LISTEN: One of Freddie Mercury’s lesser-known final recordings celebrates winter’s beauty & the fleetingness of life

Freddie Mercury in the video for ‘Living On My Own’ (Photo: YouTube)

Although a number 6 hit in the UK upon its release in 1995, “A Winter’s Tale” by Queen is far less known in the US.

One of the last songs written and recorded by Freddie Mercury before his death in November 1991 at age 45, Queen guitarist Brian May added guitars only after Mercury’s passing.

The song—a mellow tribute to the beauty of chilly winters—was included on the posthumous 1995 Queen album, Made In Heaven.

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