Brian May Collaborations 2004-2011 song lyrics

This page features details of Brian May's collaborations with other artists, recorded between 2004 and 2011.

Details of most of Brian's collaborations with Kerry Ellis from 2008 onwards can be found on the 'Anthems' and 'Golden Days' album pages.

Peggy Sue

(live)

The Crickets and Albert Lee

, 2004. Brian sings backing vocals and plays guitar. Length 1:51.
Written by Buddy Holly, Norman Petty and Jerry Allison, originally recorded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets in 1957, and reached number 6 in the chart.
Recorded at the Strat Pack 50th Anniversary Concert at Wembley Arena, London, on 24 September 2004.
Available on the 'Strat Pack' DVD only.
Lyrics:
If you knew Peggy Sue
Then you'd know why I feel blue
Without Peggy
My Peggy Sue, a hoo, a hoo, hoo
I love you gal, I want you Peggy Sue

Well I love you Peggy Sue
With a love so rare and true
A ho, Peggy
My Peggy Sue, a hoo, a hoo, hoo
I love you gal, I want you Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue
Peggy Sue
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Peggy Sue
A hoo Peggy, my Peggy Sue, a hoo, a hoo, hoo
I love you gal, I want you Peggy Sue
Now pick one

Peggy Sue
Peggy Sue
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Peggy Sue
A ho Peggy, my Peggy Sue, a hoo, a hoo, hoo
I love you gal, I want you Peggy Sue
You know I love you gal and I want you Peggy Sue

Sonny Curtis: Thank you very much. Thank you very much, thank you. Good to be here with you. Brian May is gonna sing Maybe Baby. One, two, three, four

Maybe Baby

(live)

The Crickets and Albert Lee

, 2004. Brian sings lead vocals and plays guitar. Length 1:23.
Written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets in 1958, and reached number 4 in the chart.
Recorded at the Strat Pack 50th Anniversary Concert at Wembley Arena, London, on 24 September 2004.
Available on the 'Strat Pack' DVD only.
Brian has also recorded a studio version of this track, full details can be found on the 'Another World' album page.
Lyrics:
Maybe baby - I'll have you (ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh)
Maybe baby - you and me true (ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh)
Maybe baby - I'll have you for me (ahh, ahh, ah, you for me)

It's funny honey, you don't care (ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh)
You never listen to my prayer (ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh)
Maybe baby - you will love me someday (ahh, ahh, ah, ah, ah, someday)

Well, you are the one that makes me glad (you are the one, you are the one)
Any other one that makes me sad (you are the one, you are the one)
And when some day, you'll want me (you are the one, you are the one)
Well, I'll be there wait and see

Maybe baby - I'll have you (ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh)
Maybe baby - you'll be true (ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh)
Maybe baby - I'll have you for me (ahhh, ahh, ahh, you for me)
Maybe baby - I'll have you for me (ahhh, ahh, ahh, for me)

Sonny Curtis: Thank you very much, thank you all, thank you very much. This is a song that, er, I wrote back in West Texas when I was a kid, a lot of people think I wrote this right er, right after we got out of jail, actually I was still in jail.

Oh Boy

(live)

The Crickets and Albert Lee

, 2004. Brian sings backing vocals and plays guitar. Length 1:44.
Written by Sunny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets in 1957, and reached number 3 in the chart.
Recorded at the Strat Pack 50th Anniversary Concert at Wembley Arena, London, on 24 September 2004.
Available on the 'Strat Pack' DVD only.
Lyrics:
All of my love, all of my kissing
You don't know what you've been a missing
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me
Oh boy (oh boy)
I want the world to see that you were meant for me
Oh boy

All of my life I've been a waiting
Tonight there'll be no hesitating
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me
Oh boy (oh boy)
I want the world to see that you were meant for me
Oh boy

Stars appear and the shadow's falling
You can hear my heart's a calling
A little bit of loving makes everything right
I'm gonna see my baby tonight

All of my love, all of my kissing
You don't know what you've been a missing
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me
Oh boy (oh boy)
I want the world to see that you were meant for me
Oh boy

Oh dum diddy dum, dum, oh boy
Dum diddy dum, dum, oh boy

Stars appear and the shadow's falling
You can hear my heart's a calling
A little bit of loving makes everything right
I'm gonna see my baby tonight

All of my love, all of my kissing
You don't know what you've been a missing
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me
Oh boy (oh boy)
I want the world to see that you were meant for me
Oh boy
I want the world to see that you were meant for me
Oh boy
Oh boy

Sonny Curtis: Thank you very much, thank you, thank you very much, thank you very much. We're gonna ask Brian May to sing this next song, it's a song that, er, sort of kicked the Crickets off a long time ago, JI wrote this along with Buddy Holly, ah, That'll Be The Day, and we, I tell you we'd like you all to sing along with us and we may even give you an opportunity, so join in and help us.

