Innuendo

Innuendo

Released 4 February 1991, reached no 1, on chart for 37 weeks, achieved Platinum status

Album Length 53:43 (CD Release)

Non-Album Tracks
Lost Opportunity | Queen Talks

The CD had the above track listing, whilst the LP had 'Don't Try So Hard' after 'Delilah'. The LP also featured shorter versions of many tracks, for space reasons. However, 'Greatest Hits' is longer than the album, and was released on LP in unedited form, so why the edits were needed is not clear. Only 'Innuendo', 'Ride The Wild Wind', 'Delilah' and 'The Show Must Go On' are the same for the CD and LP releases. All other tracks are shortened through edits, earlier fades, or a combination.

Produced by Queen and David Richards
Engineered by David Richards, assisted by Noel Harris and Justin Shirley Smith
Recorded at Metropolis Studios, London and Mountain Studios, Montreux, March 1989 - November 1990
Computer Programming by David Richards
Mastered at The Townhouse by Kevin Metcalfe

All songs written by Queen
(For a brief guide to which individual members wrote which tracks, click here)

All instruments played by Queen:-
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and keyboards)
Brian May (guitars, keyboards, harmonies and vocals)
Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonies and vocals)
John Deacon (bass guitar and keyboards)

Management: Jim Beach
Studio equipment coordination: Brian Zellis and Martin Groves
Computer programming: David Richards
Album sleeve design: Queen and Richard Gray
Illustrations by Grandville (1803-1847): additional illustrations by Angela Lumley
Photography by Simon Fowler

Singles: (first four were included on 'Greatest Hits II', 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' appeared on 'Greatest Hits III')

Innuendo / Bijou (no 1, 14 January 1991)
I'm Going Slightly Mad (no 22, 4 March 1991) - 12" and CD add 'Lost Opportunity'
Headlong / All God's People (no 14, 13 May 1991) - 12" and CD add 'Mad The Swine'
The Show Must Go On / Keep Yourself Alive (no 16, 14 October 1991)
12" and CD1 add 'Queen Talks'
Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives (no 1, 9 December 1991)

Innuendo
Track 1. Written by Queen. Album Version 6:30
Additional Musicians:
Steve Howe (Additional Wandering Spanish Minstrel Guitar - 'somewhere in the middle')
Alternate Versions:
1. Explosive Version (6:42) (on the CD and 12" singles only) (exactly the same, with an 'explosion' effect at the end, from 6:15 onwards)
2. The Eye Version (0:37) (played as an introduction to the game) (the album version from 0:03 to 0:41, without any vocals)
3. Live Version (1:40) (from 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert', performed as a medley with 'Thank You' and 'Kashmir' by Robert Plant) (this track was severely edited for release) (click here for lyrics)
4. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:14) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Cast Recording 2 (2:14) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
One, two, three, four

Oooh, oooh

While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land
While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow
Till mountains crumble into the plane
Ooh, yes we'll keep on trying
Tread that fine line
Ooh, we'll keep on trying, yeah
Just passing our time

Oooh, oooh

While we live according to race, colour or creed
While we rule by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion
Through the eons, and on and on
Ooh yes, we'll keep on trying, yeah
We'll tread that fine line
Ooh, oh, we'll keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time

Through the sorrow all through our splendour
Don't take offence at my innuendo
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good

You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be
Be free with your tempo, be free, be free
Surrender your ego, be free, be free to yourself

Oooh, oooh
Yeah
If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky
If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die, ha
If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask
Show yourself, destroy our fears, release your mask

Ooh, yes we'll keep on trying
Hey, tread that fine line
Yeah, we'll keep on smiling, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And whatever will be, will be
We'll just keep on trying
We'll just keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Till the end of time

