The Show Must Go On (Queen song)

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"The Show Must Go On" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the final track on their fourteenth studio album, Innuendo (1991). It was the last single issued before the death of frontman Freddie Mercury. Although credited to Queen, the song was written mainly by guitarist Brian May. The lyrics convey Mercury's resolve to continue working despite his deteriorating health, at a time when his HIV/AIDS diagnosis had not yet been publicly confirmed and media speculation was widespread. During the 1990 sessions, Mercury's condition had worsened, and May questioned whether he would be able to record the demanding vocal. May later recalled: "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing.' And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' — vodka down — and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal". The power ballad was released in the United Kingdom on 14 October 1991 to promote Greatest Hits II, six weeks before Mercury died. After his death on 24 November...

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