{{Short description|1985 single by Freddie Mercury}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Living on My Own | cover = Living on My Own cover - Freddie Mercury.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Freddie Mercury]] | album = [[Mr. Bad Guy]] | B-side = My Love Is Dangerous | released = {{start date|1985|9|2|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = [[Musicland Studios|Musicland]] ([[Munich]], [[West Germany]]) | venue = | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = * 3:21 (album version) * 3:03 (single version) | label = [[CBS Records International|CBS]] | writer = Freddie Mercury | producer = * [[Reinhold Mack]] * Freddie Mercury | prev_title = [[Made in Heaven (song)|Made in Heaven]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow]] | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DedaEVIbTkY|"Living on My Own"}}}} }}
"'''Living on My Own'''" is a song written and performed by British singer-songwriter [[Freddie Mercury]], originally included on his first solo album, ''[[Mr. Bad Guy]]'' (1985). It was released as a single (backed with "My Love Is Dangerous") on 2 September 1985 by [[CBS Records International|CBS]] in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 50. The July 1985 release in the United States had "She Blows Hot and Cold" as its [[B-side]].<ref>[http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/songs/mrbadguy.htm#LIVING Mr Bad Guy - Living On My Own] Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 22 March 2012</ref>
Eight years later, in 1993, "Living on My Own" was remixed by Belgian producers No More Brothers and re-released to widespread chart success. The song's lyrics reflect Mercury's longstanding admiration for [[Greta Garbo]], whose quotations are featured prominently in the lyrics.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mercury |first1=Freddie |last2=Brooks |first2=Greg |last3=Lupton |first3=Simon |title=Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words |date=5 September 2019 |publisher=Mercury Songs Ltd. |location=London |isbn=978-1688967489 |page=120}}</ref> The accompanying music video was directed by [[Hannes Rossacher]] and [[Rudi Dolezal]], and features footage of Mercury's 39th birthday celebration at a nightclub in [[Munich]], West Germany.
==1993 No More Brothers' Mix version== {{Infobox song | name = Living on My Own | version = remix | cover = Livingonmyown1993.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Freddie Mercury]] | album = Remixes | released = {{start date|1993|7|19|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[House music|House]]<ref name="freakytrigger">{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Ewing|url=http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2012/04/freddie-mercury-living-on-my-own/#more-23390|title=Freddie Mercury – "Living On My Own"|publisher=[[Freaky Trigger]]|date=27 April 2012|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> | length = 3:38 | label = [[Parlophone]] | writer = Freddie Mercury | producer = * Serge Ramaekers * Colin Peter * Carl Ward | prev_title = [[The Great Pretender#Freddie Mercury's version|The Great Pretender]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Guide Me Home | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|HTdd8QxifbY|"Living on My Own" (remix)}}}} }} On 19 July 1993, almost two years after Mercury's death, the No More Brothers Mix of "Living on My Own" was released by [[Parlophone]].<ref name="ukrel">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-17.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=19|date=17 July 1993|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> This remix, produced by Serge Ramaekers, Colin Peter and Carl Ward, reached number one in the UK, Ireland, and France, becoming Mercury's first solo number-one hit. In the US, the 1993 version was not officially released.<ref name="Roberts">Roberts, David (2006). [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]. London: Guinness World Records Limited</ref> It remained at the top for two weeks on the British charts.<ref name="Roberts"/> Mercury was given a posthumous award for International Hit of the Year with "Living On My Own" at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]] in May 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dominic|last=Pride|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-06-11.pdf|title=International: Ivors Spotlight Take That's Barlow|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=11 June 1994|page=38|access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref>
===Critical reception=== Tom Ewing of ''[[Freaky Trigger]]'' stated that Mercury "sounds terrific over [[house music]]".<ref name="freakytrigger"/> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' wrote that the Belgian dance producers "picked up a Mercury vocal track, put it on top of sequencers—with surprising results—and made a local top 10 hit out of it".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-07-31.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=31|date=31 July 1993|page=11|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> ''Music & Media'' editor Robbert Tilli complimented it as a "inventive dance remix" by production company Say No More.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Robbert|last=Tilli|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf#page=16|title=T-Spoon Stirs Stormily In The Hot Euro Dance Cup|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=47|date=19 November 1994|page=16|access-date=5 June 2025}}</ref> John Kilgo from ''The Network Forty'' said that "hitting you over the head like a hammer, the harmony-laden hook compliments (sic) an uptempo groove".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-Network-40/93/Network-40-1993-12-03.pdf|first=John|last=Kilgo|title=Mainstream: Music Meeting|magazine=The Network Forty|date=3 December 1993|page=22|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> A reviewer from ''Sandwell Evening Mail'' named it "a stunning Euro-style remix".<ref>"Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own". ''Sandwell Evening Mail''. 5 June 1993. page 15.</ref>
