{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox album | name = Queen Forever | type = compilation | artist = Queen | cover = QueenForever.jpg | border = yes | released = 10 November 2014 | recorded = 1973–2014<ref name="brianmay">{{cite web |url=http://brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsmay14.html#56 |title=Queen News May 2014 |publisher=brianmay.com |access-date=2014-09-13 |archive-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330111409/http://www.brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsmay14.html#56 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | studio = Allerton Hill and the Priory | genre = Rock | length = {{duration |m=75|s=3}} (standard edition)<br>63:03 (deluxe edition disc 1)<br>71:41 (deluxe edition disc 2)<br>134:44 (deluxe edition total) | label = *Virgin EMI *Hollywood | producer = Queen, William Orbit | prev_title = Live at the Rainbow '74 | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Singles | name = Queen Forever | type = compilation | single1 = Love Kills - the Ballad | single1date = 26 September 2014 | single2 = Let Me in Your Heart Again (William Orbit mix) | single2date = 3 November 2014 }}}}
'''''Queen Forever''''' is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen. Released on 10 November 2014, it features tracks the band had "forgotten about" with vocals from original lead singer Freddie Mercury.<ref name="nme2">{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/queen/74910 |title=NME News Queen tease new track featuring Freddie Mercury vocals | NME.COM |publisher=nme.com |access-date=2014-09-13}}</ref> Queen's bassist John Deacon is also on the tracks.
Drummer Roger Taylor spoke about the album in December 2013, stating that he and guitarist Brian May were "getting together...in the new year to finish what we've got there and then we're going to fashion some kind of album".<ref name="canoe">{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/2013/12/15/21338556.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105223939/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/2013/12/15/21338556.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2015 |title=Roger Taylor talks new solo album and upcoming Queen songs |author=Canoe inc. |publisher=canoe.com |access-date=2014-09-13}}</ref> May announced the title as a compilation album in a radio interview on BBC Radio Wales on 23 May 2014 at the Hay Festival.<ref name="BBCradio">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D64gye_HTXw&feature=player_detailpage#t=661 Brian May – BBC Wales Interview], Retrieved 25 May 2014.</ref> It is the first Queen album to feature unreleased material from Mercury (who died from complications related to AIDS on 24 November 1991) since the 1995 album ''Made in Heaven'' and Deacon (who retired from the music business in 1997) since the 1997 compilation album ''Queen Rocks''. The album was released by Hollywood Records in the United States on 10 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=QUEEN FOREVER: Queen Bring Back Freddie Mercury |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/queen-forever-queen-bring-back-freddie-mercury-275710031.html |publisher=PRNewswire |access-date=21 September 2014 |date=19 September 2014}}</ref>
==Material== Brian May said most of the material "comes from the 80s, when we were in full flight. It is quite emotional. It is the big, big ballads and the big, big epic sound."<ref name="ultimateclassicrock">{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-forever/ |title=Brian May Reveals New Queen Album Title, Release Plans |date=26 May 2014 |publisher=ultimateclassicrock.com |access-date=2014-09-13}}</ref> He has compared it to ''Made in Heaven''.<ref name="BBCradio" /> May had earlier stated that the album may end up being a mixture of old existing material and new material containing at least three unreleased songs, later stating possibly as many as five.<ref name="ultimateclassicrock2">{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-new-album/ |title=Queen Considering Album of Newly Discovered Recordings |date=11 September 2013 |publisher=ultimateclassicrock.com |access-date=2014-09-13}}</ref> The material has been fleshed out with modern technology by May.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27601946 |title=BBC News - Brian May confirms new Queen album |work=BBC News |date=28 May 2014 |access-date=2014-09-13}}</ref>
"It is a rather odd mixture of our slower stuff," complained Roger Taylor. "I didn't want the double album version they've put out. It's an awful lot for people to take in, and it's bloody miserable. I wouldn't call it an album, either. It's a compilation with three new tracks. It's more of a record company confection. It's not a full-blooded Queen album."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Nick|last=Hasted|title=Queen reborn|magazine=Classic Rock|date=February 2015|page=36}}</ref>
==Songs== ==="Let Me in Your Heart Again"=== {{main|Let Me in Your Heart Again}} Originating from sessions for the band's 1984 album ''The Works'', "Let Me in Your Heart Again" was written by May and originally recorded in Los Angeles in 1983. Speaking on ''The Chris Evans Breakfast Show'' in September 2014, May revealed that the band had initially found it impossible to complete the track and that several different versions of the lyrics were written to make it easier for Mercury to sing. They abandoned the song, but it was eventually recorded by May's wife Anita Dobson (with May on guitar) and released on her 1988 studio album ''Talking of Love'' (Dobson reportedly used the Queen version(s) as a guide vocal). In preparing the track for ''Queen Forever'', May stitched together parts from each of the existing Queen versions, before he and Taylor fleshed out the music track. Consequently, the final studio version contains very different lyrics from the Dobson version.
