Living on My Own

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“Living on My Own”
Single by Freddie Mercury from the album Mr. Bad Guy
Released	1985
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1984
Genre	Pop-rock - Techno
Length	3:21
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer	Mack and Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury singles chronology
"Made in Heaven" (1985) "Living on My Own" (1985) "Time" (1986) 1993 Cover Cover art for 1993 No More Brothers Remix.

“Living on My Own”
Single by Mabel from the album Disco Disco
Released	April 4, 2002
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Disco - Techno
Length	4:30
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Freddie Mercury
Mabel singles chronology
"Like a Dream" (2002) "Living on My Own" (2002) "Llevame contigo" (2003)

"Living on My Own" is a song by Freddie Mercury, from the album Mr. Bad Guy.

It was released as a single (back with "My Love Is Dangerous") in September 1985 in the UK where it peaked at no.50. The July 1985 release in the United States had "She Blows Hot & Cold" as it's B-side.

In 1993, almost two years after Mercury's death, a remix of the song was released and reached no.1 in the UK, becoming Mercury's only solo number one hit. It remained at the top for 2 weeks and was in the charts for a total of 13 weeks.

The video for "Living on My Own" featured footage of Mercury's 39th birthday party in 1985 in Ottolandia.

[edit] Cover versions

The following artist covered the song:

• Mabel^[1]
• Ambrosia
• Beam
• Future Trance United^{[citation needed]}
• Mr Vinx
• Second Spring
• Wally Warning
• Utada Hikaru

[edit] Chart info

1985 original version:

• #50 (UK)

• #85 (US)

1993 'No More Brothers' remix:

• #1 (UK; France, Norway, Italy)

• #2 (Austria; Germany; Netherlands; Switzerland)

• #29 (Sweden)

[edit] References

Preceded by "Pray" by Take That	UK Singles Chart Number 1 single August 8, 1993 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Mr Vain" by Culture Beat
Preceded by "Darla dirladada" by G.O. Culture	French (SNEP) number one single (first run) October 2, 1993 - October 16, 1993	Succeeded by "Mets de l'huile" by Regg'Lyss
Preceded by "Mets de l'huile" by Regg'Lyss	French (SNEP) number one single (second run) October 30, 1993 - January 8, 1994	Succeeded by "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams
Preceded by "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams	French (SNEP) number one single (third run) January 22, 1994	Succeeded by "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams