Who Wants to Live Forever

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"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the British rock band Queen. A power ballad, it is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, which was released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander. The band were backed by an orchestra conducted by film score composer Michael Kamen. The song was produced by Queen with David Richards and peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts. The accompanying music video was directed by David Mallet and filmed in London. In 1991, "Who Wants to Live Forever" was included in the band's second compilation album, Greatest Hits II. Since its release, the song has been covered by many artists, such as German band Dune in 1996, whose version peaked at number two in Germany. Five months after Mercury's death in November 1991, Seal performed a live version of the song at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. In 2014, Rolling Stone readers voted it their fifth favourite song by Queen, and in 2018 it was...

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