An alternative remix by William Orbit was released in November 2014 as a single in the UK to raise money for Product Red, an initiative founded in 2006 by U2 lead singer Bono for the purpose of engaging the private sector in raising awareness and funds to help eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa.
==="Love Kills"=== {{Main|Love Kills (Freddie Mercury song)}} It was stated by Adam Lambert at the start of the 2014 Queen + Adam Lambert Tour of North America that "Love Kills", Mercury's debut solo single from 1984, had been reworked by the band for inclusion on ''Queen Forever''. The band then proceeded to play a stripped down ballad version of the track (the original version was noted for its heavily synthesized, disco-esque style).
Queen had previously reworked Mercury's solo recordings into Queen songs for their 1995 album, ''Made in Heaven''. On that occasion, they had used his songs "Made in Heaven" and "I Was Born to Love You", as well as the unreleased solo recording "It's a Beautiful Day". When it became apparent that there was not enough quality unreleased Queen material to make a new full studio album, May and Taylor decided to utilise the same tactics.
Written by Mercury and Giorgio Moroder, "Love Kills" was originally recorded for the band's 1984 studio album ''The Works'', but was ultimately rejected. It was then reworked as a Mercury solo track for inclusion in Moroder's 1984 restoration and edit of the 1927 silent film ''Metropolis''. In 1985, the film was nominated at the 5th Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Musical Score, and the song itself was nominated for Worst Original Song. Nevertheless, the single reached number ten on the UK Singles Chart.
Despite being released as a Freddie Mercury solo single, all four members of Queen appeared on the original release.
Speaking on ''The Chris Evans Breakfast Show'', May revealed that he had always wanted to turn the song into a ballad, but had never done so before Mercury's death. The new version is led by May's lead guitar, rather than Mercury's original synthesizers. May also plays bass guitar on the track, supplemented by Deacon's additional electric guitar as taken from the original source tapes.
==="There Must Be More to Life Than This"=== {{main|There Must Be More to Life Than This}} In the early 1980s, Mercury recorded three songs as duets with Michael Jackson, of which "There Must Be More to Life Than This", written by Mercury, was one. The sessions eventually fell apart and ended, and the material was never released (although Mercury stated several times he hoped they would find the time to finish the tracks).
Queen eventually recorded a version of the song in 1981 during sessions for their 1982 studio album ''Hot Space'', but it was ultimately left off the record. Mercury later went on to re-record "There Must Be More to Life Than This" for his solo album ''Mr. Bad Guy'' (1985), while Jackson recorded one of the other songs, "State of Shock", with his family band the Jacksons, with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones singing Mercury's parts (the song was released as a single in 1984, and later featured on the Jacksons' seventeenth studio album ''Victory'', also released in 1984; this album's title was also that of the third Mercury/Jackson duet, but has itself never been released).