I'm Going Slightly Mad
Track 2. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:22
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (4:04) (on the LP and 'Greatest Hits II' CD only) (loses instrumental sections from 1:20 to 1:25 and 3:56 to 4:09 approx; adds a single second of keyboard at about 4:17)
2. Instrumental Version (4:22) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or Video only) (instrumental, with a few backing vocals only) (click here for lyrics)
3. 'Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' Insert (2:08) (an edit, has the first 12 seconds twice, then 1:17 to 1:58 and then 3:19 onwards) (click here for lyrics)
4. The Eye Version 1 (2:38) (on 'The Eye' disc 4) (same as the first 2:30 of the instrumental, with a phased ending) (click here for lyrics)
5. The Eye Version 2 (0:26) (only available within the game) (an edit of the first 26 seconds of the above 'Eye' version, fading out)
6. The Eye Version 3 (0:31) (on 'The Art Of Queen The Eye' CD-Rom) (the first 12 seconds looped three times, without the bass, with a fade out)
Lyrics:
When the outside temperature rises
And the meaning is oh so clear
One thousand and one yellow daffodils
Begin to dance in front of you, oh dear

Are they trying to tell you something
You're missing that one final screw
You're simply not in the pink my dear
To be honest you haven't got a clue

I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened, happened
It finally happened, oh, oh
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad
Oh dear
Ha, ha, ha, ha

I'm one card short of a full deck
I'm not quite the shilling
One wave short of a shipwreck
I'm not my usual top billing

I'm coming down with a fever (oooohh)
I'm really out to sea
This kettle is boiling over (ooooh, oooh, oooh)
I think I'm a banana tree (oooh, ooh)
Oh dear

I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened, happened
It finally happened, uh, huh
It finally happened, I'm slightly mad
Oh dear

Ooh-ooh, ah-ah
Ooh-ooh, ah-ah

I'm knitting with only one needle
Unravelling fast its true
I'm driving only three wheels these days
But my dear how about you

I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened
It finally happened, oh, yes
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad
Just very slightly mad
And there you have it

Headlong
Track 3. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:37
'Classic Queen' and 'Queen Rocks' both have the full version.
This track was originally intended for Brian's 'Back To The Light' album.
The echoes at the end of the track are the title 'Headlong' sung backwards.
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (4:31) (on the LP or the 'Greatest Hits II' CD only) (edits out two short sections, from 1:49 to 1:53 and 4:03 to 4:07; the very final guitar burst is also a lot quieter)
2. Promo Edit (3:47) (on a US Promo CD) (presumably loses some instrumental sections)
3. Greatest Flix II Version (4:43) (on 'Greatest Flix II' only) (adds a short extra guitar part, at about 1:01)
4. The Eye Version (4:43) (on 'The Eye' disc 5) (a full instrumental remix of version 3)
5. Live Version 1 Edit (5:06) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' album, performed by The Brian May Band) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 1 Full (5:33) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' video) (contains extra instrumental) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:52) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Cast Recording 2 (2:48) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album, also released on the 'We Will Rock You - Around The World EP' download)
9. Demo Version (1:04) (on the 'Hints Of Innuendo' promo cassette) (an early, rough demo version, which loses backing vocals; this has obviously been edited down from a longer demo)
Lyrics: (the lyric in Red is edited out of the LP version; the lyrics in Blue are present in the Demo version)
And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal
And you're rushing headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping and there's nothing you can do about it
Nothing you can do, no there's nothing you can do about it
No there's nothing you can, nothing you can, nothing you can do about it

And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal
And you're rushing headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping no there's nothing
You can do about it, yeah

Hey, he used to be a man with a stick in his hand
Hoop, diddy, diddy, hoop, diddy, do
She used to be a woman with a hotdog stand
Hoop, diddy, diddy, wow, hoop, diddy, do
Now you've got soup in the laundry bag
Now you've got strings, you're gonna lose your rag
You're getting in a fight then it ain't so groovy
When you're screaming in the night let me out of this cheap B movie

Headlong down the highway and you're rushing
Headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping and you can't stop rocking
And there's nothing you can, nothing you can, nothing you can do about it

When a red hot man meets a white hot lady
Hoop, diddy, diddy, hoop, diddy, do, ho
Soon the fire starts a raging gets them more than half crazy
Hoop, diddy, diddy, hoop, diddy, do
Ooh, now they start freaking every way you turn
You can't start walking 'cos your feet got burned
It ain't no time to figure wrong from right
'Cos reason's out the window
Better hold on tight

You're rushing headlong
Headlong out of control, yeah
You think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping
And there's nothing you, nothing you
Nothing you can do about it at all

