The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert


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Metallica

Enter Sandman
Written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Enter Sandman (Live CD Single Version) 5:39
Written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Appears on:
UK Live At Wembley Stadium CD single
Metallica's performance of all three tracks from The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert were released throughout Europe on CD single. All proceeds benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Sad But True
Written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Sad But True (Live CD Single Version) 5:30
Written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Appears on:
UK Live At Wembley Stadium CD single
Metallica's performance of all three tracks from The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert were released throughout Europe on CD single. All proceeds benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Nothing Else Matters
Written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Nothing Else Matters (Live CD Single Version) 6:17
Written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Appears on: UK Live At Wembley Stadium CD single

Metallica's performance of all three tracks from The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert were released throughout Europe on CD single. All proceeds benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Extreme

Queen Medley
Written by Various
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Love Of My Life
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
Unreleased

More Than Words
Written by Nuno Bettencourt, Gary Cherone
Appears on:
Unreleased

Def Leppard

Animal
Written by Elliott/Collen/Clark/Savage/Lange
Appears on:
Unreleased

Let's Get Rocked
Written by Elliott/Collen/Savage/Lange
Appears on:
Unreleased

Now I'm Here (with Brian May)
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Now I'm Here (with Brian May - Single Version) 6:05
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK Tonight 7" vinyl, UK Tonight 12" vinyl, UK Tonight CD single, UK Adrenalize Deluxe Edition (2009), US Adrenalize Deluxe Edition (2009)
All proceeds of this CD single went to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Bob Geldof

Too Late God
Written by Carter/Smith/Parker/Thompson/Charles/Riley
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Spinal Tap

The Majesty Of Rock
Written by St. Hubbins/Smalls/Tufnel
Appears on:
Unreleased

U2

Until The End Of The World (Live Via Satellite from Sacramento, California)
Written by Bono (lyrics), U2 (music)
Appears on:
Unreleased

Guns N' Roses

Paradise City
Written by Rose/Slash/Stradlin/McKagan/Adler
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Written by Bob Dylan
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Live Single Version) 7:18
Written by Bob Dylan
Appears on:
UK Knockin' On Heaven's Door 12" vinyl, UK Knockin' On Heaven's Door CD single

Elizabeth Taylor

AIDS Prevention Speech
Written by Elizabeth Taylor
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Queen + Joe Elliott/Slash

Tie Your Mother Down
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)

Queen + Roger Daltrey/Tony Iommi

I Want It All
Written by Queen
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
A brief intro of Heaven and Hell is played while Tony Iommi takes the stage, and the intro to Pinball Wizard is played while Roger Daltrey is introduced. The single version arrangement to I Want It All is the version that is performed. Lead vocals are provided by The Who's Roger Daltrey. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi plays rhythm guitar.

Queen + Zucchero

Las Palabras De Amor (The Worlds Of Love)
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Lead vocals performed by Italian rock singer Zucchero.

Queen + Gary Cherone/Tony Iommi

Hammer To Fall
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Gary Cherone of Extreme (and later the third incarnation of Van Halen) sings lead vocals. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi plays rhythm guitar.

Queen + James Hetfield/Tony Iommi

Stone Cold Crazy
Written by Queen
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
James Hetfield of Metallica sings lead vocals. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi plays rhythm guitar. Also of note, Metallica released a studio version of Stone Cold Crazy in 1990.

Queen + Robert Plant

Innuendo
Written by Queen
Appears on:
Unreleased
This live version of Innuendo featuring Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant remains unreleased on all of the video versions of The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Apparently, Plant did not like his performance on the track. Part of the Led Zeppelin classic Kashmir are incorporated into this verison.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love (with Thank You intro)
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
The Led Zeppelin classic 'Thank You' is performed as an intro into Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Robert Plant handles lead vocals.

Brian May

Too Much Love Will Kill You
Written by May/Musker/Lamers
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Brian May sings and plays keyboard for this yet to be released solo track. The studio version is released in August of the same year. A Queen studio version later appears on 1995's Made In Heaven. Spike Edney accompanies Brian for this performance and is introduced at the beginning of the song.

Queen + Paul Young

Radio Ga Ga
Written by Roger Taylor
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Lead vocals are performed by 1980's UK teen idol Paul Young. Young is best known for his hit "Everytime You Go Away".

Queen + Seal

Who Wants To Live Forever
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
London born soul and R&B singer/songwriter Seal sings lead vocals on this 1986 Queen hit.

Queen + Lisa Stansfield

I Want To Break Free
Written by John Deacon
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Lisa Stansfield, best known for the hit "All Around The World" sings lead vocals for this performance.

Queen + David Bowie/Annie Lennox

Under Pressure
Written by Queen and David Bowie
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Annie Lennox of Eurythmics fame sings Freddie's part and David Bowie reprises his lead vocal performance.

Queen + Ian Hunter/David Bowie/Mick Ronson/Joe Elliott/Phil Collen

All The Young Dudes
Written by David Bowie
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Ian Hunter from Mott The Hoople sings lead vocals on this Bowie penned Hoople hit. David Bowie plays saxophone, Mick Ronson (from the Spiders From Mars) plays guitar, and Def Leppard's Joe Elliott and Phil Collen sing backing vocals.

All The Young Dudes (Heaven And Hull Version) 3:47
Written by David Bowie
Appears on:
Heaven And Hull CD
The live performance of All The Young Dudes from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was released on Mick Ronson's posthumous album Heaven And Hull.

Queen + David Bowie/Mick Ronson

Heroes
Written by David Bowie
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Lead vocals are provided by David Bowie and Mick Ronson plays lead guitar. At the conclusion of the song, David Bowie recites The Lord's Prayer in honor of Freddie.

Queen + George Michael

'39
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Lead vocals by Wham singer and solo artist George Michael.

These Are The Days Of Our Lives (with Lisa Stansfield)
Written by Queen
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
These Are The Days Of Our Lives is performed as a duet between George Michael and Lisa Stansfield.

These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert) 4:43
Written by Queen
Appears on:
Five Live, Five Live EP
This is a nice duet version. Michael and Stansfield's lead vocals work very well together. They do mess up some of the lyrics however.

Somebody To Love
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
This is an excellent performance of Somebody To Love, featuring vocals by George Michael. This was later released as a single and on the Five Live EP.

Somebody To Love (Live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert) 5:17
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
Five Live, Greatest Hits 3, Five Live EP, George Michael and Queen Somebody To Love CD promo
This is the stand-out performance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. George Michael's vocals are great and well suited to the song. This performance was the centerpiece of the Five Live EP, which reached number one on the UK charts. Highly recommended.

Somebody To Love (Live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Promo Edit) 4:37
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
George Michael and Queen Somebody To Love CD promo
Nice, tight edit of the track. Some of the middle has been removed to lower the running time.

Queen + Elton John/Axl Rose

Bohemian Rhapsody
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Elton John and Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose share singing duties on this performance of Bohemian Rhapsody.

Queen + Elton John

The Show Must Go On
Written by Queen
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Elton John provides lead vocals.

Queen + Axl Rose

We Will Rock You
Written by Brian May
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose sings lead vocals.

Queen + Liza Minnelli

We Are The Champions
Written by Freddie Mercury
Appears on:
UK The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
American actress/singer/dancer Liza Minnelli is joined by the other performers to close the show with We Are The Champions.