After Jackson's death in 2009, May and Taylor made steps to secure the release of the duets, with a view to a 2012 release. However, according to Taylor, working with the Jackson estate was like "wading through glue". Ultimately, the parties were only able to reach an agreement for this one of the three tracks to be released.
The version released on ''Queen Forever'' was produced and mixed by William Orbit, containing the original 1981 backing track recorded during the ''Hot Space'' sessions, and features Deacon on bass guitar. An alternative mix made by May exists, but was rejected by the Jackson estate in favour of the Orbit mix.
===Other material=== The rest of the album consists of previously released Queen songs. Rather than simply being the "greatest hits", however, the tracks are mostly deeper cuts personally chosen by Taylor and May. The songs were selected to loosely follow the concept of an album centred around the theme of "love".
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | MC = 49/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/forever/queen|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic.com|access-date=2014-11-18}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name = "Allmusic">{{cite web|author=Thomas Erlewine, Stephen|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-mw0002766073|title= Forever – Queen|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Classic Rock'' (de) | rev2Score = 8/10<ref name = "Classic Rock">{{cite web|last=Boesch|first=Simone|date=7 November 2014|url=http://classicrock.net/queen-review-queen-forever/|title=Queen – Queen Forever|language=de|work=Classic Rock (DE)|publisher=TeamRock|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Daily Telegraph'' | rev4Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name = "Telegraph">{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=7 November 2014|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11213851/Queen-Queen-Forever-review-a-blatant-stocking-filler-money-grab.html|title=Queen, Queen Forever, review: 'a blatant stocking-filler money-grab'|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Drowned in Sound'' | rev5Score = 5/10<ref name = "Drowned in Sound">{{cite web|last=Burrows|first=Marc|date=10 November 2014|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18519/reviews/4148460|title=Album Review: Queen – Forever|work=Drowned in Sound|publisher=Silentway|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-date=11 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911124517/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18519/reviews/4148460|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev6 = ''The Guardian'' | rev6Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name = "The Guardian">{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date= 6 November 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/06/queen-forever-review-compilation|title=Queen: Queen Forever review – Freddie Mercury at his most confident|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Rolling Stone'' (DE) | rev7Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name = "rollingstone">{{cite magazine|last= Tomescheit|first=Wiebke|date=15 November 2014|url=http://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/alben/article659927/queen-forever.html|title=Queen – Forever|language=de|magazine=Rolling Stone (DE)|publisher=Wenner Media|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> | rev8 = ''State'' | rev8Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name = "State">{{cite magazine|last=Hendicott|first=James|date=14 November 2014|url=http://state.ie/album-reviews/queen-forever|title=Queen – Forever|magazine=State|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623160209/http://state.ie/album-reviews/queen-forever|archive-date=23 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev1score = }} Upon release, ''Queen Forever'' received mixed reviews from critics who thought there was no reason for fans of the band to purchase an album with songs that have been released many times in other Queen compilation albums. Thomas Erlewine gave a two-and-a-half star review in AllMusic, saying: "The hardcore fans might notice the difference but, apart from those three songs, there's not much reason for them to pick this up because ''Forever'' consists of songs they've purchased many times over."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-mw0002766073|title=Queen Forever - Queen - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic}}</ref>
