Lost Freddie Mercury song released by Queen
Queen has released a lost song that was originally recorded in 1988, which features the late frontman Freddie Mercury.
The track, titled Face It Alone, was written and recorded for the band’s album called The Miracle, but didn’t make it onto the final track listing and was shelved.
The song was later rediscovered when the band’s production and archive team returned to the sessions to work on the upcoming reissue of the album.
Face It Alone is the first new song released featuring Freddie Mercury since 2014’s Queen Forever album.
The 2014 album included three previously unheard tracks with the singer: Let Me In Your Heart Again, Love Kills and There Must Be More to Life Than This.
Speaking of the rediscovered track, Queen guitarist Brian May said: “I’m happy that our team were able to find this track.”
“After all these years, it’s great to hear all four of us, yes, (former bass player) Deacy is there too, working in the studio on a great song idea which never quite got completed... until now.”
Drummer Roger Taylor added, “We’d kind of forgotten about this track but there it was, this little gem.”
“It’s wonderful, a real discovery. It’s a very passionate piece.”
The song’s resurgence comes ahead of the reissue of the band’s 13th album The Miracle, which was first released in 1989.
The album - which included tracks I Want It All, Breakthru and The Invisible Man - reached number one in the UK at the time of its initial release.
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