That'll Be The Day

(live)

The Crickets, Albert Lee and Ronnie Wood

, 2004. Brian sings lead vocals and plays guitar. Length 2:06.
Written by Jerry Allison and Buddy Holly, originally recorded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets in 1957, and reached number 1 in the chart.
Recorded at the Strat Pack 50th Anniversary Concert at Wembley Arena, London, on 24 September 2004.
Available on the 'Strat Pack' DVD only.
Lyrics:
Well that'll be the day when you say goodbye, yes
That'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you're gonna leave you know it's a lie
'Cos that'll be the day when I die

Well you leave me all your lovin' and your turtle dovin'
All your hugs and kisses and your money too
Well you know you love me baby still you tell me maybe
That some day well I'll be true

Well that'll be the day when you say goodbye, yeah
That'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you're gonna leave you know it's a lie
'Cos that'll be the day when I die

Well that'll be the day when you make me cry
Yeah, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you're gonna leave you know it's a lie
'Cos that'll be the day when I die

Yeah, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yeah, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you're gonna leave you know it's a lie
'Cos that'll be the day when I die

Well that'll be the day (oooh, oooh, oooh)
That'll be the day (oooh, oooh, oooh)
That'll be the day (Sonny Curtis: one more) (oooh, oooh, oooh)
That'll be the day

Sonny Curtis: Thank you very much.
Brian May: Thank you
Ronnie Wood: What a band, what a man, all these songs they wrote, don't forget about them.

Someone To Die For

Jimmy Gnecco

, 2004. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:06.
Produced by Rick Rubin, mixed by Jason Lader.
Recorded by Jason Lader, Thom Russo and Justin Shirley-Smith. Additional engineering by Kris Fredriksson.
Available on the album 'Spider-Man 2'.
A demo version of this track also exists, but this does not feature Brian.
Lyrics:
Before you ended
I had a will but didn't know what it could do
You were abandoned
And still you're handing out what you don't wanna lose
You make me drop things
Like all the plans I had for a life without you

Someone to die for
Someone to fall into when the world goes dark
Someone to die for
Someone to tear a hole in this endless night
Someone
Like you

I'm drunk when sober
The room is spinning you are what I hold onto
You're taking over
I find that giving in is the best I can do

Someone to die for
Someone to fall into when the world goes dark
Someone to die for
Someone to tear a hole in this endless night
Someone
Like you

Someone to die for
Someone to die for
Someone to die
Someone
Someone
Someone

Someone to die for
Someone to fall into when the world goes dark
Someone to die for
Someone to tear a hole in this endless night
Someone
Someone
Like you

All The Way From Memphis

(live)

Ian Hunter

, 2004. Brian sings backing vocals and plays guitar. Length 5:25.
The track also features Joe Elliott on some lead vocals, and Mick Ralphs (guitarist of Mott The Hoople and Bad Company).
Written by Ian Hunter, and originally recorded by Mott The Hoople in 1973, which reached no 10.
Recorded at the Astoria Theatre, London, on 28th May 2004.
Available on the CD 'The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nothin' But The Truth' and DVD 'Just Another Night'.
Brian has also recorded a studio version of this track, full details can be found on the 'Another World' album page.

The soundcheck on the DVD also features the track, with a rehearsal lasting approximately 5:07, which is followed by under a minute of dialogue between Brian, Mick Ralphs and Ian Hunter about the track. The sound quality is far inferior to the concert version, so the piano and vocals are quieter, but at the same time the drums and guitar sound much heavier. Although some lyrics can be heard, many are too quite to decipher. However, most lyrics are unsurprisingly the same as the live version.
Lyrics:
Ian Hunter: Many, many years ago, you know, er, we had a lot of good bands open for us, and probably the biggest band of all was a band called Queen, yeah, they opened for us here and they opened for us in America, ladies and gentlemen Brian May. Joe Elliott, come on Joe, let's go. Where's Mr Elliott? Oh there he is. Brian covered one of my songs, did a very good job, and he knows the words, so shall we have a go?
Joe Elliott: Alright then.
Ian Hunter: Alright

Alright, wow
Hit me

I forgot my six string razor
And hit the sky
Half way to Memphis
'Fore I realised

But I rang the information
My axe was cold
They said she rides a train
Down to Oriole

Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rail
I look like a bum and crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis
Yeah

Well I got to Oriole, you know
It took a month
And there was my guitar
Electric junk

Some spacey rock 'n' rollers
You're all the same
Well that's your instrument
I felt so ashamed

Now it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl
And you climb up the mountains and fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis
Brian

Alright
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
'Cos your name gets hot and your heart grows cold
You gotta stay a young man, you can never be old
All the way from Memphis

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
From the Bradford Cities to the Oriole
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl
You gotta be a young man, you can never be old
All the way to Memphis

Yeah

I say all the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)

Ian Hunter: That's your lot. Joe Elliott, Brian May, Andy, Mick Ralphs, Gus, God bless, goodnight.

All Right Now

(live)

Paul Rodgers

, 2004. Brian plays guitar. Length 6:46.
Written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers, and originally recorded by Free in 1970 which reached no 2.
Recorded at the Strat Pack 50th Anniversary Concert at Wembley Arena, London, on 24 September 2004.
Available on the 'Strat Pack' DVD.
An edit of the track also appears on the song selection screen, from around 3:12 to 4:14, lasting 1:02 in total.
Full details of the original version, and other recordings with Brian and as Queen + Paul Rodgers, can be found on the Paul Rodgers Songs page.
Lyrics: (the lyrics in red appear in the song selection screen edit)
Paul: Now this next one is a, a song with a story, it's called All Right Now, and er, I wanna dedicate this, I wanna dedicate this to Paul Kossoff, and I know that er, Simon his son is out there. Brian May is gonna help me out with this one. My man, ha. I want you to help me, I want you to answer me and say 'yes I'm ready'.