Yeah, yeah
Alright, go

And you're rushing headlong down the highway
And you're rushing headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping
There's nothing, nothing, nothing you can do about it, yeah
(Oooh, oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh)

Ha, ha, headlong
Headlong
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Headlong, headlong
Headlong, on and on and on and on and

I Can't Live With You
Track 4. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:32
The 'Rocks Retake' was engineered by Justin Shirley Smith, Joshua J Macrae and David Richards
Additional Assistance:
Brian Malouf (mixing of the two 'Malouf' versions)
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (4:04) (on the LP only) (same as the normal version, but has an earlier fade out, from 3:47 onwards)
2. The Eye Version (4:37) (on 'The Eye' disc 4) (an instrumental with some backing vocals) (click here for lyrics)
3. Malouf Remix (4:29) (on a US Promo CD) (a remix, with some additional keyboards, and also seems to be slightly heavier than normal)
4. Malouf Remix Edit (4:13) (on a US Promo CD) (an edit of the above remix, losing a few vocals and some of Brian's solo, from 3:06 to 3:22)
5. 1997 Rocks Retake (4:47) (on 'Queen Rocks' only) (a much heavier take with some different vocals, a new intro and outro)
Lyrics: (the LP Version has the lyrics upto (but not including) the 'without you' in blue. The Rocks Retake has additional lyrics in red, but not those in blue. The Malouf Remix Edit loses the lines from 'Through the madness' to 'for a million years - yeah')
I can't live without you, I can't live without you, I can't live without you, I can't live without you
I can't live without you, I can't live without you, wow, oh
Hey

Yeah, I can't live with you
But I can't live without you (oooh-oooh-ooh)
I can't let you stay, oooh
But I can't live if you go away
I don't know just how it goes (ooooh)
All I know is I can't live with you

Yeah, I'm having a hard time
I'm walking a fine line
Between hope and despair
You may think that I don't care
But I travelled a long road to
Get a hold of my sorrow
I tried to catch a dream
But nothing's what it seems

Love is saying baby it's alright
When deep inside you're really petrified
Lover turns to hater on this escalator

I can't live with you, yeah
But I can't live without you
I can't breathe if you stay
But I can't bear you to go away (ooooh-ooh-ooh)
I don't know what time it is
All I know is I can't live with you

We're stuck in a bad place
We're trapped in a rat race
And we can't escape
Maybe there's been some mistake

We're trying to make a high score
We're walking through a closed door
And nobody's winning
We're just sinning against ourselves
Hold on baby tell me it's alright
Anger's breaking from the hurt inside
Passions screaming hotter
Doing what we gotta do, yeah

I can't live with you
I can't live with you
I can't live, I can't live, I can't, I can't live with you
But baby, I'll never ever leave you (ooooh-ooooh)

I can't live with you
But I can't live without you
'Cos I'm in love with you, ooh
And everything about you (ooooh-oooh-ooh)

I can't live with you
No, I just can't live, I just can't live
I can't live with you, yeah
But I can't live without you
Through the madness, through the tears
We've still got each other for a million years
Yeah

Oooh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, day-dap
I can't live without you, yeah, yeah
I can't live without you
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I can't live without you
I can't live without you
I can't live without you
Wow oh, I can't live without you, baby, baby, baby

Without you
I can't live without you
I can't live without you
A-bop, a-bop, a-woah-woah-woah-yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't live without you
Yeah

Don't Try So Hard
Track 5 on the CD, track 9 on the LP. Written by Queen. Album Version 3:38
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (3:32) (on the LP only) (same as the normal version, but cuts out a small instrumental part from 1:59 to 2:02, and fades out three seconds earlier)
2. The Eye Version (1:33) (on 'The Eye' disc 3) (a straight edit upto 1:33, fading out over 2 seconds) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
If you're searching out for something
Don't try so hard
If you're feeling kinda nothing
Don't try so hard
When your problems seem like mountains
Feel the need to find some answers
You can leave it for another day
Don't try so hard

But if you fall and take a tumble
It won't be far
If you fail you mustn't grumble
Thank your lucky stars
Just savour every mouthful
And treasure every moment
When the storms are raging round you
Stay right where you are

