"The Golden Boy" | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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.