Freddie Mercury - Miscellaneous Songs

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This page includes song details of the various Freddie Mercury demo recordings which were released on the 2000 'Solo' boxed set, and several other tracks which do not appear on his solo albums. Unless specified below, all tracks were written by Freddie.

Details of some of Freddie's tracks recorded and performed with Ibex and Wreckage can be found on the Pre-Queen tracks page.

1984 Demo Tracks:
Gazelle
God Is Heavy
Love Makin' Love
Money Can't Buy Happiness
New York

1987 Demo Tracks:
Holding On
Horns Of Doom
I Can't Dance
It's So You
Keep Smilin'
Yellow Breezes

Other Tracks:
Going Back (1973 Larry Lurex track, on the Pre-Queen songs page)
Hold On (with Jo Dare)
Have A Nice Day (1987 fan club song)
I Can Hear Music (1973 Larry Lurex track, on the Pre-Queen songs page)
When This Tired Old Body Wants To Sing (1987 jam)

Unreleased Tracks:
(details on the Unreleased Solo Tracks page)
Garden Lodge Improvisations (1987)
Africa By Night (1987/8)
The Music Of The Night AKA Creatures Of The Night (1985/6)
The Phantom Of The Opera (1985/6)
You Are The Only One (1985/6)

Gazelle
Track 19 on the 'Rarities 1 - The Mr Bad Guy Sessions' CD. Length 1:19.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, 19 April 1984.
Lyrics:
(Eh dop, eh dop)
(Eh dop, eh dop)
Gazelle (eh dop, eh dop)
You got me running fast (eh dop)
You got me feeling low (eh dop)
You got me running fast
You got me feeling low
Gazelle
Gazelle

God Is Heavy
Track 22 on the 'Rarities 1 - The Mr Bad Guy Sessions' CD. Length 1:21.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, January 1984.
Co-produced by Freddie Mercury and Mack.
Lyrics:
God is heavy
God is heavy
God is heavy, God is heavy
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

God is heavy
God is heavy
God is heavy
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

Have A Nice Day
Track 16 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 0:42.
Written by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran.
Engineered and mixed by David Richards.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 18 April 1987.
This track was recorded by Freddie and Mike Moran as a special message for that year's Queen Fan Club Convention. It features Mike Moran on piano.
Lyrics:
Is everybody happy
Is everybody really feelin' good
I'm sorry I couldn't be there
I'm recording in a studio all night long

So take it easy everyone
And have a nice day
Bye, bye
Yeah

Mike Moran on the piano

Holding On
Track 11 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 4:11.
Produced by Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran and David Richards.
Engineered and Mixed by David Richards.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 9 March 1987.
Additional Assistance:
Mike Moran (keyboards)
David Richards (drum programming)
Erdal Kizilkay (bass)
Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ha
Keep doing it
Ha
Yeah, yeah

When I was a little boy and growing up
I, I didn't know myself what's left and right
I'm all pent up
Said holding on
They said, keep, keep holding
Holding, holding on

My mama told me this
She said don't grow up too quickly
She said grow up boy, grow up boy
She said hold on, keep on
Holding on, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mama told me
That's what she said
Keep holding babe
Holding, holding

Holding on
He stopped holding on
She said to me, she said to me
Keep holding on
I honey, I said I would keep holding
Oooh, oh, oh, ooh, oh
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Yeah, yeah
Yeah
Ha
Holding
I said keep holding, holding

My big brother told me
He said, I don't need you as a brother, babe
I wanna, I wanna keep holding on
That's what he said
I just keep holding, holding
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Ha
You do that

One more time
I keep holding on, yeah
I just keep holding, holding on
Holding on, key change

Yeah
Holding on, holding on
I just keep holding on, holding on
My mama told me that
I gotta keep holding on, yeah, yeah, ha, ha, ha, yeah
Wooh, oooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh
Ha, ha

Now it's your turn babe
Go, go
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Yeah, ha

Hang on, what

On

Hold On
Recorded by Freddie Mercury and Jo Dare, 1986. Length 3:37.
Lyrics written by Freddie Mercury, and music written by Mack.
Produced by Freddie Mercury and Mack.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich.
This track was originally featured in the film 'Zabou' and it's soundtrack. It is also available in the 'Solo' boxed set, and on a German 7" single.
Lyrics: (the lyrics in white are joint vocals, those in red are sung by Freddie and those in blue are sung by Jo)
Hold on
Shake hands
Don't let's fight, yeah
Let's be friends

(Hold on) we were having fun together
(Shake hands) instead well I find that you are gone
(Don't let's fight) I just wanted to have a free hand
(Let's be friends)

(Hold on) you know I tried to be a good girl
(Shake hands) then I went and let you down
(Don't let's fight) I can search, should have been the one to play around
(I'm so bad) so bad (so bad) so bad (so bad)