Are you ready?
Audience/backing vocalists: Yes I'm ready
Are you ready?
Audience/backing vocalists: Yes I'm ready
Now count them in people
One, two
Audience: One, two, three, four

Alright
Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah
I gotta little story I wanna tell you now, listen up

There she stood in the street
Smiling from her head to her feet
I said a hey, what is this, now baby, now
Maybe she's in need of a kiss, uh, huh

I said a hey, what's your name baby
Maybe we can see things the same
Now don't you wait, oh, hesitate
Let's move before they raise the parking rate
You sing it

Audience/backing vocalists: All right now
(Audience/backing vocalists: Baby it's a all right now) hey yeah
Audience/backing vocalists: All right now
(Audience/backing vocalists: Baby it's a all right now) alright, let's try that thing again shall we

Are you ready?
Audience/backing vocalists: Yes I'm ready
Are you ready?
Audience/backing vocalists: Yes I'm ready
Now count them in again people
One, two
Audience: One, two, three, four
That's beautiful babe, ey, yeah, you know what, huh

I took her home to my place, huh, huh
Watching every move on her face
She said look, what's your game
Are you trying to put me in shame

I said slow baby, don't go so fast
Don't you think that love can last, ha
She said love, Lord above, ha, ha
Now you're trying to trick me in love
Come on and sing it for me

All right now
(Baby it's a all right now) I know, I know, I know it's
(All right now)
(Baby it's a all right now)
OK boy, let's bring out the toys

Mr Brian May, hey, ha, ha
Pino Paladino

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah

Yeah

Come on and take me higher
Wow

Here comes the chorus now, lookout
Everybody sing it baby

(All right now) do it baby
(Baby it's a all right now) your makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
(All right now) yeah, yeah, yeah
(Baby it's a all right now)
(All right now) ooh
(Baby it's a all right now) let me hear you Wembley, ha, ha, ha
(Audience: All right now)
(Audience: Baby it's a all right now) OK darlings it's all yours

(Audience: All right now) oooh-ee
(Audience: Baby it's a all right now) I'm not talking 'bout tomorrow
Audience: All right now
(Audience: Baby it's a all right now) hey
Audience: All right now
(Audience: Baby it's a all right now) makin' me feel alright
(Audience: All right now)
(Audience: Baby it's a all right now) I think they can do it one more, justa one more time
(Audience: All right now) baby
(Audience: Baby it's a all right now) yes I hear you
Audience: All right now
Audience: Baby it's a all right now

(All right now) hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Baby it's a all right now) ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, yeah
(All right now) oh, oh yeah
(Baby it's a all right now)
(All right now) I say yeah, we're so happy together
(Baby it's a all right now) we can't be beat, 'cos it's alright
(All right now) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're so good for each other
(Baby it's a all right now) everyday the sun is shining so bright
(All right now) alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
(Baby it's a all right now) baby it's alright, yeah
(All right now) alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
(Baby it's a) baby it's a all
Baby it's all right
Yeah
Oh yeah

Paul: Ha, ha, ha, ha. Thank you mate. Oh, that was a lot of fun.

Stay With Me

(live)

The Strat Pack

, 2004. Length 5:45.
The track features Paul Rodgers on vocals and guitarists Brian May, Joe Walsh, Hank Marvin, Ronnie Wood and others.
Written by Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart, originally recorded by The Faces in 1971, which reached no 6.
Recorded at the Strat Pack 50th Anniversary Concert at Wembley Arena, London, on 24 September 2004.
Available on the 'Strat Pack' DVD.
An edit of the track also appears on the song selection screen, which begins with a guitar sound-effect and then the section from 0:33 to 1:29, lasting 0:59.
Lyrics: (the song selection screen edit includes only the first verse)
In the morning don't say you love me
'Cos you know I'm gonna kick you out the door
I know your name is Rita 'cos your perfume's smellin' sweeter
Since when I saw you down on the floor
Guitar

Don't need too much persuading
I don't mean to sound degrading
But with a face like that you don't, nothing, nothing to laugh about
Red lips, hair and fingernails
I hear your a mean old jezebel
Let's go upstairs and read my tarot cards, come on

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you're gonna stay with me

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you're gonna stay with me

Come on
Yeah, yeah

So in the morning please don't say you love me
'Cos you know I'm gonna kick you out the door
Yeah, I'll pay your cab fare home
I'll even, you can use my best cologne
But please don't be here in the morning when I'm gone

Come on
Stay with me, yeah
Stay with me
For tonight you're gonna stay with me

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you're gonna stay with me
Everybody

(Audience: Stay with me) ow
(Audience: Stay with me) that's nice
(Audience: For tonight you're gonna stay with me) that's a killer key may

(Audience: Stay with me) oh yeah
Audience: Stay with me
(Audience: For tonight you're gonna stay with me) you're gonna stay, stay, stay

Audience: Stay with me
Audience: Stay with me
(Audience: For tonight you're gonna stay with me) yeah, yeah, get up, get up babe

Audience: Stay with me
Audience: Stay with me
(Audience: For tonight you're gonna stay with me)

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you're gonna stay with me
Yeah, yeah

Paul: What a beautiful night, thank you.

Il Mare....

Zucchero

, 2004. Brian plays guitar.
Written by Zucchero. The lyrics to the song are virtually all in Italian.
The full title of the track is: "Il Mare Impetuoso Al Tramonto Sali Sulla Luna E Dietro Una Tendina Di Stelle...."
Many thanks to Agostino for the lyrics.
Available Versions:
1. Album Version (3:55) (on the 'Zucchero & Co' album)
2. Live Version (4:17) (on the 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' CD and DVD, recorded on 6 May 2004)
Lyrics:
Voglio vederti ballare
senza tabù
un ballo da strappamutande
fallo di più
come on sister
è un volo proibito
amore e sesso, sesso, sesso
sono un assetato
xché tu sei l'acqua, l'acqua del peccato!
Il mare impetuoso al tramonto
salì sulla luna e dietro una
tendina di stelle...

