65 years of UK Christmas No1s - 1991
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. Keyboards were programmed by the four band members in the studio, and conga percussion (a synthesised conga) was recorded by their producer David Richards (although it was mimed in the video by Roger Taylor).
It was released as a single in the United States on Freddie Mercury's 45th (And final) birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in the UK three months later on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the seminal Queen track "Bohemian Rhapsody". The single debuted at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained at the top for five weeks. The song was awarded a BRIT Award for "Best Single" in 1992.
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" hearkens back to similarly themed 1975 Queen song "Love of My Life", twice using the line "I still love you". At the end of the song, Mercury simply speaks those words, as he would often do in live versions of "Love of My Life."
The accompanying video was the last to feature frontman Freddie Mercury as he was in the final stages of his battle with AIDS. The majority of the footage used in the video was filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions on 30 May 1991.
For the promotional video, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot, with additional footage of guitarist Brian May filmed some weeks later and edited into the footage, as he was out of the country on a radio promotional tour at the time of the principal film shoot. The video was shot in black and white to hide the full extent of Mercury's faltering condition from AIDS (following rumours about his health that had been at the centre of much media and public speculation for over a year) following on from its use in the video for "I'm Going Slightly Mad" earlier in 1991.
Colour footage of the band filming the video later emerged, showing just how frail Mercury really looked, and justifying the band's decision to film in black and white out of respect for him. In this music video, Mercury is wearing a waistcoat with pictures of cats that was made for him by a close friend, and which he loved. With his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" as the song ends, which are his last ever words on camera.
The version of the finished video serviced to the U.S. market also featured some animated footage produced by animators for the Walt Disney Studios, as Queen's North American record label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. In Europe, a different, 'clean' version of the video without the animated sequences was released.
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"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury.
When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. As a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" it stayed at number one for five weeks.
1991
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. Keyboards were programmed by the four band members in the studio, and conga percussion (a synthesised conga) was recorded by their producer David Richards (although it was mimed in the video by Roger Taylor).
It was released as a single in the United States on Freddie Mercury's 45th (And final) birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in the UK three months later on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the seminal Queen track "Bohemian Rhapsody". The single debuted at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained at the top for five weeks. The song was awarded a BRIT Award for "Best Single" in 1992.
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" hearkens back to similarly themed 1975 Queen song "Love of My Life", twice using the line "I still love you". At the end of the song, Mercury simply speaks those words, as he would often do in live versions of "Love of My Life."
The accompanying video was the last to feature frontman Freddie Mercury as he was in the final stages of his battle with AIDS. The majority of the footage used in the video was filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions on 30 May 1991.
For the promotional video, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot, with additional footage of guitarist Brian May filmed some weeks later and edited into the footage, as he was out of the country on a radio promotional tour at the time of the principal film shoot. The video was shot in black and white to hide the full extent of Mercury's faltering condition from AIDS (following rumours about his health that had been at the centre of much media and public speculation for over a year) following on from its use in the video for "I'm Going Slightly Mad" earlier in 1991.
Colour footage of the band filming the video later emerged, showing just how frail Mercury really looked, and justifying the band's decision to film in black and white out of respect for him. In this music video, Mercury is wearing a waistcoat with pictures of cats that was made for him by a close friend, and which he loved. With his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" as the song ends, which are his last ever words on camera.
The version of the finished video serviced to the U.S. market also featured some animated footage produced by animators for the Walt Disney Studios, as Queen's North American record label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. In Europe, a different, 'clean' version of the video without the animated sequences was released.
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"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury.
When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. As a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" it stayed at number one for five weeks.
63 UK Christmas No.1s - 1991
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. Keyboards were programmed by the four band members in the studio, and conga percussion (a synthesised conga) was recorded by their producer David Richards (although it was mimed in the video by Roger Taylor).
It was released as a single in the United States on Freddie Mercury's 45th (And final) birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in the UK three months later on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the seminal Queen track "Bohemian Rhapsody". The single debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained at the top for five weeks. The song was awarded a BRIT Award for "Best Single" in 1992.
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" hearkens back to similarly themed 1975 Queen song "Love of My Life", twice using the line "I still love you". At the end of the song, Mercury simply speaks those words, as he would often do in live versions of "Love of My Life."