==Track listing== ===CD standard edition=== {{Track listing |extra_column = Original album |total_length = 75:03 |title1 = Let Me in Your Heart Again |writer1 = Brian May |extra1 = New song; original version from Anita Dobson's ''Talking of Love'' |length1 = 4:31 |title2 = Love Kills |note2 = The Ballad |writer2 = Freddie Mercury, Giorgio Moroder |extra2 = New song; original version from Giorgio Moroder's ''Metropolis'' Soundtrack |length2 = 4:12 |title3 = There Must Be More to Life Than This |note3 = with Michael Jackson |writer3 = Mercury |extra3 = New song; original version from Freddie Mercury's ''Mr. Bad Guy'' |length3 = 3:20 |title4 = It's a Hard Life |writer4 = Mercury |extra4 = ''The Works'' |length4 = 4:06 |title5 = You're My Best Friend |writer5 = John Deacon |extra5 = ''A Night at the Opera'' |length5 = 2:52 |title6 = Love of My Life |note6 = early fade-out |writer6 = Mercury |extra6 = ''A Night at the Opera'' |length6 = 3:33 |title7 = Drowse |note7 = early fade-out |writer7 = Roger Taylor |extra7 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length7 = 3:38 |title8 = Long Away |writer8 = May |extra8 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length8 = 3:32 |title9 = Lily of the Valley |note9 = single version |writer9 = Mercury |extra9 = ''Sheer Heart Attack'' |length9 = 1:39 |title10 = Don't Try So Hard |writer10 = Mercury |extra10 = ''Innuendo'' |length10 = 3:39 |title11 = Bijou |writer11 = May, Mercury |extra11 = ''Innuendo'' |length11 = 3:36 |title12 = These Are the Days of Our Lives |writer12 = Taylor |extra12 = ''Innuendo'' |length12 = 4:14 |title13 = Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) |writer13 = May |extra13 = ''Hot Space'' |length13 = 4:31 |title14 = Who Wants to Live Forever |writer14 = May |extra14 = ''A Kind of Magic'' |length14 = 5:15 |title15 = A Winter's Tale |writer15 = Mercury |extra15 = ''Made in Heaven'' |length15 = 3:48 |title16 = Play the Game |note16 = without synthesizer intro |writer16 = Mercury |extra16 = ''The Game'' |length16 = 3:14 |title17 = Save Me |writer17 = May |extra17 = ''The Game'' |length17 = 3:46 |title18 = Somebody to Love |note18 = early fade-out |writer18 = Mercury |extra18 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length18 = 4:52 |title19 = Too Much Love Will Kill You |writer19 = May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers |extra19 = Brian May's ''Back to the Light'' and ''Made in Heaven'' |length19 = 4:19 |title20 = Crazy Little Thing Called Love |writer20 = Mercury |extra20 = ''The Game'' |length20 = 2:43 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese bonus track | extra_column = Original album | title21 = I Was Born to Love You | writer21 = Mercury | extra21 = ''Mr. Bad Guy'' and ''Made in Heaven'' | length21 = 4:49 | total_length = 79:52 }}
===CD deluxe edition=== {{Track listing |headline = Disc 1 |extra_column = Original album |total_length = 63:03 |title1 = Let Me in Your Heart Again |writer1 = May |extra1 = ''Talking of Love'' |length1 = 4:31 |title2 = Love Kills |note2 = The Ballad |writer2 = Mercury, Moroder |extra2 = ''Metropolis'' Soundtrack |length2 = 4:12 |title3 = There Must Be More to Life Than This |note3 = with Michael Jackson |writer3 = Mercury |extra3 = ''Mr. Bad Guy'' |length3 = 3:20 |title4 = Play the Game |note4 = without synthesizer intro |writer4 = Mercury |extra4 = ''The Game'' |length4 = 3:14 |title5 = Dear Friends |writer5 = May |extra5 = ''Sheer Heart Attack'' |length5 = 1:08 |title6 = You're My Best Friend |writer6 = Deacon |extra6 = ''A Night at the Opera'' |length6 = 2:52 |title7 = Love of My Life |note7 = early fade-out |writer7 = Mercury |extra7 = ''A Night at the Opera'' |length7 = 3:33 |title8 = Drowse |note8 = early fade-out |writer8 = Taylor |extra8 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length8 = 3:38 |title9 = You Take My Breath Away |note9 = without vocal reprise ending |writer9 = Mercury |extra9 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length9 = 4:38 |title10 = Spread Your Wings |note10 = early fade-out |writer10 = Deacon |extra10 = ''News of the World'' |length10 = 4:30 |title11 = Long Away |writer11 = May |extra11 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length11 = 3:32 |title12 = Lily of the Valley |note12 = single version |writer12 = Mercury |extra12 = ''Sheer Heart Attack'' |length12 = 1:39 |title13 = Don't Try So Hard |writer13 = Mercury |extra13 = ''Innuendo'' |length13 = 3:39 |title14 = Bijou |writer14 = May, Mercury |extra14 = ''Innuendo'' |length14 = 3:36 |title15 = These Are the Days of Our Lives |writer15 = Taylor |extra15 = ''Innuendo'' |length15 = 4:14 |title16 = Nevermore |note16 = slight edit |writer16 = Mercury |extra16 = ''Queen II'' |length16 = 1:18 |title17 = Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) |writer17 = May |extra17 = ''Hot Space'' |length17 = 4:31 |title18 = Who Wants to Live Forever |writer18 = May |extra18 = ''A Kind of Magic'' |length18 = 5:15 }} {{Track listing |headline = Disc 2 |extra_column = Original album |total_length = 71:41 |title1 = I Was Born to Love You |writer1 = Mercury |extra1 = ''Mr. Bad Guy'' and ''Made in Heaven'' |length1 = 4:49 |title2 = Somebody to Love |note2 = early fade-out |writer2 = Mercury |extra2 = ''A Day at the Races'' |length2 = 4:52 |title3 = Crazy Little Thing Called Love |writer3 = Mercury |extra3 = ''The Game'' |length3 = 2:43 |title4 = Friends Will Be Friends |writer4 = Mercury, Deacon |extra4 = ''A Kind of Magic'' |length4 = 4:06 |title5 = Jealousy |writer5 = Mercury |extra5 = ''Jazz'' |length5 = 3:13 |title6 = One Year of Love |writer6 = Deacon |extra6 = ''A Kind of Magic'' |length6 = 4:27 |title7 = A Winter's Tale |writer7 = Mercury |extra7 = ''Made in Heaven'' |length7 = 3:48 |title8 = '39 |writer8 = May |extra8 = ''A Night at the Opera'' |length8 = 3:30 |title9 = Mother Love |writer9 = May, Mercury |extra9 = ''Made in Heaven'' |length9 = 4:47 |title10 = It's a Hard Life |writer10 = Mercury |extra10 = ''The Works'' |length10 = 4:06 |title11 = Save Me |writer11 = May |extra11 = ''The Game'' |length11 = 3:46 |title12 = Made in Heaven |writer12 = Mercury |extra12 = ''Mr. Bad Guy'' and ''Made in Heaven'' |length12 = 5:25 |title13 = Too Much Love Will Kill You |writer13 = May, Musker, Lamers |extra13 = ''Back to the Light'' and ''Made in Heaven'' |length13 = 4:19 |title14 = Sail Away Sweet Sister |writer14 = May |extra14 = ''The Game'' |length14 = 3:33 |title15 = The Miracle |note15 = Greatest Hits II edit |writer15 = Mercury, Deacon |extra15 = ''The Miracle'' |length15 = 4:57 |title16 = Is This the World We Created...? |writer16 = Mercury, May |extra16 = ''The Works'' |length16 = 2:12 |title17 = In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited |writer17 = Mercury |extra17 = ''Sheer Heart Attack'' |length17 = 3:46 |title18 = Forever |note18 = piano version of "Who Wants to Live Forever" |writer18 = May |extra18 = ''A Kind of Magic'' |length18 = 3:21 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese bonus track | extra_column = Original album | title19 = Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) | writer19 = May | extra19 = ''A Day at the Races'' | length19 = 5:08 | total_length = 76:49 }}
===Vinyl edition=== On 18 February 2015, it was announced that Queen Forever would be released in a 4-LP box set featuring all the tracks on the deluxe edition and a bonus 12" single featuring "Let Me in Your Heart Again (William Orbit Mix)".