Baby you're really something
You're really something to me
You've got a flame in my heart
We ain't never gonna part
Hey baby, you're something to me

Baby you're really something
You're really something to me
You've got a flame in my heart
We ain't never gonna part
Hey baby, hey baby, you're something to me

Baby you're really something
You're really something to me
You've got a flame in my heart
We ain't never gonna part
Hey baby, you're something to me

Baby you're really something, oh yeah
You're really something to me
You've got a flame in my heart
We ain't never gonna part
Hey baby, baby, hey baby, baby

Baby you're really something, wow
You're really something to me
You've got a flame in my heart
We ain't never gonna part
Wo baby, wo baby, yeah

Oooh, yeah, you're really something to me, yeah
You've got a flame in my heart
We ain't never gonna part
Hey baby, you're something to me

Baby you're really, really something
Oh yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Oooooh

Horns Of Doom
Track 14 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 4:14.
Conceived, engineered and mixed by David Richards.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 11 February 1987.
This is an instrumental track, and is very different to any other Queen or Freddie recordings.

I Can't Dance
Track 13 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 2:04.
Written by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran.
Engineered by David Richards.
Mixed by David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, assisted by Kris Fredriksson.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 17 February 1987.
This track segues into 'Keep Smilin', and features Mike Moran on piano.
Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, ha, ha, ha

You can dance, you can dance
Yeah, we all know you can dance
(No, he can't dance)
(No, he can't dance)
Oooooh, oh, oooh-ooh-oooh

We all know we can't dance
Know we can't dance, we can't dance, yeah, we can't dance
We all know we can't dance (no we can't, we can't dance)
No, no, we can't dance, yeah

No I can't dance, woo hoo, ha, we can't dance
No I can't dance, we can't dance, yeah, yeah, yeah
No I can't dance, no I can't dance, yeah

No, no, no, I can't dance, dance
No I can't dance

No I can't dance
No I can't dance

Freddie: Yeah, I know but I, I, somehow think that er, but it's not, it's, no, but I want them, want them to be

It's So You
Track 12 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 2:38.
Co-produced and engineered by David Richards.
Mixed by David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, assisted by Kris Fredriksson.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 3 February 1987.
Lyrics:
It's so you
You're the one that's burning me upside down and up
It's so you
You're the one running hot and cold
Then not showing up
It's so you, it's so you, it's so you, yeah

It's all part of growing up, yeah
Being misinformed and (unknown lyric)
I fancy something new
It's so you
Confused
So you

You're the one that's been letting me down
All this time baby
It's so you
I won't forget those days, that's right
You let me down
I know it's so you, yeah

Well, now the birds are breaking down
A hundred bells are ringing out
Yes, it's time for me to move (I'd better move out babe)
I'm confused (tell me about it) and that's you, yeah
Yeah, yeah
That's the way you are, that's you, ooh

You know it's true, yeah, hey
It's a part of growing up
Being misinformed and playing cynical
That's time for, it's time for me to move
Yeah
That's so you
That's only you, yeah
Just you, yeah
There's nothin' I can do
Only you, yeah

Keep Smilin'
Track 13 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 1:38.
Written by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran.
Engineered by David Richards.
Mixed by David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, assisted by Kris Fredriksson.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 17 February 1987.
This track segues from 'I Can't Dance', and features Mike Moran on piano.
Lyrics:
Yeah
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin', yeah
Keep smilin'

All we need is (oooh) a smile on your face
Just a little smile for the big human race
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin'
Take it baby

Woo hoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, keep smilin'

All we need is a smile on your face
Just a little smile for the big human race
Keep smilin' baby
That's what you gotta do
Hey, smile

Keep smilin'
Keep smilin', come on
Keep smilin', yeah
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin', uh ha
Keep smilin', uh ha
Keep smilin'

Love Makin' Love
Track 21 on the 'Rarities 1 - The Mr Bad Guy Sessions' CD, and also released on CD2 of 'Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs'. Length 3:35.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, 9 December 1984.
This track was later worked on by Queen for the 'A Kind Of Magic' album in 1986, but was ultimately not used.
Lyrics:
Yeah
You just say you want out
Take no more of this kind of love

No talk of romance
Takin' chances you can't afford
No more goodbyes
No tellin' lies
Leave all the tension
Leave all the troubles behind

I just love makin' love makin' love
Making love with you, yeah
Love makin' love makin' love
With you
Love makin' love, love makin' love with you
Yes I do

It's love makin' love makin' love
That's all I wanna do, yeah
With you

Don't get into no bad ways
'Cos life goes on
No wedding plans you can't take
The fight goes on
Oh secret love affair
Waiting unawares
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

I just love makin' love makin' love
Makin' love with you, girl
I'm tellin' ya
Love makin' love makin' love
Love to you
Yes I do, I do, I do

