat ........ @SONG: "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (Queen) When the outside temperature rises And the meaning is oh so clear One thousand and one yellow daffodils Begin to dance in front of you - oh dear Are they trying to tell you something? You're missing that one final screw You're simply not in the pink my dear To be honest you haven't got a clue I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened - happened It finally happened - ooh oh It finally happened - I'm slightly mad Oh dear! I'm one card short of a full deck I'm not quite the shilling One wave short of a shipwreck I'm not at my usual top billing I'm coming down with a fever I'm really out to sea This kettle is boiling over I think I'm a banana tree Oh dear, I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened, happened It finally happened uh huh It finally happened I'm slightly mad - oh dear! I'm knitting with only one needle Unravelling fast its true I'm driving only three wheels these days But my dear how about you? I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened It finally happened oh yes It finally happened I'm slightly mad! Just very slightly mad! And there you have it! @SONG: "The Invisible Man" (Queen) I'm the invisible man, I'm the invisible man, Incredible how you can, See right through me, When you hear a sound, That you just can't place Feel somethin' move That you just can't trace, When something sits On the end of your bed Don't turn around When you hear me tread. I'm the invisible man, I'm the invisible man Incredible how you can See right through me I'm the invisible man I'm the invisible man It's criminal how I can See right through you. Now I'm in your room And I'm in your bed And I'm in your life And I'm in your head Like the CIA Or the FBI You'll never get close Never take me alive I'm the invisible man I'm the invisible man Incredible how you can See right through me I'm the invisible man I'm the invisible man It's criminal how I can See right through you, Hah, hah, hah, hello, Hah, hah, hah, hello, Hah, hah, hah, hello-hello-hello-hello, Never had a real good friend - not a boy or a girl No-one knows what I've been through - let my nag unfurl Sol make my mark from the edge of the world, From the edge of the world, From the edge of the world, Now I'm on your track And I'm in your mind, And I'm on your back But don't look behind I'm your meanest thought I'm your darkest fear Put I'll never get caught You can't shake me, shake me dear, I'm the invisible man, I'm the invisible man Incredible how you can See right through me I'm the invisible man I'm the invisible man It's criminal how I can See right through you Look at me, look at me @SONG: "Hammer to Fall" (May) (single mix) Here we stand or here we fall History won't care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady Mercy won't be home tonight. CHORUS You don't waste no time at all Don't hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all We're just waiting For the hammer to fall Oh every night, and every day A little piece of you is falling away But lift your face, the Western Way -- Build your muscles as your body decays. CHORUS Tow the line and play their game Let the anaesthetic cover it all Till one day they call your name You know it's time for the Hammer to Fall. Rich or poor or famous for Your truth it's all the same Lock your door but rain is pouring Through your window pane Baby now your struggle's all vain. For we who grew up tall and proud In the shadow of the Mushroom Cloud Convinced our voices can't be heard We just wanna scream it louder and louder CHORUS What the hell are we fighting for? Just surrender and it won't hurt at all You just got time to say your prayers While you're waiting for the Hammer to Fall. @SONG: "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury/Deacon) Another red letter day, So the pound has dropped and the children are creating, The other half ran away, Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber, Got a pain in the chest, Doctors on strike what you need is a rest. It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust, Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end. Now it's a beautiful day, The postman delivered a letter from your lover, Only a phone call away, You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number, As a matter of fact, You're getting used to life without him in your way. It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust, Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end. It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust, Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end. Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos right till the end - Friends will be friends. @SONG: "The Show Must Go On" (Queen) Empty spaces - what are we living for Abandoned places - I guess we know the score On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for... Another hero, another mindless crime Behind the curtain, in the pantomime Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore The show must go on, The show must go on Inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on. Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance Another heartache, another failed romance On and on, does anybody know what we are living for? I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now I'll soon be turning, round the corner now Outside the dawn is breaking But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free The show must go on The show must go on Inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die I can fly - my friends The show must go on The show must go on I'll face it with a grin I'm never giving in On - with the show - I'll top the bill, I'll overkill I have to find the will to carry on On with the - On with the show - The show must go on... @SONG: "One Vision" (Queen) (single mix) One man one goal one mission, One heart one soul just one solution, One flash of light yeah one god one vision. One flesh one bone, one true religion, One voice one hope, Wowowowo gimme one vision. No wrong no right, I'm gonna tell you there's no black and no white, No Blood no stain, All we need is one world wide vision. One flesh one bone, one true religion, One voice one hope, Wowowowo gimme one vision. I had a dream, When I was young, A dream of sweet illusion, A glimpse of hope and unity, And visions of one sweet union, But a cold wind blows, And a dark rain falls, And in my heart it shows, Look what they've done to my dream. So give me your hands, Give me your hearts, I'm ready, There's only one direction, One world one nation, Yeah one vision. No hate no fight, Just excitation, All through the nightm It's a celebration wowowowo yeah. One flesh one bone, one true religion, One voice one hope, One real decision. Gimme one night, Gimme ione hope, One man one man, One bar one night, One day hey hey, Just gimme gimme gimme One vision.