The accompanying video was the last to feature frontman Freddie Mercury as he was in the final stages of his battle with AIDS. The majority of the footage used in the video was filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions on 30 May 1991.
For the promotional video, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot, with additional footage of guitarist Brian May filmed some weeks later and edited into the footage, as he was out of the country on a radio promotional tour at the time of the principal film shoot. The video was shot in black and white to hide the full extent of Mercury's faltering condition from AIDS (following rumours about his health that had been at the centre of much media and public speculation for over a year) following on from its use in the video for "I'm Going Slightly Mad" earlier in 1991.
Colour footage of the band filming the video later emerged, showing just how frail Mercury really looked, and justifying the band's decision to film in black and white out of respect for him. In this music video, Mercury is wearing a waistcoat with pictures of cats that was made for him by a close friend, and which he loved. With his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" as the song ends, which are his last ever words on camera.
The version of the finished video serviced to the U.S. market also featured some animated footage produced by animators for the Walt Disney Studios, as Queen's North American record label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. In Europe, a different, 'clean' version of the video without the animated sequences was released.
.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury.
When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. As a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" it stayed at number one for five weeks.
1991
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. Keyboards were programmed by the four band members in the studio, and conga percussion (a synthesised conga) was recorded by their producer David Richards (although it was mimed in the video by Roger Taylor).
It was released as a single in the United States on Freddie Mercury's 45th (And final) birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in the UK three months later on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the seminal Queen track "Bohemian Rhapsody". The single debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained at the top for five weeks. The song was awarded a BRIT Award for "Best Single" in 1992.
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" hearkens back to similarly themed 1975 Queen song "Love of My Life", twice using the line "I still love you". At the end of the song, Mercury simply speaks those words, as he would often do in live versions of "Love of My Life."
The accompanying video was the last to feature frontman Freddie Mercury as he was in the final stages of his battle with AIDS. The majority of the footage used in the video was filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions on 30 May 1991.
For the promotional video, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot, with additional footage of guitarist Brian May filmed some weeks later and edited into the footage, as he was out of the country on a radio promotional tour at the time of the principal film shoot. The video was shot in black and white to hide the full extent of Mercury's faltering condition from AIDS (following rumours about his health that had been at the centre of much media and public speculation for over a year) following on from its use in the video for "I'm Going Slightly Mad" earlier in 1991.
Colour footage of the band filming the video later emerged, showing just how frail Mercury really looked, and justifying the band's decision to film in black and white out of respect for him. In this music video, Mercury is wearing a waistcoat with pictures of cats that was made for him by a close friend, and which he loved. With his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" as the song ends, which are his last ever words on camera.
The version of the finished video serviced to the U.S. market also featured some animated footage produced by animators for the Walt Disney Studios, as Queen's North American record label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. In Europe, a different, 'clean' version of the video without the animated sequences was released.
.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury.
When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. As a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" it stayed at number one for five weeks.
60 years of UK Christmas No.1s (1952 - 2012)
(1991 - 1993)
It's Christmas no.1's time!
I haven't posted these songs for a couple of years and it's the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the UK charts. The UK charts started in 1952 and the Christmas No1 of 1952 was also the very first No.1 song in the charts.
I love Christmas No1s and have collected them over the years on 78, vinyl and CD.
I've tried to find original video footage where possible but obviously a lot of the TV footage of the early ones has been destroyed or lost.
so here are the next 3 UK Christmas no1s -
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1992
Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby
1993
It's Christmas no.1's time!
I haven't posted these songs for a couple of years and it's the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the UK charts. The UK charts started in 1952 and the Christmas No1 of 1952 was also the very first No.1 song in the charts.
I love Christmas No1s and have collected them over the years on 78, vinyl and CD.
I've tried to find original video footage where possible but obviously a lot of the TV footage of the early ones has been destroyed or lost.
so here are the next 3 UK Christmas no1s -
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1992
Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby
1993
UK Christmas No1s 1952 - 2010 (1989 & 1991)
I love Christmas No1s and have collected them over the years on 78, vinyl and CD.
Today we head into the 90's
First off we have Band Aid 2. This was the Stock/Atkin/Waterman production that is very rarely played. To the point that a lot of people don't know this version exists or that it reached no1. I found this record one of the harder singles to find because everyone was saying to me that they didn't know there was a Band Aid 2!!