When the feeling's just right
I can reach you from the stars above, yeah
You know I love makin' love makin' love
That's all I want to do, yeah, wooh ooh

And they say love is blind
It's so hard to find
When you find it you end up just fighting
There's a weight on your shoulder
Rain in your hair
It's someone else who's stealing love
Give me love, don't leave me life, it's a whole
Yes it's time, there's no life, there's no lying

Money Can't Buy Happiness
Track 20 on the 'Rarities 1 - The Mr Bad Guy Sessions' CD. Length 2:35.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, 10 February 1984.
Lyrics:
Hey, there seem to be a lot of things going round
Feeling all that bad to be
You can take it any time you wanted to baby
You only want it for me
You can only let my lover see you around
Hey, hey, left me

Hey, you get it all in life
You can belong to me
You see I want love but

Money can't buy happiness
No, no, money, hey, can't buy happiness
I tell ya

You seem to be the only girl left in town
What you doin' tonight?
But when you see that I'm alone in the hall
You own, you own, you tellin' me
But when they tell me you want me now
I don't, I don't, I don't believe it
Ha, you coming on to money
You came to steal my money

Mmmm, money, hey, can't buy happiness
No, no, money can't buy happiness
No, money can't buy happiness
No, money can't buy happiness

Keep a little more money
Can't buy happiness
Yeah, money don't buy
Money don't buy
Money don't give no happiness, no
Money don't buy

New York
Track 23 on the 'Rarities 1 - The Mr Bad Guy Sessions' CD. Length 2:13.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, on 6 July 1984.
Click here for details of a home demo of the track.
Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, one

I didn't get no sleep last night
Had a drink and I got uptight
I fell over

When the sun comes in inside
When the tide comes in I'm alive
I'm all over
So move over

Here I come New York
New York, you're gaining on me
New York, you're just that one step far away
But I'm here to stay

New York, you're (stop) gaining on me
New York, you're just that one step far away
But I'm here to stay
You can't catch me New York

When This Tired Old Body Wants To Sing
Track 18 on the 'Rarities 2 - The Barcelona Sessions' CD. Length 2:29.
Recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux, on 22 June 1987.
This was an improvised jam, and as such many of the words are ad-libbed and in-decipherable. It features Mike Moran on piano.
Lyrics:
Go on, again
Play, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

Where's my girl
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Hey, yeah
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Let's go, let's go
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Come on do your bit baby
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Go baby

Freddie: Oh, come and have a sing

When this old tired body wants to sing
And I can't get no luck
I wanna little piece of my
Yeah

I want to forget my way
Would it be my way

I want to go home
I want to go to bed
Take it one step at a time

Yeah, let's fuck off out of here

Yellow Breezes
Track 15 on the 'Rarities 3 - Other Sessions' CD. Length 5:24.
Written by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran.
Engineered by David Richards.
Mixed by David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, assisted by Kris Fredriksson.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, on 9 March 1987.
Additional Assistance:
Mike Moran (keyboards)
David Richards (drum programming)
Erdal Kizilkay (bass)
Lyrics:
Yellow breezes keep calling
Everywhere I go
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Muchachos, muchachos
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
They call me, they call me
Everywhere I go

Yellow breeze, yellow breezes
Follow me, yeah
Everywhere I go

Yellow breezes
Come to me, yeah
Everywhere I go
Take it

(Ad-libbed lyrics)

Everywhere I go
Yellow breezes
Follow me, yeah
Everywhere I go
Ha, yeah, everywhere I go, they follow me

They follow me, they follow me, yeah, yeah
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Ha, ha, ha
Ha, ha, ha
Ha, ha, ha
Ha, ha
They follow me everywhere, yeah, yeah
Yellow breezes
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

Ha
Yellow breezes, you know
They follow me everywhere
Everywhere I go

Yellow breezes
Ha, I know
Everywhere I go
Yellow breezes
They follow, they follow, follow me, hey, hey
Everywhere I go
Take it

Follow me
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Oh, we're gonna take a trip round the world
Everybody gotta follow baby, yeah, you hear me
Yellow breezes
They take you everywhere
So follow, yeah
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)

Follow me, follow me
Yellow breezes
Everywhere
Follow, follow
Ha
Everywhere I go

Oooh, hoo
Yeah, yeah, ha
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, a-ha
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Everywhere I go
Yellow breezes

I can't turn them loose
They follow me everywhere, you know
I can't get them outta my mind
Yellow breezes, yellow breezes, yellow breezes, yeah

I want to come home with you, you know
They tell me, yellow breezes, yellow breezes
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Wooh hoo

This rhythm is driving me crazy
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Everywhere I go

There's nothin' like it
Oooh, hoo
Okay, we gotta end now boys

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