No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)

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"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"

Single by Queen
from the album Queen Rocks
Released	1997 (Europe, Japan) January 5, 1998 (UK)
Format	CD vinyl record (7") cassette tape
Recorded	1997
Genre	Ballad
Length	4:13
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	Brian May
Producer(s)	Queen
Chart positions
#13 (UK)
Queen singles chronology
"Let Me Live" (1996)	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (1997)	"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (1999)

"No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" is the only new song recorded by the remaining three members of the British rock band Queen following the death of Freddie Mercury not having been conceived and constructed before his death. Guitarist Brian May - the writer of the song - and drummer Roger Taylor share lead vocals. Unlike other music the band made after Mercury's death, it does not contain any extra members on vocals, such as at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert or the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour. The song was released on the album Queen Rocks and it was also released as a single.

The impetus for the song came after the death of Diana, Princess Of Wales in August 1997, but is largely an eulogy to Freddie Mercury and to "anyone who died before their time". It was originally written for Brian May's solo album Another World. He sent the demo of the song to Roger Taylor who according to Taylor himself put it in a drawer and forgot about it. After eventually hearing it Taylor suggested that it could be turned into a Queen song. Roger Taylor's contribution was to change the tempo and make the lyrics more generic.

This is also the last song to feature John Deacon on bass.

[edit] Trivia

In the We Will Rock You musical the song is used as a tribute not only to Freddie Mercury, but also to other musicians who died young, as Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley and John Lennon.
In 2004, Brian May worked together with stage actress Kerry Ellis to record a version of the song as it appears in the musical. The song is made available to download on the official Queen website.[1]

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Discography
Studio albums: Queen • Queen II • Sheer Heart Attack • A Night at the Opera • A Day at the Races • News of the World • Jazz • The Game • Flash Gordon • Hot Space • The Works • A Kind of Magic • The Miracle • Innuendo • Made in Heaven
Live albums: Live Killers • Live Magic • Live at Wembley '86 • Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl • Return of the Champions
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits • At the Beeb • Greatest Hits II • Classic Queen • Queen Rocks • Greatest Hits III • Stone Cold Classics
Videography
We Will Rock You • The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert • Greatest Video Hits 1 • Queen at Wembley • Greatest Video Hits 2 • We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan • Live at the Bowl • Return of the Champions • Super Live in Japan
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