Somebody to Love (Queen)

"Somebody to Love" is a song written by Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the pop group Queen. It was originally released in 1976 on the album A Day at the Races and came out as a single in the same year.



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[hide] *1 Song  ==Song[ Edit] == Just like Bohemian Rhapsody, which was published in 1975, this number has several vocal layers. Band members Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May took their vocals repeatedly on to the impression of a 100-strong gospel choir to create. ==Original version[ Edit] == The original version was the first single from the album and A Day at the Races can be found on the compilation album Greatest Hits. The single was a number 1 hit in theNetherlands and a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom (# 2), Canada (# 5) and Ireland (# 6). ==Version with George Michael[ Edit] == After the death of Freddie Mercury was made on 20 april 1992 the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert place. On this concert brought various artists performed a song by Queen, accompanied by the three remaining members. The implementation of "Somebody to Love" by George Michael was seen by critics as one of the best performances of the evening. A year after the concert came to an ep, titled Five Live, including this number. In Netherlands was next to this ep "Somebody to Love" also released as a single and it reached the fifth place in the Top 40 and the sixth place in the Mega Top 50. The song can be found on the compilation albums Greatest Hits III (Queen 's) and Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael. ===Music Video Queen<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Music Video Queen & George Michael<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Music Video Queen<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Music Video Queen & George Michael<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * original version 2
 * 3 Version with George Michael
 * 3.1 chart positions Queen
 * 3.2 music video Queen & George Michael
 * 3.3 music video Queen
 * 3.4 music video Queen & George Michael
 * 3.5 Radio 2 Top 2000