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Who Wants To Live Forever

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eng

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Hollywood Records singles Queen (band) songs Symphonic rock songs Songs written by Brian May Songs from Highlander (franchise) EMI Records singles Songs from We Will Rock You (musical) Sarah Brightman songs 1986 songs Rock ballads 1997 singles Singles certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie Song recordings produced by Reinhold Mack 1980s ballads

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%22Who Wants to Live Forever%22 is a song by the British rock band Queen. It is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander. The song peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts.The song is used to frame the scenes in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather MacLeod growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, remains forever young. (It was later used in the episodes %22The Gathering%22, %22Revenge is Sweet%22, %22The Hunters%22, %22Line of Fire%22, and %22Leader of the Pack%22 of the Highlander television series). The song's title is taken from a line in another movie scored by Brian May and Queen, Flash Gordon (the line can be heard on %22Battle Theme%22 from the Flash Gordon soundtrack album) and is based on May's personal troubles (the death of May's father and failing first marriage). In the film, Freddie Mercury provides all the main vocals, while May sings lead vocals on the first verse on the album version, before Mercury takes over for most of the rest of the song, with May singing %22But touch my tears with your lips%22 during Mercury's verse and then the final line of the song, %22Who waits forever anyway?%22. An instrumental version of the song, titled %22Forever%22, was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by May. Queen was backed up by an orchestra, with orchestrations by the co-composer of the film's score, Michael Kamen. Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists.The song was played in the series finale of Eastbound & Down.

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Brian May

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2010-09-17

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1996-10-23 1986-09-15

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141.0

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Frank Peterson Queen (band) David Richards (record producer) Edyta Górniak

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1985

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