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One Vision

One Vision (Album Version) 5:10
Written by Queen
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 1

One Vision (Single Version) 4:02
Written by Queen
Appears on: US & UK One Vision 7" vinyl, Grea test Hits II, UK A Kind of Magic 3" CD single, Japan A Kind of Magic 3" CD single, Jewels II
A fairly major edit of the album version. The intro is much shorter, which works fairly well. The outro to the song has been edited out completely which makes it more radio friendly. Not a bad edit at all.

One Vision (Extended Version) 6:28
Written by Queen
Appears on: UK & US One Vision 12" vinyl, A Kind of Magic Hollywood Remaster (1991)
Basically the same as the album cut, just with a much longer percussion section in the middle with plenty of drums and various Freddie bits. Gets to be a bit much after a while, but there are certainly worse extended versions.

One Vision (Classic Queen Version) 4:39
Written by Queen
Appears on: US Classic Queen
Similar to the single mix except that it retains the full intro. The outro is again edited here for the CD. I don't see why they just didn't use the single mix.

One Vision (US Promo Edit) 3:46
Written by Queen
Appears on: US One Vision 7" vinyl promo
Again, similar to the single edit, just with more of the intro trimmed. Kind of a pointless edit, but it still sounds good.

One Vision (Karaoke Version) 4:02
Written by Queen
Appears on: Greatest Karaoke Hits
An instrumental version of the single edit. No click track.

One Vision (The eYe Version 1) 0:32
Written by Queen
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. Simply the distorted vocal opening to the album version.

One Vision (The eYe Version 2) 2:27
Written by Queen
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. An instrumental edit of the main middle section of the album track.

One Vision (Outtake)
Written by Queen
Appears on: Unreleased
This track premired at the 2006 Dutch Fan Club Convention. From the A Kind Of Magic sessions, 1985.

A Kind of Magic (Album Version) 4:24
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 2

A Kind of Magic (Extended Version) 6:25
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: UK A Kind of Magic 12" vinyl, 12" Collection CD
The first 3 minutes is basically the album version. After that, the mix takes off into a long instrumental section and back into the regular mix. The extra instrumental bit adds a little to the song. I'd stick to the album mix or the Original version though.

A Kind of "A Kind of Magic" 3:37
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: UK A Kind of Magic CD, US Capitol Records A Kind of Magic CD
An interesting intrumental of A Kind of Magic. Some of Freddie's vocals appear throughout the song to keep it from being a straight instrumental. Very similar to the instrumental sections of the extended version. Still slightly pointless however.

A Kind of Magic (Original Version) 4:08
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Queen Wembley '86 DVD
Quite possibly the best version of the song. Apparently this is the original version that Roger had in mind before Freddie "locked himself away" with the track. This version is much less pop oriented and actually superior to the album version. Worth finding.

A Kind of Magic (Original Version Edit) 3:59
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: The Highlander DVD
The same as the original version, just with some of the opening sound effects edited out.

A Kind of Magic (Karaoke Version) 4:13
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Greatest Karaoke Hits
An awesome instrumental version. Great to hear all the little things you couldn't before. The click track is made of finger snaps to blend better into the song.

A Kind of Magic (Greatest Hits II Fade) 4:22
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Greatest Hits II
Same as the album version, except it fades a few seconds earlier.

A Kind of Magic (Hot Tracks Remix) 7:33
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: US Hot Tracks 12" promo
A pretty decent remix. A much longer remix than the extended version, this track features some interesting looping and phasing sound effects. Not bad at all.

A Kind Of Magic (The eYe Version 1) 4:25
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. A full instrumental version of the album track.

A Kind Of Magic (The eYe Version 2) 0:06
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. A vocal sample of Freddie singing "Ha, ha ha, it’s magic!" lifted straight from the album track.

One Year Of Love (Album Version) 4:26
Written by John Deacon
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 3

One Year Of Love (Extended Version) 6:40
Written by John Deacon
Appears on: US Highlander Special Edition Queen CD
The track begins with an almost 2 minute long instrumental section that features parts of the regular mix. Basically it starts out sounding like a remix of an instrumental version. Most of Freddie's vocals appear close together now without much instrumentation in between. The long saxophone part still appears. If you take out the first 2 minutes, it would be a good single remix.

One Year Of Love (Promo Edit) 3:51
Written by John Deacon
Appears on: Hollywood Records One Year Of Love promo CD
An instrumental section being cut out and a slight remix of the ending characterize this promo edit. Up until 3:39, this track is identical to the album version. After this point, the album versions begins an instrumental solo that is edited out of the Promo Edit version. Instead the track ends by playing the last few seconds of the album version.

One Year Of Love (Unreleased Demo)
Written by John Deacon
Appears on: Unreleased
Unreleased demo version from Town House Studios Jan 25, 1986.

Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Album Version) 4:21
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 4

Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Single Remix) 3:52
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: US Pain Is So Close To Pleasure 7" vinyl, US Pain Is So Close To Pleasure 12" vinyl
An excellent remix of the album version featuring a different (and better) intro, a few more instrumental bursts in the middle, and a new fading outro. Superior to the album version and worth a listen.

Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Extended Verion) 6:01
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: US Pain Is So Close To Pleasure 12" vinyl, 12" Collection CD
An extended mix of the single version, not the album version. The intro is much longer (1 min. 20 sec.), featuring some added bass and percussion effects. The outro is longer and features some nice guitar from Brian. A very good extended mix.

Friends Will Be Friends (Album Version) 4:07
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 5

Friends Will Be Friends (Extended Version) 6:13
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: UK Friends Will Be Friends 12" vinyl
Has a unique repeating chorus intro with a long instrumental section (piano, bass, drums, guitar). From there it basically goes into the album mix with a minute long intrumental outro.

Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends 5:50
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: UK A Kind of Magic CD, US Capitol Records A Kind of Magic CD
Exactly the same as the extended version with the outro fading out sooner. Fairly pointless.

Friends Will Be Friends (Single Remix)
Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Appears on: UK Friends Will Be Friends 7" vinyl
A supposed 7" remix version. Appearing only on the UK 7" vinyl. I haven't actually heard this one. Anyone with information, please let me know.

Friends Will Be Friends (Video Version) 4:17
Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon
Appears on: Queen Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD
A slightly unique mix of the album version. Includes extra audio and drums at the end from the audience and Roger.

Friends Will Be Friends (Karaoke Version) 4:17
Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon
Appears on: Greatest Karaoke Hits
An instrumental of the video version of the song. Includes crowd participation audio from the video.

Who Wants To Live Forever (Album Version) 5:15
Written by Brian May
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 6

Who Wants To Live Forever (Single Edit) 4:00
Written by Brian May
Appears on: UK Who Wants To Live Forever 7" vinyl, UK Who Wants To Live Forever 12" vinyl
This is an edit that takes quite a bit from the album mix. The long 2 minute outro and the "who waits forever anyway" parts are omitted here altogether. In it's place is the who wants to live forever chorus part until it fades out at 4:00. The audio from the single version is also used in the video.

Who Wants To Live Forever (Greatest Hits II Version) 4:57
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Greatest Hits II
Same as the album mix minus some of the instrumental outro.

Who Wants To Live Forever (Karaoke Version) 4:00
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Greatest Karaoke Hits
Instrumental of the single edit. No click track.

Who Wants To Live Forever (Freddie Vocal Version) 4:57
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Unreleased
Same as the album mix, just with Freddie singing the opening vocal verses instead of Brian. This can be heard in the Highlander movie.

Who Wants To Live Forever (Demo Versions)
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Unreleased
There are four demo versions of this song that are in the archives. Who knows if they will ever see the light of day.

Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) (Album Version) 4:34
Written by Brian May
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 7

Gimme The Prize (The Eye Instrumental Remix) 4:57
Written by Brian May, Remixed by Josh Macrae
Appears on: UK No One But You CD Single, UK No One But You 7" vinyl
Freddie's vocals are gone altogether in this intrumental mix, but keeps the overdubs with Kurgan from the Highlander movie. Brian's guitar solo is missing as well. Still neat to hear though.

Gimme The Prize (The eYe Version 1) 4:03
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. An excellent version that is quite different to the album version. There is no guitar intro, instead this version starts with Freddie's vocals. All of Kurgan's lines are edited out of the track and sword fighting sound effects from Highlander are gone as well. I prefer this version to the album version.

Gimme The Prize (The eYe Version 2) 4:12
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. An instrumental mix, with no lead vocals or Kurgan dialogue from Highlander. The middle section before Brian's drum solo has some new effects as well. The last 10 seconds are completely silent.

Gimme The Prize (The eYe Version 3) 4:11
Written by Brian May
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. A hybrid of the other 2 "Eye" mixes, this one has both Freddie’s vocals and Kurgan (who even has some extra lines), but no sword-fighting effects. Again, there is no guitar intro and the added effects from version 2 are retained. 8 seconds of silence end the track.

Don't Lose Your Head (Album Version) 4:38
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: A Kind Of Magic, Track 8

Don't Lose Your Head (US Single Remix)
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: US release?
No known information at this time.

Don't Lose Your Head (The eYe Version 1) 1:59
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. An instrumental remix edit. The opening starts with some interesting extra drumming and percussion. More or less, it is a lot like an instrumental of the first 2 minutes of the album version. Drums overall sound different and there's some differences with the sound of the keyboards. There's a slight guitar bit retained as well. Ends nicely and originally with a long synthesized note.

Don't Lose Your Head (The eYe Version 2) 4:40
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: Queen: The eYe
From the Electronic Arts videogame, Queen: The eYe. This is simply the complete album version.

Blurred Vision 4:40
Written by Queen
Appears on: US & UK One Vision 7", US & UK One Vision 12" vinyl
Basically a very long percussion version of One Vision with no vocals (except for some various sound effects). Kind of boring to be honest.

A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling (Extended) 5:00
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on: UK A Kind of Magic 12" vinyl
The regular mix with an added percussion intro that actually adds quite a bit. This is the better of the two.