Voglio vederti toccare
seduta nel bar
oppure davanti all'altare
a un passo da me,
come on sister
a un passo non posso
amore e sesso, sesso, sesso
sono un affamato
xché tu sei il pane, il pane del peccato!

Il mare impetuoso al tramonto
salì sulla luna e dietro una
tendina di stelle...

E sentirai la mia pelle
ovunque tu sarai
sulla tua pelle
sulla tua pelle

Balla bella,
che sei bella, come il peccato!

Il mare impetuoso al tramonto
salì sulla luna e dietro una
tendina di stelle...

e sentirai la mia pelle
ovunque tu sarai
sulla tua pelle
sulla tua pelle

Voglio vederti ballare, oddio non resisto
Voglio vederti vibrare, oddio non resisto
Voglio vederti godere, oddio non resisto
Voglio, ti voglio godere, oddio non resisto

Il mare impetuoso al tramonto
salì sulla luna e dietro una
tendina di stelle... se la chiavò!

Madre Dolcissima

(live)

Zucchero

, 2004. Brian plays guitar. Length 7:24, which comprises the intro to the song (0:57) plus the song itself (6:27).
Recorded at the 'Zucchero & Co' concert, at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 6 May 2004.
Available on the 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD only (not on the CD).
Many thanks to Agostino for the lyrics.
Lyrics:
Niente di nuovo
tranne l'affitto per me
che mi ritrovo
e mi riperdo perché
non ho più un Dio non ho
e ho perso l'anima
vago nel vento
vado però!
Niente di nuovo
tranne l'affitto per me
che ci riprovo
e non capisco cos'è
ti amo perché ne ho bisogno
non perché ho bisogno di te
io vago nel vento
vado però!

Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima

Niente di nuovo man
tranne l'affitto per me
e non è per caso che
vengo in ginocchio da te
madre dolcissima
carezzami la testa
che vado nel vento
vago però!

Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima

Jesus is breaking
Jesus is breaking
Jesus is breaking
Jesus is breaking

Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima
Mama salvami l'anima
Hey Mama salvami l'anima

Bad For Good

Meat Loaf

, 2006. Brian plays guitar. Length 7:30.
Available on the album 'Bat Out Of Hell III : The Monster Is Loose', which reached no 3 in the UK charts.
Written by Jim Steinman. The track was originally released on the 1981 Jim Steinman album of the same name.
A live version of the track also appears on the CD/DVD 'Three Bats Live', but this does not feature Brian.
Lyrics:
The sea is whipping the sky
The sky is whipping the sea
You can hide away forever from the storm
But you'll never hide away from me

The icy cold will cut us like a knife in the dark
And we may lose everything in the wind
But the northern lights are burning
And they're giving off sparks
I want to wrap myself around you like a winter skin

You know I'm onto your scent
We're near the end of the chase
Take a look out your window
I'll be there in the night
Oh, your love is so close that I can almost taste it

The cold will cut us like a knife in the dark
And we may lose everything in the wind (lose everything in the wind)
But the northern lights are burning and they're giving off sparks (sparks)
I want to wrap myself around you like a winter skin

You've been living your life like a girl in a cage
And you whisper when I want you to shout (whisper when I want you to shout)
And I'll never know why you wanna go on sleeping
When there's nothing left to dream about
But you'd better remember

If it's something I want then it's something I need
I wasn't built for comfort I was build for speed
If it's something I want giving something I need
I wasn't built for comfort I was build for speed

And I know that I'm gonna be like this forever
Never gonna be what I should
And you think that I'll be bad for just a little while
(Think that I'll be bad for just a little while)
And you think that I'll be bad for just a little while
But I know that I'll be bad for good

Your eyes are darker than sin
And I've been watching them glow
Take a chance on a promise and a roll of the dice
Put your foot on the gas let it go, let it go, let it go

You've been living your life like a girl in a cage
And you whisper when I want you to shout (whisper when I want you to shout)
And I'll never know why you wanna go on sleeping
When there's nothing left to dream about
But you'd better remember

If it's something I want then it's something I need
I wasn't built for comfort I was build for speed
If it's something I want giving something I need
I wasn't built for comfort I was build for speed

And I know that I'm gonna be like this forever
Never gonna be what I should
And you think that I'll be bad for just a little while
(Think that I'll be bad for just a little while)
And you think that I'll be bad for just a little while
But I know that I'll be bad for good
I know that I'll be bad for good
Not for just a little while
I know that I'll be bad for good
I know that I'll be bad for good

Bad for good
Bad for good
Bad for good

For the good of some thrills on a long frigid night
For the good of the fire in your soul
For the good of the kiss, let me hold you so tight
For the good of getting out of control
For the good of the action and a race in the dark
For the good of those chills up your spine
For the good of the rock and the roll in your heart
For the good of what's yours and what's mine
For the good of believing in a life after birth
For the good of your body so bright
For the good of the search for some heaven on earth
For the good of one hell of a night
For the good of one hell of a night

For the good of the action and a race in the dark
For the good of the fire in your soul
For the good of the hunger that eats at your heart
For the good of getting out of control
For the good of believing in a life after birth
For the good of your body so bright
For the good of the search for some heaven on earth
For the good of one hell of a night
For the good of one hell of a night

