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The Golden Boy

"The Golden Boy"
The Golden Boy Single 1988.jpg
Single by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
from the album Barcelona
B-side "The Fallen Priest" (5:46)
Released 24 October 1988
Format 7"/12" single, 5" CD single
Recorded 1987
Genre Classical crossover
Length 6:05
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice
Producer(s) Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, David Richards
Freddie Mercury singles chronology
"Barcelona"
(1987)
"The Golden Boy"
(1988)
"How Can I Go On"
(1988)

The Golden Boy is a song recorded by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury together with Catalan operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé.

Originally included in the 1988 album Barcelona, the song was released as a 45 rpm two weeks after its appearance in the main album, with another excerpt from the LP, "The Fallen Priest", as the B-side. An instrumental version of the song was included in both the 12" vinyl and the 5" CD single releases. The single reached #83 in the UK Singles Chart.


The song's music video is footage of the artists' performance at the open air "La Nit" festival in Barcelona on 8 October 1988 (Mercury's last live performance before his illness got worse), 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.


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