Oooh, don't try so hard
Oooh, don't take it all to heart
It's only fools they make these rules
Don't try so hard

One day you'll be a sergeant major
Oh, you'll be so proud
Screaming out your bloody orders
Hey, but not too loud
Polish all your shiny buttons
Dress as lamb instead of mutton
But you never had to try to stand out
From the crowd

Ooh, oh-ooh, what a beautiful world
This is the life for me
Ooh, oh-ooh, what a beautiful world
It's the simple life for me (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Ooh, don't try so hard
Ooh, don't take it all to heart
It's only fools
They make these rules
Don't try so hard
Don't try so hard
Don't try so hard

Ride The Wild Wind
Track 6 on the CD, track 5 on the LP. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:41
Alternate Versions:
1. The Eye Version (4:41) (on 'The Eye' disc 5) (a full instrumental retaining selected backing vocals only) (click here for lyrics)
2. Live Version (5:14) (on the 'Happiness' 7" only, performed by Roger Taylor, in London, 1994) (click here for lyrics)
3. The Alps Film Edit (0:42) (only available in the film) (a short edit comprising 0:07 to 0:23, 0:27 to 0:35 and then 2:32 to 2:49) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Ride the wild wind
Push the envelope, don't sit on the fence - hey, hey, hey, hey
Ride the wild wind
Live your life on the razors edge - hey, hey, hey
Gonna ride the wild wind, ooooh
It ain't dangerous enough for me

Get your head down baby, yeah, we're gonna ride tonight
Your angel eyes are shining bright
I wanna take your hand, lead you from this place
Gonna leave it all behind, check out of this rat race

Ride the wild wind - hey, hey, hey, hey
Ride the wild wind - hey (hey, hey, hey)
Gonna ride the wild wind (ooooh)
It ain't dangerous enough for me

Tie your hair back baby
We're gonna ride tonight, yeah
We got freaks to the left
We got jerks to the right
Sometimes I get so low
I just have to ride
Um, let me take your hand
Um, let me be your guide

Ooh, ride the wild wind
Don't sit on the fence - hey, hey, hey, hey
Um, ride the wild wind
Live life on the razors edge - (hey, hey, hey)
Gonna ride the wild wind (ooooh)
It ain't dangerous enough for me

Yeah, ride the wild wind - hey, hey, hey, hey
Um, ride the wild wind - hey, hey, hey, hey, ha, ha, ha
Gonna ride it, ride the wild wind
It ain't dangerous enough for me

Ride the wild wind
Ride the wild wind (hey, hey, hey)

Ride the wild wind (hey, hey, hey)
Ride the wild wind
(Hey, hey, hey)

(Hey, hey, hey)

All God's People
Track 7 on the CD, track 6 on the LP. Written by Queen and Mike Moran. Album Version 4:21
This track began as a Freddie solo track called 'Africa By Night'
Additional Musicians:
Mike Moran (Keyboards)
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (3:53) (on the LP only) (loses the section from 1:00 to 1:02, and fades out between 3:30 and 3:54)
Lyrics: (lyrics in red are missing from the LP version)
So all you people give freely
Make welcome inside your homes, wow
Thank God you people give freely
Don't turn your back on the lesson of the lord

All prime ministers, yeah, and majesties around the world, yeah
Open your eyes, look touch and feel, yeah
Rule with your heart (rule with your heart)
(Live with your) live with your conscience
And love, love and be
Love, love and be free
We're all God's people

Gotta face up, better grow up
Gotta stand tall and be strong
Gotta face up, better grow up

Gotta face up, better grow up
Gotta stand tall and be strong
Gotta face up, better grow up

We're all God's people (gotta face up, better grow up)
(Gotta face up), yeah, (better grow up), yeah

Yes, yeah
Yes, there was this magic light
I said to myself
I'd better go to bed and have an early night
Then I, then I, then I, then I went into a dream

Rule with your heart and live with your conscience

We're all God's people
Give freely, yeah
Make welcome inside your homes
Let us be thankful he's so incredible

We're all God's people
We're all God's, we're all God's
We're all God's, we're all God's, ooooh