Cliff hits the top at Christmas again. I loved this video because it's filmed at one of my most fav places in the UK - Durdle Door. It's on the south coast. There are actually signs up telling you not to walk on the path to the top as it's too dangerous but we did one afternoon and it wasn't the going up that was the problem it was the coming back down! I have never been so scared in my life! the path was about half the width of my foot, very slippy and had a hundred foot drop to one side! SCARY! But the little cove is so peaceful and the water is so clear and blue/green.
Queen hit the top again this Christmas just after Freddie died with a double A sided record and as I played Bohemian Rhapsody before I've chosen 'These are the days of our lives' which Queen recorded in Freddies last few days to be released after he died.
Here's the next three songs;
Band Aid 2 - Do They Know It's Christmas
1989
Cliff Richard - Saviours Day
1990
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
Today we head into the 90's
First off we have Band Aid 2. This was the Stock/Atkin/Waterman production that is very rarely played. To the point that a lot of people don't know this version exists or that it reached no1. I found this record one of the harder singles to find because everyone was saying to me that they didn't know there was a Band Aid 2!!
Cliff hits the top at Christmas again. I loved this video because it's filmed at one of my most fav places in the UK - Durdle Door. It's on the south coast. There are actually signs up telling you not to walk on the path to the top as it's too dangerous but we did one afternoon and it wasn't the going up that was the problem it was the coming back down! I have never been so scared in my life! the path was about half the width of my foot, very slippy and had a hundred foot drop to one side! SCARY! But the little cove is so peaceful and the water is so clear and blue/green.
Queen hit the top again this Christmas just after Freddie died with a double A sided record and as I played Bohemian Rhapsody before I've chosen 'These are the days of our lives' which Queen recorded in Freddies last few days to be released after he died.
Here's the next three songs;
Band Aid 2 - Do They Know It's Christmas
1989
Cliff Richard - Saviours Day
1990
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
UK Christmas no1s
I love Christmas No1s and have collected them over the years on 78, vinyl and CD.
Today we head into the 90's
First off we have Band Aid 2. This was the Stock/Atkin/Waterman production that is very rarely played. To the point that a lot of people don't know this version exists or that it reached no1. I found this record one of the harder singles to find because everyone was saying to me that they didn't know there was a Band Aid 2!!
Cliff hits the top at Christmas again. I loved this video because it's filmed at one of my most fav places in the UK - Durdle Door. It's on the south coast. There are actually signs up telling you not to walk on the path to the top as it's too dangerous but we did one afternoon and it wasn't the going up that was the problem it was the coming back down! I have never been so scared in my life! the path was about half the width of my foot, very slippy and had a hundred foot drop to one side! SCARY! But the little cove is so peaceful and the water is so clear and blue/green.
Queen hit the top again this Christmas just after Freddie died with a double A sided record and as I played Bohemian Rhapsody before I've chosen These are the days of our lives which Queen recorded in Freddies last few days to be released after he died.
Here's the next three songs;
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
Cliff Richard - Saviours Day
1990
Band Aid 2 - Do They Know It's Christmas
1989
Today we head into the 90's
First off we have Band Aid 2. This was the Stock/Atkin/Waterman production that is very rarely played. To the point that a lot of people don't know this version exists or that it reached no1. I found this record one of the harder singles to find because everyone was saying to me that they didn't know there was a Band Aid 2!!
Cliff hits the top at Christmas again. I loved this video because it's filmed at one of my most fav places in the UK - Durdle Door. It's on the south coast. There are actually signs up telling you not to walk on the path to the top as it's too dangerous but we did one afternoon and it wasn't the going up that was the problem it was the coming back down! I have never been so scared in my life! the path was about half the width of my foot, very slippy and had a hundred foot drop to one side! SCARY! But the little cove is so peaceful and the water is so clear and blue/green.
Queen hit the top again this Christmas just after Freddie died with a double A sided record and as I played Bohemian Rhapsody before I've chosen These are the days of our lives which Queen recorded in Freddies last few days to be released after he died.
Here's the next three songs;
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1991
Cliff Richard - Saviours Day
1990
Band Aid 2 - Do They Know It's Christmas
1989
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