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"Barcelona" is a single released by Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury and operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé. A part of their collaborative album Barcelona, it also appeared on Queen's Greatest Hits III. The song reflects Mercury's love of opera with his high notes and Caballé's operatic vocals, backed by a full orchestra.
Barcelona is a collaborative studio album recorded by Freddie Mercury, lead singer of popular British rock band Queen, and operatic Soprano Montserrat Caballé.It was released in 1988 and serves as the second and final album by Mercury to be recorded outside of Queen.
In 1987, Caballé made a rare excursion into the world of pop music when she released a duet with Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen, which was titled "Barcelona". [50] The song was inspired by Caballé's home city and later used as one of the two official theme songs for the 1992 Olympic Games . [ 50 ]
Friends for Life is a 1997 album by Catalan opera singer Montserrat Caball ... "Barcelona", with Freddie Mercury – 4:28; Charts. Chart performance for Friends for Life;
The song's music video is footage of the artists' miming performance at the open air "La Nit" festival in Barcelona on 8 October 1988 (Mercury's last live performance before his illness got worse [3]), where the song was performed along with "Barcelona" and "How Can I Go On". The video was first released as part of a 5" CD video single.
The Solo Collection is a compilation box set detailing the solo career of Freddie Mercury; it includes the material Mercury recorded before joining up with Queen, up through the 1993 No More Brothers remixes. Mercury's two studio albums are included, along with various single edits and non-album singles, B-sides, remixes, instrumentals ...
Lover of Life, Singer of Songs — The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo. Released: 4 September 2006; Label: Parlophone; 6 7 13 1 30 — 8 14 16 — UK: Gold [28] 2012 Barcelona: Special Edition (with Montserrat Caballé) Released: 11 September 2012; Label: Island; 129 — — — — — — — — — 2016 Messenger of the Gods: The Singles
There were two additional main songs composed for the Games. One was "Barcelona", composed five years earlier by Freddie Mercury and sung as a duet with Montserrat Caballé. Due to Mercury's death eight months earlier, the duo was unable to perform the song during the opening ceremony.