The sea is whipping the sky
The sky is whipping the sea
You can hide away forever from the storm
But you'll never hide away from me

The icy cold will cut us like a knife in the dark
And we may lose everything in the wind (lose everything in the wind)
But the northern lights are burning
And they're giving off sparks (sparks)
I want to wrap myself around you like a winter skin

I know that you can be bad at least a little while
But if you give me a chance, give me one little chance
And give me all the love that you should

Then instead of being bad for just a little while
(Instead of being bad for just a little while)
Then instead of being bad for just a little while
(Instead of being bad for just a little while)
Then instead of being bad for just a little while
I'm gonna make you bad for good

Not for just a little while
I'm gonna make you bad for good
Not for just a little while
I'm gonna make you bad for good
I know that you'll be bad for good
You'll be bad for good

Going Down

Don Nix

, 2006. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:53.
Available on the album 'Going Down - The Songs Of Don Nix'.
The music for this track was recorded in 2005 or 2006 and has so far been released credited to Don Nix (2006), Troy Turner (2010) and Leslie West (2015). Each one has identical music, which is just edited or mixed differently. Each version also has very similar vocals, which could be sung by the same person (as they have quite a distinctive, 'gruff' vocal), but there are a number of lyric changes suggesting that different takes were used. However, for some lines, Troy Turner's version definitely seems to have a different vocalist.
Reviews of the various albums suggest that Don Nix, Troy Turner and Leslie West all play on the track, but none are particularly clear regarding the vocalist.
Lyrics:
Hey, hey

Going down
Down, down, down, down, down
Going down
Down, down, down, down, down
Got my big feet in the window
Head down on the ground, hey

Let me down
Slam that boxcar down
Hey, let me down
Slam that boxcar down
Going back to (unknown lyric)
Sleep on sister, I replied
Wow

Hey
Let me down

Owww
Let's go easy now

I'm going down
Down, down, down, down, down
Hey
Going down
Down, down, down, down, down
Got my big feet in the window
Head down on the ground
How
Hey
Alright

Move It

Cliff Richard

, 2006. Length 4:05.
Brian plays guitar and possibly sings backing vocals. Written by Ian Samwell.
This track was previously performed live by Brian and Cliff, with S Club 7, at the 2002 Party At The Palace concert.
Available on the album 'Two's Company - The Duets', and also released as a double-A sided single with '21st Century Christmas' and reached no 2 ('Move It' is the lead track on the 7" single and the second track on the CD).
Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on pretty baby, move it, groove it
Shake baby shake, please don't lose it
This rhythm that gets into your heart and soul
Well let me tell you people it's called rock and roll

They say it's gonna die but honey please let's face it
Well they just don't know what's a going to replace it
Well ballads and calypso's have got nothing on
Real rock 'n' roll that just drives along
Honey, move it
Come on, move it
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Move it, move it, move it, yeah
Move it, move it, move it, come on
Move it, move it, move it, ah, move it, move it, move it
Move it, move it, groove it

Come on pretty baby, let's move it, groove it
Shake baby shake, please don't lose it
It's all over town there's a brand new beat
And it's a hanging in the air like a Mississippi heat

There are fireflies in the night, bull frogs croakin'
Here comes the train and boy is she smokin'
Headed out from New Orleans and clear to L.A
You better get ready it's a brand new day
Move it, yeah, yeah, move it, move it, move it

Move it, move it, move it
Move it, move it, groove it
Move it, move it, move it
Move it, move it, groove it
Move it, move it, move it
Move it, move it, move it
Move it, move it, move it
I'm gonna move it, move it, move it
Shake it, move it, move it, make it
(Move it, move it, move it) never fake it
Move it, move it, move it
Move it, move it, move it

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Diana Ross

, 2006. Brian plays guitar and bass. Length 3:14.
This version is a complete re-working of the track, and Brian's solo is very different to the original.
This track was originally recorded by Queen for the 1980 album 'The Game'.
There is only one version of this track, despite two versions being listed on iTunes.
Lyrics:
This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love
It cries in a cradle all night
It swings, it jives
It shakes all over like a jelly fish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
He knows how to rock 'n' roll
He drives me crazy
He gives me hot and cold fever
And he leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
Get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch hike
Take a long ride on my motorbike
'Til I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

Ooh

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
Get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch hike
Take a long ride on a motorbike
'Til I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
He knows how to rock 'n' roll
He drives me crazy
He gives me hot and cold fever
And he leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love
Crazy
Crazy little thing called love

Crazy little thing called love
Ooh
It's crazy, hey, hey
Ha, ha, ooh
Crazy little thing called love
I ain't ready
Oooh

Let's get ready to rock

Tanto Amor No Es Bueno

Momo Cortes

, 2007. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:17.
This track is a Spanish re-working of 'Too Much Love Will Kill You', which was previously recorded by both Brian May and Queen, and by Claire Sweeney featuring Brian.
Brian performs a brand new guitar solo for the track, which is available on the album 'Constante Contradiccion'.
Momo Cortes was the original 'Galileo' in the Spanish production of 'We Will Rock You'. Many thanks to Nacho (Momo's manager) for the lyrics.
Lyrics:
Tan sólo soy una mitad de lo que fui
Amargas lágrimas hoy caen sobre mí
Muy lejos de mi hogar
He estado solo demasiado tiempo ya

