Love of My Life (Queen song)
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"Love of My Life" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera.[1] The song is a sentimental ballad, notably featuring a harp played by Brian May.[2]
"Love of My Life" | |
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Song by Queen | |
from the album A Night at the Opera | |
Published | Queen Music Ltd. |
Released | 21 November 1975 (1975-11-21) |
Recorded | 1975 |
Studio | Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales) |
Genre | Soft rock |
Length | 3:39 (album version) 3:33 (Queen Forever version) |
Label | |
Songwriter(s) | Freddie Mercury |
Producer(s) |
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After Queen performed the song in South America in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers reached number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed in the charts in both countries for an entire year.[3][4]
Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitar first, and May rearranged the song for acoustic 12-string guitar for live performances, also lowering the key by a minor third. May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords.