| Year of release |
Collaborated with |
Song |
Record |
May's contribution |
| 1986 |
Minako Honda |
album |
Cancel (album) |
production |
| 1987 |
Minako Honda |
"Golden Days", "Crazy Nights" |
Golden Days and Crazy Nights (singles) |
songwriting, production, guitar |
| 1987 |
Bad News |
album |
Bad News |
production |
| 1987 |
Heavy Pettin |
album |
Lettin Loose (album) |
produced by May and Mack |
| 1987 |
Anita Dobson |
album |
Talking of Love (album) |
songwriting, production, guitar, backing vocals |
| 1988 |
Anita Dobson |
"In One of My Weaker Moments" |
In One of My Weaker Moments (single, from the musical Budgie) |
production, guitar |
| 1989 |
Ian & Belinda |
"Who Wants to Live Forever" |
Who Wants to Live Forever (7"/12" singles; for the British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal) |
production, guitar (bass by John Deacon, drums by Roger Taylor) |
1990/
1991 |
Brian May |
various tracks |
Macbeth - Riverside Theatre (unreleased) |
songwriting, production |
| 1991 |
Hale and Pace and the Stonkers |
"The Stonk" |
The Stonk (single; for Comic Relief; reached No. 1 in the UK chart) |
production, guitar (drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1993 |
The Left Handed Marriage |
"Appointment", "She Was Once My Friend", "I Need Time" [recorded 1967] |
Crazy Chain (album) |
guitar, backing vocals; I Need Time written by Bill Richards and May |
| Year of release |
Collaborated with |
Song |
Album/Record |
May's contribution
Guitar unless stated |
| 1975 |
Eddie Howell |
"Man from Manhattan" |
Man from Manhattan |
backing vocals and guitar (piano and backing vocals by Freddie Mercury) |
| 1976 |
Ian Hunter |
"You Nearly Did Me In" |
All-American Alien Boy |
backing vocals by May, Mercury and Roger Taylor |
| 1978 |
Lonnie Donegan |
"Digging My Potatoes" |
Puttin' on the Style |
|
| 1980 |
Quartz |
"Circles" (recorded 1977) |
B-side of the single "Stoking the Fires of Hell" (1980); also bonus track on the 2004 reissue of the album Stand Up and Fight |
|
| 1983 |
Jeffrey Osborne |
"Stay with Me Tonight", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" |
Stay with Me Tonight |
|
| 1984 |
Billy Squier |
"(Another) 1984" |
Signs of Life |
|
| 1985 |
Chris Thompson |
"A Shift in the Wind, Parts 1 and 2" |
Radio Voices |
|
| 1986 |
Ramoncín |
"Como un susurro" |
La vida en el filo |
|
| 1987 |
Meat Loaf |
"A Time for Heroes" |
A Time for Heroes |
|
| 1988 |
The Cross |
"Love Lies Bleeding (She Was a Wicked, Wily Waitress)" |
Shove It |
|
| 1989 |
Holly Johnson |
"Love Train" |
Blast |
|
| 1989 |
Living in a Box |
"Blow the House Down" |
Gatecrashing |
|
| 1989 |
Black Sabbath |
"When Death Calls" |
Headless Cross |
|
| 1989 |
Fuzzbox |
"Self!" |
Big Bang |
|
| 1989 |
Artists United for Nature |
"Yes We Can" |
Yes We Can (single; also released on the compilation Earthrise – The Rainforest Album) |
|
| 1989 |
Rock Aid Armenia |
"Smoke on the Water" |
Smoke on the Water |
guitar (drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1990 |
Rock Against Repatriation |
"Sailing" |
Sailing |
|
| 1991 |
D-Rok |
"Red Planet Blues", "Get out of My Way" |
Oblivion |
|
| 1992 |
Extreme |
"Love of My Life" |
Song for Love (for the Terence Higgins Trust) |
|
| 1992 |
Judie Tzuke |
"I Can Read Books" |
Wonderland |
|
| 1992 |
Hank Marvin |
"We Are the Champions" |
Into the Light |
|
| 1992 |
Phenomena |
"A Whole Lot of Love" (recorded 1988) |
Phenomena III: Inner Vision |
|
| 1992 |
Tony Martin |
"If There Is a Heaven" |
Back Where I Belong |
|
| 1992 |
Cozy Powell |
"Somewhere in Time" (instrumental version of "Nothin' But Blue"], "Ride to Win" |
The Drums Are Back |
guitar (bass by John Deacon on "Somewhere in Time") |
| 1992 |
Steve Hackett |
"Don’t Fall Away From Me" (recorded 1986) |
The Unauthorised Biography |