===Chart performance=== The 1993 No More Brothers Mix of "Living on My Own" peaked at number one in Denmark,<ref name="m&m">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-30.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=44|date=30 October 1993|page=18|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> France,<ref name="france"/> Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,<ref name="italy">"Living on My Own" spent 12 weeks at number one on the Italian ''[[Musica e dischi]]'' singles chart in October, November and December 1993, and in January and February 1994. * Week 1: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-16.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=42|date=16 October 1993|page=18}} * Week 2: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-23.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=43|date=23 October 1993|page=24}} * Week 3: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-30.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=44|date=30 October 1993|page=18}} * Week 4: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-06.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=45|date=6 November 1993|page=15}} * Week 5: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-13.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=46|date=13 November 1993|page=20}} * Week 6: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-20.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=47|date=20 November 1993|page=20}} * Week 7: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-27.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=48|date=27 November 1993|page=14}} * Week 8: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-04.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=49|date=4 December 1993|page=12}} * Week 9: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-11.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=50|date=11 December 1993|page=24}} * Week 10: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-18.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=51|date=18 December 1993|page=30}} * Week 11: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1994-01-29.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=5|date=29 January 1994|page=22}} * Week 12: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1994-02-05.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=6|date=5 February 1994|page=24}}</ref> Norway,<ref name="norway"/> Spain,<ref name="spain">"Living on My Own" spent 3 weeks at number one on the Spanish singles chart in October and November 1993. * Week 1: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-30.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=44|date=30 October 1993|page=18}} * Week 2: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-06.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=45|date=6 November 1993|page=15}} * Week 3: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-13.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=46|date=13 November 1993|page=20}}</ref> Sweden,<ref name="sweden"/> and the United Kingdom, as well as on the [[Eurochart Hot 100]]. In the UK, it hit the top spot in its third week on the [[UK Singles Chart]], on 8 August 1993; the single spent two weeks at the top of the chart and 13 weeks within the UK Top 100.<ref name="UK1993"/> Additionally, it reached number two in Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. In these countries, it was held off reaching number one by [[4 Non Blondes]]' "[[What's Up? (4 Non Blondes song)|What's Up]]". "Living on My Own" debuted on the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 83 on 3 July,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-07-03.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=27|date=3 July 1993|page=35|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> after charting in Belgium. It reached number one 13 weeks later, on 30 October and held the position for two weeks.<ref name="eurocharthot100">"Living on My Own" spent two weeks at number one on the [[Eurochart Hot 100]] in October and November 1993. * Week 1: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-30.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=44|date=30 October 1993|page=21}} * Week 2: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-06.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=45|date=6 November 1993|page=17}}</ref> "Living on My Own" earned a [[Music recording certification|gold record]] in the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK, while it earned a [[Music recording certification|platinum record]] in Austria and Germany.