{{Track listing | headline = Record 1 / Side A | title1 = Let Me in Your Heart Again | writer1 = Brian May | length1 = 4:31 | title2 = Love Kills | writer2 = Freddie Mercury, Giorgio Moroder | length2 = 4:12 | title3 = There Must Be More to Life Than This | note3 = William Orbit mix | writer3 = Mercury | length3 = 3:20 | title4 = Play the Game | writer4 = Mercury | length4 = 3:14 | title5 = Dear Friends | writer5 = May | length5 = 1:08 | total_length = 16:25 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 1 / Side B | title1 = You’re My Best Friend | writer1 = John Deacon | length1 = 2:52 | title2 = Love of My Life | writer2 = Mercury | length2 = 3:33 | title3 = Drowse | writer3 = Roger Taylor | length3 = 3:38 | title4 = You Take My Breath Away | writer4 = Mercury | length4 = 4:38 | title5 = Spread Your Wings | writer5 = Deacon | length5 = 4:30 | total_length = 19:11 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 2 / Side A | title1 = Long Away | writer1 = May | length1 = 3:32 | title2 = Lily of the Valley | writer2 = Mercury | length2 = 1:39 | title3 = Don’t Try So Hard | writer3 = Queen (Mercury) | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = Bijou | writer4 = Queen (Mercury/May) | length4 = 3:36 | title5 = These Are the Days of Our Lives | writer5 = Queen (Taylor) | length5 = 4:14 | total_length = 16:40 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 2 / Side B | title1 = Nevermore | writer1 = Mercury | length1 = 1:18 | title2 = Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) | writer2 = May | length2 = 4:31 | title3 = Who Wants to Live Forever | writer3 = May | length3 = 5:15 | title4 = I Was Born to Love You | writer4 = Mercury | length4 = 4:49 | total_length = 15:53 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 3 / Side A | title1 = Somebody to Love | writer1 = Mercury | length1 = 4:52 | title2 = Crazy Little Thing Called Love | writer2 = Mercury | length2 = 2:43 | title3 = Friends Will Be Friends | writer3 = Mercury/Deacon | length3 = 4:06 | title4 = Jealousy | writer4 = Mercury | length4 = 3:13 | total_length = 14:54 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 3 / Side B | title1 = One Year of Love | writer1 = Deacon | length1 = 4:27 | title2 = A Winter’s Tale | writer2 = Queen (Mercury) | length2 = 3:48 | title3 = '39 | writer3 = May | length3 = 3:30 | title4 = Mother Love | writer4 = Mercury/May | length4 = 4:47 | total_length = 16:32 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 4 / Side A | title1 = It's a Hard Life | writer1 = Mercury | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Save Me | writer2 = May | length2 = 3:46 | title3 = Made in Heaven | writer3 = Mercury | length3 = 5:25 | title4 = Too Much Love Will Kill You | writer4 = May/Frank Musker/Elizabeth Lamers | length4 = 4:20 | total_length = 17:37 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Record 4 / Side B | title1 = Sail Away Sweet Sister | writer1 = May | length1 = 3:33 | title2 = The Miracle | writer2 = Queen | length2 = 4:57 | title3 = Is This the World We Created...? | writer3 = Mercury/May | length3 = 2:12 | title4 = In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited | writer4 = Mercury | length4 = 3:46 | title5 = Forever | writer5 = May | length5 = 3:21 | total_length = 17:49 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Bonus 12" single | title1 = Let Me in Your Heart Again | note1 = William Orbit mix | writer1 = May | length1 = 6:42 }}
On Side B of the bonus 12" single, there is a "Queen Forever" etching.