|
| 1993 |
Paul Rodgers |
"I'm Ready" |
Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters |
|
| 1993 |
Steve Hackett |
"Cassandra" (recorded 1986) |
Guitar Noir (bonus track) |
|
| 1994 |
Os Paralamas do Sucesso |
"El Vampiro Bajo El Sol" |
Severino |
|
| 1995 |
Jennifer Rush |
"Who Wants to Live Forever" |
Out of My Hands |
vocals and guitar |
| 1995 |
Gordon Giltrap |
"Heartsong" [recorded 1993] |
Music for the Small Screen |
|
| 1995 |
Carmine Appice |
"Nobody Knew (Black White House)" |
Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus |
|
| 1995 |
S.O.L. (Stefan Zauner) |
"Make My Dream Come True" |
S.O.L. - Some Other Language |
|
| 1996 |
Status Quo |
"Raining in My Heart" |
Don't Stop |
|
| 1996 |
Rock Therapy |
"Reaching Out" |
Reaching Out
(single; for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre) |
|
| 2000 |
Steve Hackett |
"Slot Machine" (recorded 1986) |
Feedback ‘86 |
|
| 2000 |
Tony Iommi |
"Goodbye Lament" (featuring Dave Grohl), "Flame On" (featuring Ian Astbury) |
Iommi |
|
| 2000 |
Freddie Mercury |
"She Blows Hot and Cold (Alternative Version)" (recorded 1984) |
The Solo Collection (box set) |
|
| 2000 |
Foo Fighters |
Have a Cigar |
Mission: Impossible II (soundtrack) |
|
| 2001 |
Robbie Williams |
"Eternity" |
Eternity
(single; featured on Greatest Hits, 2004) |
|
| 2002 |
Michael Kamen |
"Light the Fire Within" |
unreleased; official theme of the 2002 Winter Olympics |
|
| 2002 |
Claire Sweeney |
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" |
Claire |
|
| 2002 |
Lynn Carey Saylor |
"If We Believe" |
If We Believe |
backing vocals, guitar |
| 2002 |
Foo Fighters |
"Tired of You" |
One by One |
|
| 2003 |
The Yardbirds |
"Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" |
Birdland |
|
| 2003 |
Tim Staffell |
"Earth", "Doin’ Alright" |
Amigo |
guitar & vocals |
| 2004 |
Zucchero |
"Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle..." |
Zu & Co. |
|
| 2006 |
Meat Loaf |
"Bad for Good" |
Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
|
| 2007 |
Lynn Carey Saylor |
"We Belong"[2] |
You Like It Clean |
guitar & background vocals |
| 2007 |
Guns N' Roses |
"Catcher In The Rye (Demo)" |
Chinese Democracy (Sessions) |
Uncredited Guitar Solo |
| 2008 |
Kerry Ellis |
"Defying Gravity", "I'm Not that Girl", "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" |
Wicked in Rock |
Arrangement, bass, guitars, keys, production, programming |
| 2010 |
"Dangerland", "Anthem", "I Can't Be Your Friend (This Can't Be Over)", "Defying Gravity", "I'm Not that Girl", "You Have to Be There", "Love It When You Call", "Save Me", "Diamonds are Forever", "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", "I Loved a Butterfly" |
Anthems |
Arrangement, backing vocals, bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, production |
| 2010 |
Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders |
"Way Down","Don't Have to Speak" |
Red Light Fever |
Guitar |
| 2011 |
Lady Gaga |
"You and I" |
Born This Way |
Guitar |
| Live recordings (selection) |
| 1988 |
Prince's Trust Gala Concert |
|
Prince’s Trust Rock Gala (VHS; recorded live on 6th June 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall) |
guitar (bass by Deacon) |
| 1992 |
Pavarotti and Friends |
"Too Much Love Will Kill You", "La donna è mobile" |
(recorded live in Modena on 27th September 1992) |
|
| 2005 |
The Strat Pack |
"Peggy Sue", "Maybe Baby", "I Fought the Law", "Oh Boy!", "That'll Be the Day" (with The Crickets and Albert Lee); "All Right Now" (with Paul Rodgers) |
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert (DVD; recorded live at the concert from the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, 24th Sept. 2004) |
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