==Music video== The accompanying [[Music video|videos]] for both the original 1985 and the 1993 remix versions of "Living on My Own" show footage of Mercury's 39th birthday celebration on 5 September 1985 at the [[Travesti (theatre)|travesty]] nightclub Old Mrs. Henderson in [[Munich]], where Mercury lived from 1979 to 1985.<ref name="stankiewitz">{{cite book |last=Stankiewitz |first=Karl |date=May 2018|title=Aus is und Gar is |publisher=Allitera Verlag |isbn=978-3-96233-023-1|language=de}}</ref><ref name="mitvergnuegen">{{cite web|url=https://muenchen.mitvergnuegen.com/2017/11-verrueckt-vergessen-clubs-muenchen/ |title=11 verrückte Clubs in München, die Geschichte schrieben |trans-title=11 crazy clubs in Munich that made history |last=Schauberger |first=Anja |publisher=Mit Vergnuegen |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="rollingstone_">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.de/schweinshaxe-und-schaumbad-wie-queen-in-munchen-ihre-freiheit-genossen-2382187/ |title=Schweinshaxe und Schaumbad: Wie Queen in München ihre Freiheit genossen |trans-title=Pork knuckle and bubble bath: How Queen enjoyed their freedom in Munich |last=Mautz |first=Ina Simone |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref> The theme of the birthday party was "A Black and White [[Drag (clothing)|Drag]] Ball". Because of the garishly costumed [[Homosexuality|homosexual men]] and [[Transvestism|transvestites]] celebrating a decadent raucous party in the video clip, the British broadcaster [[BBC]] long refused to broadcast the music video on its channels.<ref name="BR_20211004">{{cite AV media |title=Sechs Jahre hat Freddie Mercury in München gelebt – eine Spurensuche |trans-title=Freddie Mercury lived in Munich for six years – a search for clues |url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/YqhkiNg1OPg |publisher =[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]] |type=documentary |language=de |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> The video was directed by [[Hannes Rossacher]] and [[Rudi Dolezal]],<ref>{{cite book |last= Gunn |first= Jacky |date= 1986 |title= The Official International Queen Fan Club Biography}}</ref> and received [[Rotation (music)|heavy rotation]] on [[MTV Europe]] in October 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|title=Station Reports > MTV Europe/London|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-23.pdf|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=43|date=23 October 1993|page=30|accessdate=13 December 2022}}</ref>
==Track listings== ===1985 release=== * '''7-inch''' :A. "Living on My Own" (single version) :B. "My Love Is Dangerous" (album version) – 3:41
* '''12-inch''' :A. "Living on My Own" (extended version) – 6:42 :B. "My Love Is Dangerous" (extended version) – 6:28
===1993 remix=== * '''7-inch and cassette''' :A. "Living on My Own" (radio mix) :B. "Living on My Own" (1992 album remix)
* '''12-inch''' :A1. "Living on My Own" (extended mix) :A2. "Living on My Own" (club mix) :B1. "Living on My Own" (dub mix) :B2. "Living on My Own" (LA mix)
* '''CD single''' # "Living on My Own" (radio mix) # "Living on My Own" (extended mix) # "Living on My Own" (club mix) # "Living on My Own" (1992 album remix)
==Personnel== {{Unreferenced section|date=December 2017}} * [[Freddie Mercury]] – lead and backing vocals * Colin Peter – additional production / remix * Carl Ward – additional production / remix * Serge Ramaekers – additional production / remix
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for the original version !Chart (1985) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|UK|50|date=19850928|access-date=25 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for the No More Brothers Mix !Chart (1993–1994) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Austria|2|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=26 February 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=25 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref name="m&m"/> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref name="eurocharthot100"/> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hit Radio (chart)|European Hit Radio]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-09-18.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=38|date=18 September 1993|page=22|access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |- !scope="row"|Finland ([[The Official Charts Company|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name="m&m"/> |align="center"|6 |- {{single chart|France|1|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=26 February 2018|rowheader=true|refname="france"}} |- {{single chart|Germany|2|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own [1993]|songid=2665|access-date=10 April 2020|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timarit.is/files/11770692.pdf#navpanes=1&view=FitH|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (02.09.1993 – 08.09.1993)|newspaper=[[Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=20|date=2 September 1993|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Living on My Own|access-date=25 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref name="italy"/> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1993|week=35|access-date=25 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=25 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=26 February 2018|rowheader=true|refname="norway"}} |- !scope="row"|Quebec ([[ADISQ]])<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=[[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec|BAnQ]]|language=fr|date=1 January 1994|access-date=11 September 2019|archive-date=29 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |align="center"|6 |- !scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref name="spain"/> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=26 February 2018|rowheader=true|refname="sweden"}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=Living on My Own %5B1993%5D|access-date=26 February 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UK|1|date=19930814|access-date=26 February 2018|refname="UK1993"|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-08-14.