The Miracle (song)
The Miracle (song)
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| "The Miracle" | ||||
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Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album The Miracle | ||||
| Released | 27 November 1989 | |||
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| Recorded | 1988–1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 5:02 (album version) 4:24 (Classic Queen edit) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Queen (Freddie Mercury/John Deacon) | |||
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"The Miracle" is the fifth and final single from Queen's 1989 studio album of the same name. It was composed by the entire band, though Freddie Mercury and John Deacon were the main writers.[1] It was released as a single in late November 1989, some six months after the album. It was the last of the singles from that album to be released, and the first 5th single released from any of Queen's albums from EMI.
Contents
1 Composition
2 Release
3 Music video
4 Tracklisting
5 Personnel
6 Charts
7 References
8 External links
Composition[edit]
The idea for the song came from Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, who wrote the basic chord structure for the song. All four contributed to the lyrics and musical ideas, and the song was still credited to the entire band because they had agreed to do so during the album recording, regardless of who had been the actual writer. While both Mercury and May regarded this as one of their favourites, Taylor said in the audio commentary of Greatest Video Hits II that although it was not a favourite of his, he respected it as "an incredibly complex track".
The song describes several of "God's creations, great and small", such as great buildings like the Taj Mahal and the Tower of Babel, all described as "miracles" in the song, yet the one miracle "we're all waiting for" is "peace on Earth and an end to war." The song also references such well-known figures as Captain Cook, Cain and Abel, and Jimi Hendrix.
Release[edit]
The sleeve artwork for the single uses the album's artwork inverted with a hologram-like fashion. The B-sides of the single are live versions of the songs "Stone Cold Crazy" and "My Melancholy Blues" originally from the albums Sheer Heart Attack and News Of The World respectively.
Music video[edit]
The music video for the song features four young boys performing as Queen on stage: Paul Howard as Brian May, James Currie as John Deacon, Adam Gladdish as Roger Taylor, and a then-unknown Ross McCall as Freddie Mercury. Throughout the video, McCall appears as four different incarnations of Mercury: 1977 Freddie (long hair with a one-piece black and white spandex leotard), 1978-1979 Freddie (police uniform with leather jacket, and although he is portrayed with a moustache in the video, Freddie never wore his police uniform with his moustache), Live Aid 1985 Freddie (white tank top, adidas shoes, jeans), and 1986 Freddie (Iconic yellow jacket with track pants) Queen themselves appear only near the end of the video. It was filmed at Elstree Studios, London, in November 1989. According to Roger Taylor, Mercury joked about sending the boys out on tour instead of them because of how well they did in the video. According to a story in a 2011 issue of rock magazine NME Paul Howard, who played the part of Brian May, is currently facilities manager at LegoLand in Windsor, UK.
Tracklisting[edit]
- CD
- "The Miracle" - 5:05
- "Stone Cold Crazy" (Live from The Rainbow, London 1974) - 2:12
- "My Melancholy Blues" (Live from Houston, Texas 1977) - 3:48
Personnel[edit]
Freddie Mercury – lead vocals and backing vocals, piano, synthesizers
Brian May – electric guitar, backing vocals
Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals
John Deacon – bass
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart[2] | 16 |
| German Singles Chart[3] | 78 |
| Irish Singles Chart[4] | 23 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 21 |
References[edit]
^ QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS TOUR SPRING 2005. Brianmay.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-16.
^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/
^ http://www.musicline.de/
^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/
^ http://www.chartstats.com/
External links[edit]
Official music video on YouTube
Lyrics at Queen official website (from The Singles Collection Volume 4)
Queen songs | |
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| Queen |
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| Queen II |
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| Sheer Heart Attack |
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| A Night at the Opera |
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| A Day at the Races |
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| News of the World |
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| Jazz |
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| Live Killers |
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| The Game |
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| Flash Gordon |
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| Hot Space |
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| The Works |
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| A Kind of Magic |
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| The Miracle |
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| Innuendo |
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| Made in Heaven |
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| Queen Rocks |
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| Greatest Hits III |
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| Non-album singles |
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| Other songs |
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Categories:
- Queen (band) songs
- 1989 singles
- Anti-war songs
- Parlophone singles
- Protest songs
- Rock ballads
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- 1980s rock song stubs
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