We're all God's people
We're all God's
We're all God's

These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Track 8 on the CD, track 7 on the LP. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:15
An excerpt of this track being performed by Roger Taylor is on the 'Live At The Cyberbarn' video
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (3:55) (on the LP only) (same as the normal version, but edits out the intro drums (starting at 0:09), and fades out from 3:56 to 4:03)
2. Promo Edit (3:47) (on a US Promo CD) (edits out part of Brian's guitar solo, from about 2:50 to 3:12; also, the drums from 4:08 onwards are edited out, but the track does not fade out)
3. 'Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' Insert (2:03) (an edit, which contains 0:09 to 0:47, 1:19 to 2:19 and 3:33 to 3:58, and fades out) (click here for lyrics)
4. Instrumental Version Edit (3:05) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD, on the 'Wembley Towers' feature) (this is an instrumental version, losing some of the middle section from approx 2:27 to 3:42. It begins with the very start of 'Play The Game' (7 seconds), features some interview snippets with Brian and Roger, and contains the single lyric 'I still love you')
5. Instrumental Version (4:03) (on 'Greatest Karaoke Hits' 2004 DVD and CD) (a full instrumental version which simply fades earlier than normal, with no lyrics at all)
6. Live Version 1 (4:39) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute', lead vocals by George Michael and Lisa Stansfield) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 2 (3:22) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute' DVD only, lead vocals by George Michael and Lisa Stansfield; this is a rehearsal) (click here for lyrics)
8. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (4:20) (an official download, recorded in Pesaro on 8 April 2005; lead vocals by Roger) (click here for lyrics)
9. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (4:27) (an official download, recorded in Rotterdam on 26 April 2005; lead vocals by Roger) (click here for lyrics)
10. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (4:27) (on 'Return Of The Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005; lead vocals by Roger) (click here for lyrics)
11. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 (4:34) (on 'Super Live In Japan', recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005; lead vocals by Roger) (click here for lyrics)
12. Live Cast Recording 1 (3:00) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album) (click here for lyrics)
13. Live Cast Recording 2 (3:04) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album)
14. Live Version 3 (4:33) (on the 'Band Du Lac - One Night Only Live' DVD, performed by Roger with the Band Du Lac in Surrey, 2005) (click here for lyrics)
15. Live Version 3 Edit (0:39) (on the 'Band Du Lac - One Night Only Live' DVD, on the menus, performed by Roger with the Band Du Lac in Surrey, 2005) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Sometimes I get to feeling
I was back in the old days, long ago
When we were kids, when we were young
Things seemed so perfect, you know

The days were endless, we were crazy, we were young
The sun was always shining, we just lived for fun
Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know
The rest of my life's been just a show

Those were the days of our lives
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true
When I look, and I find, I still love you

You can't turn back the clock, you can't turn back the time
Ain't that a shame?
I'd like to go back one time on a rollercoaster ride
When life was just a game
No use in sitting and a thinking on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately I just don't know
Better sit back and go with the flow

'Cos these are the days of our lives
They've flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but some things remain
When I look and I find no change

Those were the days of our lives, yeah
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but
One thing's still true
When I look and I find
I still love you

I still love you

Delilah
Track 9 on the CD, track 8 on the LP. Written by Queen. Album Version 3:33
Alternate Versions:
1. Demo Version (1:18) (on the 'Hints Of Innuendo' promo cassette) (a demo version, which is more basic than normal)
Lyrics: (the Demo version has the lyrics upto 'go to sleep beside me', but loses the lyrics in blue and adds the lyrics in red)
Delilah, Delilah
Oh my, oh my, oh my
You're irresistible, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
You make me smile when I'm just about to cry
You bring me hope, you make me laugh and I you like it
You get away with murder so innocent
But when you throw a moody you're all claws and you bite
That's alright

Delilah
Delilah
Oh my, oh my, oh my
You're unpredictable, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
You make me so very happy
When you cuddle up and go to sleep beside me
And then you make me slightly mad
When you pee all over my Chippendale suite
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Delilah
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Delilah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

You take over my house and home
You even try to answer my telephone
Delilah, oh
You're the apple of my eyes
Miaow
Miaow
Miaow
Delilah - I love you
Delilah, oh