Siento que nadie dijo nunca la verdad
Sobre lo duro en esta vida y no es normal
Estoy hecho un lío amor
Voy mirando atrás para encontrar mi error

Tanto amor no es bueno, si no puedes decidir
Buscas el amante o el amor que dejaste ir?
Directo hasta el desastre nunca leo una señal
Tanto amor no es bueno al final

Tan sólo soy la mala sombra del que fui
Parece que ya no hay salida para mí
Solía darte el sol
Y ahora sólo ofrezco desamor

Qué harías tú si estuvieras en mi piel?
Es que no ves que es imposible escoger?
No existe sensatez aquí
Doy un paso y es para perder

Tanto amor no es bueno, lleno de inseguridad
Agotado ya no puedo, lloro y grito en soledad
El dolor me vuelve loco, asesino de mi amor
Tanto amor no es bueno, tanto amor

Tanto amor no es bueno
Es mentira todo en el
Tanto amor no es bueno
Nunca entenderé porqué

Mi vida di, mi alma vendí
Y eso aprendí
Tanto amor no es bueno, y no lo vi

No lo vi

We Belong

Lynn Carey Saylor

, 2007. Brian plays guitar and sings backing (and some lead) vocals. Length 4:28.
This song is a cover version, the original was recorded by Pat Benatar, and reached no 22 in 1985. Brian's parts were recorded on 5 April 2006.
Danny Miranda and Spike Edney also appear on the track, which is available on the 2007 album 'You Like It Clean', alongside 'If We Believe'.
Lyrics: (Brian sings lead vocals for the lyrics in red, but sings joint-vocals throughout most of the song)
Many times I've tried to tell you
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone

Don't want to leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind

We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong, we belong, together

Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know
What to do with my strength anyway

Have we become a habit?
Do we distort the facts?
Now there's no looking forward
Now there's no turning back

When you say
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong, we belong, together

Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best to
Try and wash the palette clean

We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere

So you say
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong, we belong, together

We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong, we belong, together

We belong, we belong, we belong
We belong, we belong, we belong, we belong
We belong, we belong, we belong, we belong
We belong, we belong, we belong

All You Need Is Love

Bandaged

, 2009. Brian plays guitar.
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and originally recorded by The Beatles, reaching no 1 in 1967.
This track was recorded for the 'Children In Need' charity and features many different musicians. It was released as a single and also appears on the 'Bandaged Together' album.
This track was previously performed by Paul McCartney, with various artists including Brian and Roger, at the 2002 Party At The Palace concert.
Musicians:
Vocals - Sharon Corr, Peter Gabriel, Midge Ure, Bryan Ferry, Heather Small, Imedla May, Hayley Westenra, Paloma Faith, Lee Mead, Clare Teal, Cara Dillon, Bailey Tzuke, Red Hurley, Terry Wogan, Finbar Furey, Ade Edmondson, Troy Donockley, Andy Dinan, Hugh Cornwell, Anthony Head and Beth Rowley
Guitar - Brian May, and Midge Ure (Pudsey Mix only)
Acoustic guitar - Terry Taylor
Drums - Nick Mason
Bass - Bill Wyman
Piano - Jason Rebello
Available Versions:
1. Single Version (3:28) (available on the single titled as 'Full Track', and also on the 'Bandaged Together' album)
2. Chapel Edit (3:07) (a straight edit, omitting the orchestral intro, starting with the vocals at 0:08, and fading out earlier, by 3:15)
3. Pudsey Mix (3:21) (an alternate version, similar to normal, but it omits the orchestral intro, Midge Ure sings the first two verses, there are some alternate vocalists, it has different music in places, and part of Brian's solo are replaced by orchestral music)
4. Goodnight Mix (unknown length) (available on the 'Bandaged Together' album, alongside the single version) (unknown details)
Lyrics: (the Chapel edit loses the last four lines. The Pudsey Mix adds the lyrics in red but loses the lyrics in blue)
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love is all you need (love is all you need)

There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done
There's nothing you can sing that can’t be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It’s easy (it's easy)

There’s nothing you can make that can’t be made
Nothing no-one you can save that can’t be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It’s easy

All you need is love (do-do-do-do-do)
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

All you need is love (do-do-do-do-do)
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need, love is all you need

There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be
It’s easy

All you need is love (do-do-do-do-do)
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need, love is all you need

(Altogether now)
All you need is love (do-do-do-do-do)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need, love is all you need
Love is all you need, love is all you need
Love is all you need, love is all you need
All you need is love love is all you need
Love is all you need
Love is all you need (love is all you need)
Love is all you need (ooh, oh, oh)
Love is all you need (Halleluljah) (oh, oh, oh)
Love is all you need (oh, oh, oh), love is all you need
Love is all you need, love is all you need
All you need is love
Love is all you need (around)
Love is all you need (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Love is all you need (yeah, yeah, yeah)
All you need is love love is all you need
Love is all you need (ooh, ooh)
Love is all you need, love is all you need
Love is all you need (ooh, ooh)
Love is all you need (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Love is all you need

Somebody To Love

Catherine Porter

, 2009. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:41.
Available on the album 'Gems For Ruby'.
This track was originally recorded by Queen for the 1976 album 'A Day At The Races'. This is a re-working of the track, and is much slower and simpler than normal. Brian's guitar is very different to the original, and was recorded on 7 March 2008.
Lyrics:
Each morning I get up and die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord, what you doing to me
I spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief, Lord
Somebody, ooh somebody
Can anybody find me
Somebody to love
Ooh, oooh

