The Golden Boy

"The Golden Boy"
Single by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
from the album Barcelona
B-side "The Fallen Priest" (5:46)
Released October 24, 1988
Format 7"/12" single, 5" CD single
Recorded 1987
Genre Rock opera
Length 6:05
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice
Producer Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, David Richards
Freddie Mercury singles chronology
"Barcelona"
(1987)		 "The Golden Boy"
(1988)		 "How Can I Go On"
(1988)

The Golden Boy is a song recorded by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury together with catalan operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé.
Originally included in the 1988 album Barcelona, the song was released as a 45 rpm two weeks after its appearance in the main album, with another excerpt from the LP, "The Fallen Priest", as the B-side,. An instrumental version of the song was included in both the 12" vinyl and the 5" CD single releases. The single reached #83 in the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Releases and track listing

7" vinyl release
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Golden Boy"   Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice 6:05
2. "The Fallen Priest"   Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice 5:46
12" vinyl release; 5" CD release
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Golden Boy"   Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice 6:05
2. "The Fallen Priest"   Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice 5:46
3. "The Golden Boy (Instrumental)"   Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice 6:05

Videoclip

The song's music video is actually a footage of the artists' performance at the open air "La Nit" festival in Barcelona on October 8, 1988 (Mercury's last live performance before his illness got worse[1]), where the song was performed along with "Barcelona" and "How Can I Go On". The video was first released as part of a 5" CD video single.

See also

References

  1. ^ Freddie Mercury: biography. Freddie.ru. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.
Freddie Mercury
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
"Love Kills" · "I Was Born to Love You" · "Made in Heaven" · "Living on My Own" · "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" · "Time" · "The Great Pretender" · "Barcelona" · "The Golden Boy" · "How Can I Go On" · "Barcelona" (re-issue) · "In My Defence" · "The Great Pretender" (re-issue) · "Living on My Own" (remix) · "Love Kills" (remix)
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