One Year of Love ( Rus. One year of love ) - a rock ballad of the British band Queen . It was written in 1985 - 1986 by the bassist of the band John Deacon and was released on the album A Kind of Magic .
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| Single Queen from the album A Kind of Magic | ||||
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| Released | June 4, 1986 | |||
| Format | 7 " 12" | |||
| Recorded by | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic rock , rock ballad | |||
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| Producer | Queen and Reinhold Mack | |||
| Composer | John deacon | |||
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| Label | EMI Records | |||
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The song was released as a single only in France and Spain , on the side “B” were recorded “Gimme the Prize” (on all singles), “ Seven Seas of Rhye ” (in French 12 “ single and“ Princes of the Universe ”( in Spanish 12 "single). In the United States in 1992, the song was released only on a promotional single. The charts of" One Year of Love "were not included [1] .
Features
The song was originally written as the soundtrack for the film " Highlander " and is his love theme: the immortal Connor MacLeod, who lived for more than a century, once fell in love with a mortal, was very saddened by the death of his beloved and was afraid for a long time to fall in love with someone, but in the 20th century fell in love with the journalist Brenda Whitet
The band's guitarist Brian May did not participate in the recording, instead a string orchestra participated in the recording (conductor - Linon Nave ) . There is also a saxophone part in the song, performed by Steve Gregory .
This song contains references to another song written by John Deacon (with Freddie Mercury ) - “ Pain Is So Close to Pleasure ”.
Song Versions
An album version has been released on the album and on all singles, which lasts 4 minutes 22 seconds. There is also an elongated version of the song, it lasts 6 minutes 40 seconds, it was released only on the American bonus CD for the special edition of the film "Highlander" . At the American promotion, the song came out in a slightly shortened form (lasting 3 minutes 51 seconds).
Notes
- ↑ Singles on Andy's Queen Page . Date of treatment November 4, 2009. Archived April 10, 2012.
Links
Template: A Kind of Magic