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=14 August 1993|page=28|access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|UK Dance (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-31.pdf|title=Top 60 Dance Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=22|date=31 July 1993|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- !scope="row"|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=17 July 1993|page=4|accessdate=10 May 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-17.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|83 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+1993 year-end chart performance for "Living on My Own" !Chart (1993) !Position |- !scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1993|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1993|language=de|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1993|title=Jaaroverzichten 1993|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-18.pdf|title=1993 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=51/52|date=18 December 1993|page=15|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-18.pdf#page=17|title=1993 Year-End Airplay Charts: European Hit Radio|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=51/52|date=18 December 1993|page=17|access-date=7 December 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|15 |- !scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1993|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1993|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|10 |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2621535?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1993|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=16|date=4 January 1994|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr1993.html|title=Jaarlijsten 1993|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|language=nl|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1993&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993|publisher=[[Dutch Charts|MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|16 |- !scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp93singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1993, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216105631/http://www.grammotex.se/topp93singlar.htm|archive-date=16 February 2001|access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- !scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1993|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1993|language=de|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|22 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1993|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=24|date=15 January 1994}}</ref> |align="center"|20 |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-15.pdf|title=Airplay Top 50 1993|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=15 January 1994|page=41|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+1994 year-end chart performance for "Living on My Own" !Chart (1994) !Position |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf|title=1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=52|date=24 December 1994|page=12|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|65 |}
===Decade-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Decade-end chart performance for "Living on My Own" !Chart (1990–1999) !Position |- !scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/90er_single.asp|title=Bestenlisten – Singles 1990er|language=de|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|48 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145841/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/ultratop_nineties_500.asp?page=1|archive-date=12 June 2018|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/ultratop_nineties_500.asp?page=1|title=Ultratop Nineties 500|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> |align="center"|31 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 – Decenniumlijst: 90's |url=http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/decenniumlijst-90-s |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Top 40 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218104220/http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/decenniumlijst-90-s |url-status=live}}</ref> |align="center"|88 |} {{col-end}}
==Sales and certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Living on My Own"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Freddie Mercury|title=Living on My Own|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|access-date=24 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Freddie Mercury|title=Living on My Own|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=24 April 2024|source=infodisc}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Freddie Mercury|title=Living on My Own|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=24 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Freddie Mercury|title=Living on My Own|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=24 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=24 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Freddie Mercury|title=Living on My Own|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|id=3944-3493-1|access-date=7 November 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release dates and formats for "Living on My Own" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Version !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom |Original |2 September 1985 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl}} |[[CBS Records International|CBS]] |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1985/Music-Week-1985-08-31.pdf|title=New Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=14|date=31 August 1985|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|No More Brothers remix |19 July 1993 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|[[Parlophone]] |<ref name="ukrel"/> |- !scope="row"|Australia |27 September 1993 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 27/09/93: Singles|magazine=[[The ARIA Report]]|issue=190|page=19|date=26 September 1993}}</ref> |}
==See also== * [[List of posthumous number ones on the UK Singles Chart]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/discography/greatest-hits-iii/#lyrics|Lyrics at Queen official website}} (from ''[[Greatest Hits III (Queen album)|Greatest Hits III]]'')
{{Freddie Mercury}} {{Authority control}}
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