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“These Are the Days of Our Lives” is a song by the British rock band Queen. It is the eighth track on the album Innuendo. Though credited to the band as a whole, it was written by drummer Roger Taylor.

The accompanying video was the last to feature the band’s front man Freddie Mercury as he was in the final stages of a battle with AIDS. The majority of the footage used in the video was filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions on May 30, 1991. Although Roger Taylor seems to play the conga in the video, it was actually Dave Richards, the band’s producer at the time, who recorded the conga percussion (albeit a synthesized conga) for the song.

For the promotional video, Mercury, 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 Freddie’s faltering condition. Colour production footage of the video later emerged, showing just how frail Freddie really looked, and justifying the band’s decision to film in black and white out of respect for him.

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.
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  • linzi76

    Awsome right till the end..xx RIP Freddie xx

    12 days ago

  • Coop_R

    What a truly touching song.

    last month

  • REAPERSNOG

    R.I.P. Freddie, We still love you.

    last month

  • REAPERSNOG

    AWESOME GUITAR SOLO!!!!!!!!!

    last month

  • Panecea

    Carpe Diem

    last month

  • BlueRaja237

    I tear up to this song almost every time.

    last month

  • LuciaAlfie

    A heartbreaking,yet beautiful song,the video makes it depressing! a very,very inspiring man <3 .this song we will all relate to one day :(

    March 2012

  • Greenplant

    One of the most beautiful songs ever. But if you're a Queen fan it will definitely make you cry, or at least wanna cry, especially seeing Freddie in his last video.. Oh, damn..

    February 2012

  • wilte01

    I have to agree with the comments others have made... simply beautiful

    February 2012

  • Dealerka

    Honestly, for me it's one of the most beautiful and sad songs..so melancholic

    February 2012

  • kato1984

    A really beautiful song. There is a melancholy nostalgic feeling over this song.

    January 2012

  • SabbyMercury

    Amazing song. RIP Freddie. I still love you!

    December 2011

  • kemp678

    Truth. With a capital T.

    December 2011

  • papel_rayado

    this song makes me cry everytime :_(

    November 2011

  • SpecialKKay

    simply amazing.

    November 2011

  • alfonzoloya

    Very nostalgic.

    October 2011

  • caroleona

    Marvelous last song by our beloved Freddie........

    September 2011

  • Salablaaa

    <3

    August 2011

  • wildroses07

    i love this. masterpiece.

    August 2011

  • rodakk

    Watching 'Friends' completly ruined this song for me.

    July 2011
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