==Personnel== ;Queen *Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" *Brian May – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, lead vocals on "Long Away", "'39" and "Sail Away Sweet Sister", co-lead vocals on "Las Palabras de Amor", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Mother Love", bass guitar on "Love Kills" *Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals and rhythm guitar on "Drowse" *John Deacon – bass guitar, acoustic guitars, keyboards, additional electric guitar on "Love Kills" ;Additional musicians *Michael Jackson – co-lead vocals on "There Must Be More to Life Than This" *Fred Mandel – piano on "Let Me in Your Heart Again"
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Queen Forever'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2014–2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|35|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=3 December 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Austria|8|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=3 December 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|6|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=22 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|8|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=22 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|11|artist=Queen|access-date=20 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Czech|8|artist=Queen|album=Forever|year=2014|week=46|access-date=18 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|15|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2014}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|3|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=15 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Norway|11|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=24 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Finland|36|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2014}} |- {{album chart|France|12|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|rowheader=true|access-date=22 November 2014}} |- {{album chart|Germany|7|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|id=251577|rowheader=true|access-date=1 August 2020}} |- {{album chart|Ireland|18|year=2014|week=46|access-date=14 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Israeli Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaneto.com/best-seller/|title=חמשת הנצפים ביותר|publisher=Musicaneto|language=he|access-date=16 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606133744/http://www.musicaneto.com/best-seller/|archive-date=6 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 4 |- !scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/main/chart_id/1920|title=Classifica settimanale WK 46 (dal 10-11-2014 al 16-11-2014)|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=20 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042435/http://www.fimi.it/main/chart_id/1920|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | 5 |- {{album chart|Oricon|16|date=2014-11-12|access-date=12 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|KoreaInt|2|date=2014.11.09~2014.11.15|rowheader=true|access-date=9 November 2014}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=17 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Poland|2|id=1412|rowheader=true|access-date=13 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|12|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|rowheader=true|access-date=17 November 2014}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|6|date=20141116|rowheader=true|access-date=19 September 2021}} |- {{album chart|Spain|8|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|rowheader=true|access-date=16 November 2014}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|28|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=21 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Queen|album=Queen Forever|access-date=16 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|UK2|5|date=20141116|access-date=19 November 2021|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|38|artist=Queen|access-date=20 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|11|artist=Queen|access-date=20 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|4|artist=Queen|access-date=20 November 2014|rowheader=true}} |}
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===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2014 year-end chart performance for ''Queen Forever'' !scope="col"|Chart (2014) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>[https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a "Jaaroverzichten 2014: Albums"] (in Dutch). Ultratop Flanders. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |106 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a "Rapports Annuels 2014: Albums"] (in French). Ultratop Wallonia. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |98 |- !scope="row"|Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)<ref>[https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2014&cat=a "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2014"] (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |62 |- !scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180812145738/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-album-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2014 "Top Albums annuel (physique + téléchargement + streaming)"] (in French). SNEP Musique. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |140 |- !scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/5233|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=14 January 2015|title=FIMI - Classifiche Annuali 2014 "TOP OF THE MUSIC" FIMI-GfK: un anno di musica italiana|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220716/http://fimi.it/5233|url-status=dead}}</ref> |42 |- !scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20140105/37502/ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2014"]. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |50 |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2015 year-end chart performance for ''Queen Forever'' !scope="col"|Chart (2015) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>[https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=a "Jaaroverzichten 2015: Albums"] (in Dutch). Ultratop Flanders. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |121 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=a "Rapports Annuels 2015: Albums"] (in French). Ultratop Wallonia. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> |99 |- ! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>[http://www.promusicae.es/documents/viewfile/133-top-100-albumes-2015 "Top 100 Albumes 2015"] (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> | 87 |} {{col-2}} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Queen Forever''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Queen|title=Forever|award=Gold|relyear=2014|certyear=2018|relmonth=11|access-date=14 April 2018}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|artist=Queen|title=Queen Forever|award=Gold|relyear=2014|certyear=2015|access-date=12 January 2015}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Queen|title=Queen Forever|type=album|award=Gold|date=14 January 2015|access-date=15 January 2015|relyear=2014|certyear=2015|certmonth=1}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Queen|title=Forever|award=Gold|id=2350-1614-2|relyear=2014|certyear=2014}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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