Let Me Live

"Let Me Live"
"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

"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 No. 9 in the UK Single Charts.

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[]

Queen

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[]

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

External links[]

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[1] "Made In Heaven". Queenonline.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

[sc_Germany_Queen-2] "Offiziellecharts.de – Queen – Let Me Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[sc_Dutch40_Queen-3] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Queen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_Queen-4] "Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – Let Me Live" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Queen-5] "Queen: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

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