Ooh, you make me so very happy
You give me kisses and I go out of my mind, wooh
You're irresistible, I love you Delilah
Delilah - I love you

Ha, ha, you make me very happy, oooh, oooh, oh yes
I love your kisses
I love your kisses
I love your kisses
I love your kisses
I love your, your, your kisses
I love your kisses

The Hitman
Track 10. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:56.
This track was originally intended for Brian's 'Back To The Light' album.
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (3:43) (on the LP only) (same as album version, retaining all lyrics, but fades out from 3:25 onwards)
2. The Eye Version 1 (1:04) (on 'The Eye' disc 4) (instrumental of the first 1:04 of the song, with less prominent guitar and some backing vocals) (click here for lyrics)
3. The Eye Version 2 (2:27) (on 'The Eye' disc 5) (instrumental of approx. 2:42 onwards, again less prominent guitar, with no lyrics at all)
4. Demo Version (0:54) (on the 'Hints Of Innuendo' promo cassette) (possibly a demo version, features Brian on lead vocals) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Here we go, yeah
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, I'm the hitman, stand aside
I'm the hitman I want your life
Ain't no escaping
Don't run and hide
There goes the neighbourhood
I'm gonna kill for your love, that's right

Hitman - now don't you cry
I'm just it man, you might get fried
Gun in my pocket
Don't get me wrong
I'll be your hitman
I'm a fool for your love

I'm a head shredder
That's better
Baby, baby, baby
I'm a hitman, hitman, hitman
Yeah, trouble in the east, trouble in the west
Struggle with the beast, what a thief, what a pest
Come back mother, nuke that sucker
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Who knows what I am talking about?
Waste that brother, alright
Ooh
That's the way to do it
Ha, ha

I'm the hitman, I'm your prize
But this hitman can cut you down to size
Love me baby, don't be so cool
Love me, love me baby
I've been to the hitman school
Yeah, yeah
You're gonna make my day
Gonna blow you away

When the fun begins
Hitman
Are you ready for the sting
Gonna waste that thing
Hitman
Hitman is king

Yeah
Go, go
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hitman, hitman
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ow

Demo Version Lyrics:
Yeah, I'm the hitman, stand aside
I'm the hitman and I want your life
Ain't no escaping
Don't run and hide
There goes the neighbourhood
I'm gonna kill for your love

I'm the hitman, now don't you cry
Don't gimme no shit man, you might get fried
Gun in my pocket
Don't get me wrong
No, I'm the hitman
I'm a fool for your love
Bite the bullet babe

Bijou
Track 11. Written by Queen. Album Version 3:36
Alternate Versions:
1. LP Version (1:19) (on the LP only) (most of Brian's solo is edited out, but has all lyrics) (has first 15 seconds, then from 1:05 to 2:09)
2. The Eye Version (1:23) (on 'The Eye' disc 4) (a straight edit, with no lyrics, fading from 1:21 to 1:23)
3. The Alps Film Edit 1 (0:25) (in the film The Alps only) (a straight edit of the opening 0:25 of the track)
4. The Alps Film Edit 2 (1:25) (also in the film The Alps only) (a straight edit of the track from 2:09 onwards)
Lyrics:
You and me
We are destined you'll agree
To spend the rest of our lives with each other
The rest of our days like two lovers
For ever, yeah
For ever
My bijou

The Show Must Go On
Track 12. Written by Queen. Album Version 4:31
The version on 'Greatest Hits II' and 'Queen Jewels' has an earlier fade, ending at 4:23, but this is not noticeable.
Alternate Versions:
1. Greatest Flix II Intro (1:55) (a 'bonus' track at the start) (an edit, with first 19 seconds, 0:58 to 1:22 and 3:04 onwards, with an earlier fade)
2. Instrumental Version (4:13) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or Video and 'The Eye' disc 4 only) (a full instrumental version; however, the version on 'The Eye' has a longer outro, with a time of 4:22) (click here for lyrics)
3. 'Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' Insert (2:31) (an edit, containing the first 35 seconds, 0:55 to 0:59, and 2:07 onwards, fading out by about 4:01) (click here for lyrics)
4. Live Version 1 (4:15) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert', lead vocal by Elton John) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 1 Excerpt (1:10) (on the reissue DVD in the 'Official Photo Gallery') (an edit of the above live version, fading both in and out) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 2 (4:19) (on Greatest Hits III and Flix III only) (performed by Elton John at The Bejart Ballet) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 3 (4:23) (possibly on the 'Heineken' CD-Rom, recorded in Holland, 2002, with lead vocals by Patti Russo) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Version 4 (4:09) (on the '46664' CD and DVD, with vocals by Chris Thompson, Zoe Nicholas and Treanna Morris) (click here for lyrics)
9. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (4:24) (an official download, recorded in Basel on 10 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
10. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (4:24) (on 'Return Of The Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005) (click here for lyrics)
11. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (4:40) (on 'Super Live In Japan', recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics: (the 'Greatest Flix II' intro only has those lyrics in red)
Empty spaces, what are we living for
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for

Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore

The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah
Inside my heart is breaking
My make up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for

I guess I'm learning (I'm learning, I'm learning, I'm learning), I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning (turning, turning, turning) round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah, yeah
Oooh, inside my heart is breaking (ooooh)
My make up may be flaking (oooh)
But my smile still stays on
Yeah, yeah
Oh-oh-woah, oh-oh-woah

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly my friends

The show must go on (go on, go on, go on), yeah, yeah
The show must go on (go on, go on, go on)
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On with the show

Oooh, I'll top the bill
I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the show
On with the show
The show must go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on

Lost Opportunity
Non-Album Track. Written by Queen. Original Version 3:49
This track is only available on the 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' CD and 12".
Lead Vocals by Brian May.
Lyrics:
Oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh
Oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Yeah

Every morning I face the sun
I lift my head and smile at everyone
Every afternoon you'll find me working on
I got my new shoes on
Got to be moving on, that's what they say
Every night I'm tossed
And I shake my fevered brow
Thinking of my lost opportunity
Oh yeah

Oooh
Yes every morning I face the sun
I get so positive with everyone
Ooh and every afternoon you'll find the cracks showing through
They know what I'm going through
Oh yes they do
Every evening finds me
The optimist behind me
On with my lost opportunity

Queen Talks
Non-Album Track. Compiled and Produced by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher.
Original Version 1:43. This track is only available on 'The Show Must Go On' CD1 and 12", and is a collection of interview soundbites from over the years.
Dialogue: (key to colours: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon)

Hello, hello, hello, my name is Kim Basinger
Who is going to be Queen for an hour
More rhythm, more rhythm
This is Brian May, dah, dah, and this is Roger Taylor
I'm Freddie Mercury, on a bank holiday
And I'm John Deacon from Queen
It wasn't bad, I mean
What's the, um, title of the show again
This one, yes, I don't know
Do you know I can't remember
Four old ladies are still rocking away
No, no, no, no, no
It's quite ridiculous, wasn't it. Actually at that point I wanted to do something totally different
Dee, dee, dee
Um, ah, you mean, um
I think that's a sort of surreal masterpiece
It has a semi-autobiographical feel about it
A bit of a mixture, you mean, mish-mash
That's the word I was looking for
We always had the idea that we really wanted to lead people to somewhere new, rather than fit into what was going on, how boring, with the music. Am I making sense?
I'll tell you in two years time
Why don't you just concentrate on the first one, really?
In fact that's the number one trick
That was almost there. Try another one, OK.
It's always really dreadfully difficult to know
Can't you do one that goes 'Dah, dah, um, bah, bah?'
I'm not a singer. That's the least of his problems
I'm not the drummer. Cor, it's getting nice this
Ah, but apart from that, er, I have no plans
If it is planned then its boring
You know, its got hidden depths
What can you say?
Um - dah, dah.... no?
Very musically awful but totally right
It's not like rock and roll
But it is unusual and different and you have to buy it
Then its OK. When they stop buying our records, then I'll say goodbye and become a strip artist or something
And luckily the story went the right way
Just get on with it, otherwise I'll forget my name
Ask Roger. No - not a good idea
I can't remember where the idea did come from
[Explosion]
Roger, what did you do?
Good fun. I can make a bigger bang than that dear
Great fun, yeah. But it could have gone the other way
Oh, shit, all that crap again
[Laughter]