Brian May Promo Videos
This page briefly summarises all promo videos,
giving known details including directors, filming locations and
dates, content, and availability of each. Only 'Driven By You'
has been officially released.
In the notes below, a 'standard performance' means that the track
is performed live, without audience involvement, but the studio
version is dubbed over the top.
Brian appears alongside Roger in the 2005 Comic Relief
video, '(Is
This The Way To) Amarillo', which has it's own page, and also the videos for 'God Only Knows' by Brian Wilson
and Various Artists (2014), 'Blue On Black' by Five Finger Death Punch featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Brantley Gilbert (2019), and 'Get Up' by Kings
Daughters (2020).
Unknown director.
Although this is a collaboration with Kerry Ellis rather than a
solo track, it is included here for completeness.
This video fetaures footage of hedgehogs, and captions about
their decline, and aims to raise awareness of their plight in the
UK. It does not feature Brian or Kerry at all.
The track is identical to the single version, but the video is
longer, adding wildlife noise at the start.
Officially unreleased, although the video was made available free
on Youtube.
Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher.
This video features footage of Brian and his band in South
America, 1992, meeting fans, backstage, and performing the track
live.
Officially unreleased.
Directed by Mike Slee.
Although this is a collaboration with Kerry Ellis rather than a
solo track, it is included here for completeness.
The video features footage of lions in the wild in Africa, with
captions about hunting and their decline in numbers. It also
features short clips of Brian and Kerry performing the track, and
footage of them with Virginia McKenna watching lions. It uses the
single version of the track.
Available as part of the 'Born Free' download only, but can also
be seen via a videoscreen on 'The
Candlelight Concerts - Live At Montreux 2013'.
This video was produced in response to the killing of Cecil the
lion in Zimbabwe in 2015. It does not feature Brian or Kerry at
all, and instead uses footage of African wildlife, along with
photographs of trophy hunters, and excerpts from the news reports
of his killing. It starts with the same captions as the original
video, in bigger font, over a blue map of Africa.
The video uses the album version of the track.
Officially unreleased.
Directed by Gavin Taylor, Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis.
Post Production by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher.
Filmed on Brian's 1992 South American tour, this video features
live footage edited to fit the track, rather than a live
performance itself, and also includes audience noise.
Available on 'Greatest Flix III' only.
Directed by Gavin Taylor.
This video features extensive footage of the ground from a
fast-moving aeroplane, and live footage of Brian and Cozy.
Officially unreleased.
Unknown director.
This video features footage of the launch of the space probe, and
animations of the probe flying through space.
It features a slightly different version to the single, which
adds the launch intro, and omits an outro reprise.
Officially unreleased.
Unknown director.
Although this is a collaboration with Kerry Ellis rather than a
solo track, it is included here for completeness.
This video is a live performance of the track, recorded at the
Montreux Jazz Festival in 2013. It features images of badgers via
a videoscreen, and ends with captions about the badger cull with
birdsong and gunshot noises.
Officially unreleased, although the video was made available free
on Youtube.
Directed by Jason Jameson.
This video begins with real life footage of Brian and a
stereoscope viewer, which is then distorted and animated within
the Diableries format. At the end of the track, there is feedback
noise, and footage of Brian playing guitar alongside an animated
skeleton. The video is based on the 'One Night In Hell' short film,
which features the track, which Brian also co-produced and
appears in.
Officially unreleased.
Video concept by Brian May and Grigorij Richters.
Lighting, camera, post-production and editing by Grigorij
Richters.
Shoot assisted and hosted by Denis Pellerin.
Although this is a collaboration with Kerry Ellis rather than a
solo track, it is included here for completeness.
This video is shot in widescreen and features Kerry singing in
front of a black background, being joined by Brian on acoustic
guitar and then another Brian on bass guitar. The middle part of
the track is then performed in front of an audience with candles,
before returning to Kerry for the final verse.
Officially unreleased, although the video was made available free
on Youtube.
Unknown director.
Although this is a collaboration with Kerry Ellis rather than a
solo track, it is included here for completeness.
This is a compilation of clips of the track from Brian and
Kerry's 2016 'One Voice' tour, and some rehearsal or soundcheck
footage.
This video was issued in 2017 to promote the 'Golden Days' album,
and not in 2016, when the track was first released as a download.
Officially unreleased, although the video was made available free
on Youtube.
Directed by Eric Zimmerman.
This video features Brian and Cozy performing the track,
surrounded by fire, with loads of sci-fi special effects, and a
Brian lookalike rock climbing.
Officially unreleased, although it was uploaded to Brian's
official Youtube channel in 2015.
Produced by Jonti Picking (AKA Weebl).
This is an animated video, which is similar to the original
'Badger Badger Badger' video, produced by Weebl in 2003. It is
based on the 'Flash Gordon' film, to tie-in with the track, and
does not feature Brian.
Officially unreleased.
Unknown director.
This video features extensive footage from the series, and
Brian's decapitated head singing the track, which later explodes.
Officially unreleased.
Unknown director/producer.
Although this is a collaboration with Kerry Ellis rather than a
solo track, it is included here for completeness.
This video is a compilation of clips of people kissing, which
were sent in to the official Queen website. It features a very
brief clip of Brian, and one of Kerry at the end of the track.
Officially unreleased, but it can be seen via a videoscreen on 'The
Candlelight Concerts - Live At Montreux 2013'.
Directed by David Mallet.
This video features Brian singing the song to the camera, and is
intercut with footage from various home movies.
Officially unreleased.
Unknown director.
An excerpt of this video was shown on BBC TV's 'Daily Live' in
August 1998, it features The Brian May Band in a darkened studio
performing the track. This could possibly be taken from the VH1
performance, but it would still count as a promo video.
Officially unreleased.