I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end I take home my hard earned pay
All on my own
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord
Somebody, oh-oh, somebody
Can anybody find me
Somebody to love

Oooh, ooh
Oooh, ooh
Ooh, hey
Oooh, ooh

I got no feel, I've got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm OK, I'm alright
Ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord

Somebody
Please find me someone
Can anybody find me
Somebody to love, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Somebody to love

Love Is Not Real

(Next Time You Stab Me In The Back)

Meat Loaf

, 2010. Brian plays guitar. Length 7:32.
Available on the album 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear'.
Written by Meat Loaf, Justin Hawkins, Eric Nally and Rob Cavallo.
The track features Brian and Steve Vai on guitar, Rob Cavallo on extra guitar, and Justin Hawkins on backing vocals.
Please note, Brian does not appear on the track 'Song Of Madness', from the same album, despite it being promoted.
Lyrics:
There have been many
Sightings of love in truth
The sceptic in me longs for to see
Of love some proof
Only for you does this happen
Only for you do I care

Love is not real
Love is a hoax
It's just a dream
I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here
Love is somewhere else
It's somewhere far
No man I've ever known's come close

It can be vicious, heartless
Dire and cruel
In spite of my mind, my heart longs to find
Fire and fuel
Only for you do I do this
Only for you do I care

Love is not real
Love is a hoax
It's just a dream
I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here
Love is somewhere else
It's somewhere far
No man I've ever known's come close

My girlfriend doesn't want to know me
And my friends think I've lost the plot
I've become a liability
I got to do something but I don't know what
I'm hearing voices, I can't see straight
I think I might be going insane
Can't make my own decisions
And I just can't wait to mess it all up again

I never thought that I would succeed
Beyond the wildest dreams I've ever dreamt
But everything's become so hackneyed
Familiarity only breeds contempt
So I'm ruining your life, I'm bored with mine
I'm acting like I couldn't care less
Another bottle and another line
Another stranger to undress

(Next time you stab me in the back)
(You'd better do it to my face)
(Next time you stab me in the back)
(You'd better do it to my face)
Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face
Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face

When you forget what you cannot forgive
The terms are so much easier to come to with
When we look at what we're going through and desaturate
'Til everything is simple
Love or hate
Love or hate

I've been searching
I've been searching my soul
I've seen the brightest star
I've seen the blackest hole
I've found a way to cope with every twist of fate
Now everything is simple
Love or hate
Love or hate

Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face

And when that love comes crawling back to me to say
I've been away but please let me stay with thee
No way
Never again will I do this
Never again will I care

Love is not real
Love is a hoax
It's just a dream
I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here
Love is somewhere else
It's just a dream
I've had so many nights alone

Love is not real
Love is a hoax
It's just a dream
I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here
Love is somewhere else
It's somewhere far
No man I've ever known's come close

Don't Have To Speak

Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders

, 2010. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:44.
Available on the album 'Red Light Fever', alongside 'Way Down' (also featuring Brian) and 'Your Shoes' (featuring Roger).
Brian's involvement in this track was not credited on any of the press releases promoting the album, but he definitely appears and is credited in the sleeve notes.
Lyrics:
So you spend all of your days
Falling asleep to dream
'Cos you know that looking ahead
Ain't what it used to be
And you keep on telling yourself baby now
This is not the way that it was supposed to be
For me
For me

You did your time
Did you do the best you could
You spent so much time
No one else ever would

You get so frustrated
When you see the ones you thought would never leave
How could it be
How could they leave

Don't have to speak
'Cos I already know
Sometimes you just leave behind the ones you can't let go

Don't have to speak
'Cos I already know
Sometimes you just leave behind the ones you can't let go

Have no regrets
That's what you would always say
You'll get respect
If you make it your own way

If you run out of patience
You will find out what it means to lose it all
Losing it all
Losing it all

Don't have to speak
'Cos I already know
Sometimes you just leave behind the ones you can't let go

Don't have to speak
'Cos I already know
Sometimes you just leave behind the ones you can't let go

Don't have to speak
'Cos I already know
Sometimes you just leave behind the ones you can't let go

And you keep on telling yourself baby now
This is not the way that it was supposed to be
For me
For me

Way Down

Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders

, 2010. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:48.
Available on the album 'Red Light Fever', alongside 'Don't Have To Speak' (also featuring Brian), and 'Your Shoes' (featuring Roger).
Lyrics:
Where do you go with all of those guys
They read like a map and tell you right where you are
Can you still relate, and do you want to?

What do you see when you turn off the lights
And you close all the doors, alone in the night
Can you still escape, or does it haunt you?

Better want you back because it's party time
Hold on if you think you're guilty of the crime

Way down, that's where you go
When everything starts to feel like a show
They want you now, but do they really want you?

Who do you blame when it all falls apart?
And the town that you waste brings you back to the start
Baby, this is what you have to go through

No-one gets by without any scars
And the truth and the lies can't hide who you are
Just another face that you can talk to

Better want you back because it's party time
Hold on if you think you're guilty of the crime

Way down, that's where you go
When everything starts to feel like a show
They want you now, do they really want you?

Way down, that's where you go
When everything starts to feel like a show
They want you now, do they really want you?

Better want you back because it's party time
Hold on if you think you're guilty of the crime

Way down, that's where you go
When everything starts to feel like a show
They want you now, do they really want you?

Way down, that's where you go
When everything starts to feel like a show
They want you now, do they really want you?

Way down, that's where you go
When everything starts to feel like a show
They want you now, do they really want you?

We Will Rock You

(live)

Tangerine Dream

, 2011. Brian plays guitar and sings lead vocals. Length 10:25.
Recorded live at the Starmus Festival, at the Magma Art & Congress Centre, Tenerife, Spain, on 24 June 2011.
Available on the album 'Starmus - Sonic Universe'.
This track begins with a 1:54 guitar solo, followed by 'We Will Rock You' itself for 2:35, another guitar solo for 0:40, and the rest is mostly improvised.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'News Of The World' album page, while other guitar solos can be found on the Live Solos & Improvisations page.
Lyrics:
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking that can all over the place
Singing

(We will, we will, rock you) yeah
(We will, we will, rock you)

Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Fighting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace
Waving that banner all over the place
Singing

(We will, we will, rock you) know what you sing
(We will, we will, rock you)

Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place

(We will, we will, rock you) yeah
(We will, we will, rock you) little louder now
(We will, we will, rock you)
(We will, we will, rock you)

Yoü And I

Lady Gaga

, 2011. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:07.
Available on the album 'Born This Way'. This track has a very 'We Will Rock You'-esque beat.
Apparently Brian performed a solo which was much longer than that eventually included on the album.
The track was released as a single in September 2011, as a picture disc featuring 2 remixes, or a download EP featuring seven remixes. Unfortunately they are all complete remixes, retaining little of the original music, and do not include any of Brian's solo. As well as this a whole raft of radio edits were issued, including standard edits of the album version at 3:26, 4:06 and 4:14, and alternate versions which substitute 'Nebraska' for the name of various US states or cities, these being California (3:58), Cleveland, Denver, Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Texas (4:06), Connecticut (4:22), Kentucky (5:07), and no doubt others. These are available on YouTube and as they were recorded off the radio, some miss the full intro or outro, so the times above reflect the length of what would be the full version.
Lyrics:
It’s been a long time since I came around
Been a long time but I’m back in town
This time I’m not leaving without you

You taste like whiskey when you kiss me, ooh
I’ll give anything again to be your baby doll
This time I’m not leaving without you

You say sit back down where you belong
In the corner of my bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch where we
Made love the first time and you said to me there's

Something, something about this place
Something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face
Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah, something about baby you and I

It's been two years since I let you go
I couldn't listen to a joke or rock 'n' roll
Muscle cars drove a truck right through my heart

Oh, the birds they sing me a heart of gold
With a guitar humming in overloads
This time I'm not leaving without you, oh-oh-ooh, oh-oh-ooh

Sit back down where you belong
In the corner of my bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch where we
Made love the first time and you said to me there's

Something, something about this place
Something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face
Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah, something about baby you and I

You and I
You, you and I
You, you and I
You, you and I
You and I
You, you and I
Oh yeah, would rather die
Without you and I
Come on
Put your dreams to

We've got a whole lotta money but we still pay rent
'Cos you can't buy a house in heaven
There's only three men that I'm a-serving my whole life
It's my daddy and Nebraska and Jesus Christ, there's

Something, something about the chase
Six whole years
I'm a New York woman born to run you down
So all my lipstick all over your face
Something, something about just knowing when it's right
So put your dreams away
From Nebraska, from Nebraska, Nebraska I love you
You and I
You, you and I
Baby, I'd rather die
Without you and I
You and I
You, you and I
Nebraska, I'd rather die
Without you and I

It's been a long time since I came around
Been a long time but I'm back in town
And this time I'm not leaving without you

I Do

Steve Cropper

, 2011. Brian plays guitar, sings lead vocals, and backing vocals. Length 2:46.
Available on the album 'Dedicated - A Tribute To The 5 Royales'.
Lyrics:
Hey, beautiful
Tell me, what's your name?
I really go for you
I hope you feel the same

I wanna know you baby
Don't you wanna know me baby
I wanna know you baby
I do, I do, I do, I do

I wanna know you baby
Don't you wanna know me baby
I wanna know you baby
I do, I do, I do, I do

One and one is two
Two and one is three
Tell me that you love me
Then I'll be alreet

I wanna know you baby
Don't you wanna know me baby
I wanna know you baby
I do, I do, I do, I do

While I go down to carrying on
Now I'm feeling low
I really could go for you
Say you love me so

I wanna know you baby
Don't you wanna know me baby
I wanna know you baby
I do, I do, I do, I do

I wanna know you baby (oh yeah baby)
Don't you wanna know me baby (yeah, yeah)
I wanna know you baby (baby)
I do, I do, I do, I do

I wanna know you baby
Don't you wanna know me baby
I wanna know you baby
I do, I do, I do-ooohh

Brian May Collaborations

2004-2011

Peggy Sue

(live)

Maybe Baby

(live)

I Fought The Law

(live)

Oh Boy

(live)

That'll Be The Day

(live)

Someone To Die For

All The Way From Memphis

(live)

All Right Now

(live)

Stay With Me

(live)

Il Mare....

Madre Dolcissima

(live)

Bad For Good

Going Down

Move It

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Tanto Amor No Es Bueno

We Belong

All You Need Is Love

Somebody To Love

Love Is Not Real

(Next Time You Stab Me In The Back)

Don't Have To Speak

Way Down

Going Down

Supernova

(Real Star Sounds) (live)

Last Horizon

(live)

Sally's Garden

(live)

We Will Rock You

(live)

Yoü And I

I Do