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The song was included into the following albums and compilations: The Miracle, Greatest Hits II, The Platinum Collection, Box of Tricks, Greatest Video Hits 2 (disk 1), Greatest Flix II (VHS) and Queen: The eYe (electronic video game released in 1998 by Electronic Arts).
Two days later, "Breakaway" was added to the A-List on BBC Radio 2's Playlist in the UK. [5] The song peaked at number thirty-eight on the UK Radio Airplay Chart in mid-December 2013 but did not enter the UK Singles Chart. [7] On 22 January 2014, "Breakaway" was announced as the second single in France and was sent to radio stations on the same ...
"Funny How Love Is" Queen II: 1974 Mercury Mercury [15] "Get Down, Make Love" News of the World: 1977 Mercury Mercury [3] "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" A Kind of Magic: 1986 May Mercury [12] "God Save the Queen" A Night at the Opera: 1975 Traditional, arr. May Instrumental [1] "Good Company" A Night at the Opera: 1975 May May [1]
Lisa Stansfield led the song in The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, although Extreme also performed the song as part of a Queen medley earlier in the concert. [25] The song was also performed in many concerts of the project Queen + Paul Rodgers , where Paul Rodgers took vocals, Danny Miranda played bass guitar and Spike Edney was at the keyboard.
Upon release, A Night at the Opera became Queen's first number-one album in the UK, topping the UK Albums Chart for four non-consecutive weeks. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and became the band's first platinum -certified album in the US.
"Breakaway" is a folk-pop song with a length of three minutes and 57 seconds. [10] [11] It is composed in the key of C major, with a tempo of 160 beats per minute. [12]T.U. Dawood of Dawn lauded the song for being the best track on the album, writing ""Breakaway" is an enchanting single that will have you humming along to its infectious, gentle chorus and the inspiring lyrics."
The song was released as a single in North America, Japan and New Zealand in 1978, albeit in heavily edited form, and peaked at #74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [12] and #66 on the Cash Box Top 100. [13] The song was later included on the Queen Rocks compilation in 1997.
"Keep Yourself Alive" is the only Queen single not to have charted in the UK. [10] The single received mixed reviews from the British music press. New Musical Express praised the "cleanly recorded" song, as well as the "good singer", and quipped that if Queen "look half as good as they sound, they could be huge". [11]