I Was Born to Love You (song)
| "I Was Born to Love You" | ||||
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| Single by Freddie Mercury | ||||
| from the album Mr. Bad Guy | ||||
| B-side | "Stop All the Fighting" | |||
| Released | April 8, 1985 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length |
3:37 (7" and album version) 7:03 (12" extended version) |
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| Label | CBS | |||
| Writer(s) | Freddie Mercury | |||
| Producer | Freddie Mercury and Mack | |||
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| "I Was Born to Love You" | ||||
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album Made in Heaven | ||||
| Released | February 28, 1996[1] (Japan only) |
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| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1985, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:49 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | Freddie Mercury | |||
| Producer | Queen | |||
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"I Was Born to Love You" is a 1985 song by Freddie Mercury, and was released as a single and on the Mr. Bad Guy album. After Mercury's death, Queen remixed this song for their album Made in Heaven in 1995, by having the other members play their instrumental parts over the original track.
The song received its live debut on the 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers tour of Japan. Roger Taylor and Brian May performed the song acoustically.
The Queen version from the Made In Heaven album also includes samples of Mercury's ad-lib vocals taken from "A Kind of Magic" from the 1986 album of the same name and from "Living On My Own" from his Mr. Bad Guy album.
Brazilian legendary singer, dancer, actress and model Gretchen has recorded a cover version. It is featured on her compilation "Charme, Talento e Gostosura". Brazilian singer Danni Carlos recorded a cover version in 2003.
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[edit] Appearances in other media
The song has been featured in the multiple television advertisements, mainly in Japan. The original version recorded by Mercury was featured in the TV commercial of Japanese cosmetics company Noevia in the mid 1980s. The Queen version was released as a single exclusively in Japan in February 1996, because the song was used in a TV ad for Kirin Ichiban Shibori,[1] one of the best-selling liquors of the country produced by the Kirin Brewery Company. The single became their first song that entered the Japanese chart since "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)", released in 1977.
In 2004, Queen's version was used as the theme for Pride, the successful Japanese drama starring Takuya Kimura and Yūko Takeuchi, aired on Fuji Television, that featured the songs by the band. Jewels, their tie-in compilation album featured "I Was Born to Love You" and released only in Japan, and the song re-entered the Japanese chart.
A cover version of this song – based around the Queen version – is featured in the fourth level of the Nintendo DS video game Elite Beat Agents.
This song was featured in episode 29 of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, during a competitive game of gym-class volleyball.
This song was also released as a Japan only release by rocker Andrew W.K. in February 2011.
[edit] Chart position
[edit] Freddie Mercury version
| Charts (1985) | Peak positions |
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| German Media Control Chart | 10 |
| UK Singles Chart | 11 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 20 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 24 |
| Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 55 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 76 |
[edit] Queen version
| Year | Charts | Peak positions |
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| 1996 | Japanese Oricon Chart | 45 |
| 2004 | 40 (Re-Entry) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "クイーン アイ・ワズ・ボーン・トゥ・ラヴ・ユー - goo 音楽 (Release information - Queen - I Was Born to Love You)" (in Japanese). music.goo.ne.jp. http://music.goo.ne.jp/cd/CDDORID270723-1/index.html. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
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- Freddie Mercury songs
- Queen (band) songs
- 1985 singles
- 1995 songs
- 1996 singles
- 2004 singles
- Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles
- Songs written by Freddie Mercury
- Songs released posthumously
- Japanese television drama theme songs
- Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan
- Rock ballads
