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“One Vision” is a song of the British band Queen . The song originally began as a song written by Roger Taylor about Martin Luther King, Jr., including lyrical references to King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1963. As evident in the “documentary” filmed of the “making of” the song, he other three members of the band provided their input, though the lion’s share of the editing was due in part to Freddie.

First released as a single in 1985 , the song was included on the 1986 album A Kind of Magic. This song was one of the few songs from A Kind Of Magic that was not featured in the movie Highlander, but instead it was featured in the movie Iron Eagle.

The song was included in all Queen’s live concert performances of the 1986 Magic Tour, as the very first song of each concert. They claimed they chose “One Vision” as the introduction song because its intro made a perfect concert introduction.

Interviews with Queen:

Roger Taylor - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary:

“It was basically my lyric with the others putting in the odd line. It was a good collaboration of that song.”

Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary:

“We made a very rare decision to have documentary cameras in there while we were recording, but the documentary cameras actually ruined the whole thing, because I think everyone was so conscious of them being there – everyone sort of played to the cameras. And when I watch any pieces of that now, I think it’s totally false.”
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  • Greatest Hits II
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  • A Kind Of Magic
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  • Queen Rocks
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  • St1cki3

    Soundservant, oh it comes out when Laibach covered this song. Entitled, 'Geburt Einer Nation'. Laibach ftw!

    last week

  • albertsanto

    gimme gimme gimme fried chicken!

    22 days ago

  • Soundservant

    did anyone interpret this song to be about supremacy?

    22 days ago

  • metallicorphan

    Fried Chicken!![6786]<<<well i guess a lot of people have said it already but i can't be arsed looking through the comments

    24 days ago

  • Gerasya

    GTA IV

    25 days ago

  • REAPERSNOG

    HOLY SHIT YES!!!!!!!!!

    last month

  • NitaD1

    This sounds f*cking great through my headphones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    last month

  • RockLiberation

    This song is featured in GTA4: TBOGT. Good song!

    March 2012

  • WeirdSteve

    This rocks!

    March 2012

  • Mermead

    Sounded like Start Me Up for a sec there.

    March 2012

  • deanpetecaulton

    lovin this LAST FM ....mint .super smashin.marverless

    February 2012

  • SufyanX

    Queenism.............The Only One True Religion

    January 2012

  • zaynzaynzayn

    epic power sexy hot flash rock

    December 2011

  • eljasmy

    love this song.. AWESOME

    October 2011

  • keanequeen

    épica

    September 2011

  • astrala122

    great drumming from Roger[2]

    September 2011

  • astrala122

    FRIED CHICKEN FUCKING ROCKS!!!!

    September 2011

  • XSeanybOiX

    I fuckin' love this song

    September 2011

  • clarky212

    great drumming from Roger

    August 2011

  • TheHutchman

    The main riff does sound like something off AC/DC's "Back in Black".

    August 2011
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