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Eleven years later, Mercury died in November at age 45 from complications with Aids. Bowie died at years-old in after a battle with cancer. Queen recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in March. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. The September edition of online music magazine Stylus singled out the bassline as the best in popular music history. Roger Taylor was frequently rumoured to be the song's chief writer. However, it appears that he served more as an intermediary for Mercury and Bowie two of rock music's biggest stars at the time , being friends with both men.

In the end, the final mix was done with the involvement of Mercury and recording engineer Mack , under pressure from Bowie and Taylor according to Brian May in the same interview. Although very much a joint project, only Queen incorporated the song into their live shows at the time. Bowie chose not to perform the song before an audience until the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert , when he and Annie Lennox sang it as a duet backed by the surviving Queen members.

However, since Mercury's death and the Outside tour in , Bowie has performed the song at virtually every one of his live shows, with bassist Gail Ann Dorsey taking Mercury's vocal part. The song also appeared in setlists from A Reality Tour mounted by Bowie in , when he frequently would dedicate it to Freddie Mercury. While Bowie was never present for a live performance of the song with Mercury, Roger Taylor instead filled for back-up vocals usually in unison with Mercury as Mercury would take over most of Bowie's parts.

In any case, this pairing that, on paper, seemed like a train wreck, turned out to be pure magic on record. Read the lyrics. Only members can comment. Become a member. One critic said of the track: "[It's] an incredibly powerful and poignant pop song that we will likely not see matched in our lifetimes. See more More Stories of Tina Turner. Elton John.

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