"Made in Heaven"
Single by Freddie Mercury
from the album Mr. Bad Guy
B-side
Released1 July 1985
Recorded1984
StudioMusicland Studios, West Germany
GenrePop, soft rock
Length
  • 4:05 (album version)
  • 4:08 (single version)[2]
  • 4:50 (extended version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)
Freddie Mercury singles chronology
"I Was Born to Love You"
(1985)		 "Made in Heaven"
(1985)		 "Living on My Own"
(1985)
Music video
"Made in Heaven" on YouTube
"Made in Heaven"
Song by Queen
from the album Made in Heaven
PublishedQueen Music Ltd.
Released6 November 1995
Recorded1984, 1995
Genre
Length5:25
Label
Songwriter(s)Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)Queen

"Made in Heaven" is the third single recorded by Freddie Mercury, and his fourth release as a solo artist. Originally featured in Mercury's first solo album, Mr. Bad Guy, the song was modified and published as a 45 rpm single paired with "She Blows Hot and Cold", described on the record sleeve as 'A Brand New Track'. The single reached No. 57 on the UK Singles Chart.

After Mercury's death, the song's title gave the name to Queen's 1995 album Made in Heaven. The song was also chosen, along with "I Was Born to Love You", to be re-recorded for the album, with the previous vocals mixed into a newly recorded instrumental track.

Personnel

Original version
Queen version

Releases and track listing

The single was released in 7-inch and 12-inch format.

7-inch single release
No.TitleLength
1."Made in Heaven (single version)"4:09
2."She Blows Hot and Cold"3:30

The 7-inch single was also released as a shaped picture disc.

12-inch single release
No.TitleLength
1."Made in Heaven (extended version)"4:50
2."Made in Heaven (single version)"4:09
3."She Blows Hot and Cold (extended version)"6:46

Music video

The song's video was directed by David Mallet, previously involved in the making of the music video for "I Was Born to Love You", as well as five Queen clips. A Royal Opera House replica was built inside a warehouse in North London (as normal studios did not have high enough roofs), where Mercury wanted to recreate scenes from Stravinskij's The Rite of Spring and Dante's Inferno.[3] The most remarkable element is probably the 67-foot tall rotating globe on top of which the singer stands in the last part of the video clip. The outfit that Mercury wears in this music video is quite similar to the outfit worn in the music video for the Queen single "Radio Ga Ga". Mallet and Mercury used the 1952 film The Importance of Being Earnest as inspiration for the set.

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 98
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 36
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 60
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 57

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ On the 12-inch single, the extended version of "Made In Heaven" is on the A-side, while the B-side includes the single version of "Made In Heaven" and an extended version of "She Blows Hot and Cold".[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Freddie Mercury Singles Discography". www.ultimatequeen.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Freddie Mercury "Mr Bad Guy" album and song lyrics". www.ultimatequeen.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins (1992). Queen: As It Began. Sidgwick & Jackson. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-88-7966-378-6. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Freddie Mercury – Made in Heaven" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Freddie Mercury – Made in Heaven" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Freddie Mercury". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Freddie Mercury: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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