Brian May Collaborations
1967-1986
This page features details of Brian May's collaborations with other artists, recorded between 1967 and 1986.
Eddie Howell - The Man From Manhattan
Trax - Unknown
Ian Hunter - You Nearly Did Me In
Freddie Mercury - Love Kills and She Blows Hot And Cold (Alternative Version)
The Left Handed Marriage - Appointment, Give Me Time, I Need Time, She Was Once My Friend, Sugar Lump Girl and Yours Sincerely
Jonathan Kelly - Fork In The Road
Lonnie Donegan - Diggin' My Potatoes and I'm Just A Rolling Stone
Quartz - Circles
Def Leppard - Travellin' Band (live)
Heavy Pettin' - Lettin' Loose (album): In And Out Of Love, Broken Heart, Love On The Run, Love Times Love, Victims Of The Night, Rock Me, Shout It Out, Devil In Her Eyes, Hell Is Beautiful
Jeffrey Osbourne - Stay With Me Tonight and Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
Billy Squier - (Another) 1984
Chris Thompson - Shift In The Wind (parts 1 & 2)
Minako Honda - Crazy Nights and Golden Days
Ramoncin - Como En Susurro
Appointment
, 1967. Brian plays guitar and sings backing vocals. Length 2:33.
Written by Bill Richards, recorded on 28 June 1967 or possibly 31 July 1967.
Available only on the 1993 album 'Crazy Chain'. You come home from late night parties
Tiptoe kiss, there's nothing that you miss
Chased by all the rich at parties
Do you leave sometime at three
Now we've lost our old enjoyment
I'm your friend, I don't need an appointment
You know all the latest songs to sing
Social tramp, political land
You can talk on almost anything
But you rise in your conversation
I know I'm no great excitement
I'm your friend, I don't need an appointment
Well you try to get by
Without your friends you've left behind
Folks you meet who smile so sweet
Can be unkind to you and even let you down
Average craze, can only last nine days
This week on the sights and nights of town
Whatever next you're just out of context
Please forgive all this discouragement
I'm your friend, I don't need an appointment
But you try to get by
Without your friends you've left behind
Folks you meet who smile so sweet
Can be unkind to you and I won't help you
All avoid all that is destroyed
So before you vanish out of view
Ivory tower can you spare an hour
Life goes on but spare the sentiment
I'm your friend, I don't need an appointment
Appointment
Appointment
Give Me Time
, 1967. Brian plays guitar.
Currently unreleased
I Need Time
, 1967. Brian plays guitar and sings backing vocals. Length 3:11.
Written by Bill Richards and Brian May, recorded on 28 June 1967 or possibly 31 July 1967.
Available only on the 1993 album 'Crazy Chain'. Time never was my best friend
To the end it will try to catch me out
Even the light of sunrise hurts my eyes
I don't know what each day's about
I need time and in time I'll catch up with the rest
I'll do my best as long as I can take my
Time to work out where I've gone somehow wrong
In the life that was so good
People shall tax me so fast till I blast
I don't know a thing I should
I need time and in time I'll catch up with the rest
I'll do my best as long as I can take my
Time to recall happiness lest I lose it all
Time to start sorting my brain into lanes
Simply must break through that wall
Now on the stage spinning plates, as it takes
And he finds he has them all
I need time and in time I'll catch up with the rest
I'll do my best as long as I can take my time
Time to sit back think it out, round about
Without running everywhere
And if I get in their way they'll just say
It's your life why should we care
I need time and in time I'll catch up with the rest
I'll do my best as long as I can take my time
She Was Once My Friend
, 1967. Brian plays guitar and sings some backing vocals. Length 3:12.
Written by Bill Richards, recorded on 28 June 1967 or possibly 31 July 1967.
Available only on the 1993 album 'Crazy Chain'.
This track has a virtually identical guitar intro to 'Earth' by Smile. The vicar with his battered suitcase
Stops the paperboy to make sure
That it's Sunday, no-one else knows
Bicycles crash where the wind blows
In the hall of my window
Lives the silence of my teeth on edge
People stare as though I'm jumping
Do they want to help or something?
She was once my friend
Friends aren't made too fast
She was once my friend
A friend that didn't last
I was radio's noisy adverts
At my ears and spoiled my shaving
Life is hard and life is horrid
Life is sometimes not worth saving
Statement from the bank
And open letters that won't get replies
Told them all I've lost a lover and a friend
And that was some surprise
She was once my friend
Friends aren't made too fast
She was once my friend
A friend that didn't last
The day she went away
Was not a sunny day
As I pass my weary eyes
Down pages packed with cultural interest
I recall a winter of warts
And midnight jobs
And things that we liked best
I would not ask many favours
Just nice smiles and funny ways
Of songs of burning and songs of yearning
Muddled me, the bitter taste of space
She was once my friend
Friends aren't made too fast
She was once my friend
A friend that didn't last
The day she went away
Was not a sunny day
She was once my friend, my friend for life
And what a life, believe me
She was once my friend, my friend for life
And what a life, believe me
She was once my friend for life
I'm crying, for a life so dying
She was once my friend, my friend for life
And what a life
Sugar Lump Girl
, 1967. Brian plays guitar.
Currently unreleased
Yours Sincerely
, 1967. Brian plays guitar.
Currently unreleased
Fork In The Road
Jonathan Kelly
, 1968-1973 (exact date unknown). Brian plays guitar.
Although this track is often credited to being recorded around 1990, according to the author of Jonathan Kelly's website, it was recorded around 1973, when Brian was still in Smile, alongside three other tracks. This was also confirmed by Brian (or at least, when asked, he did not deny it). However, Brian was in Queen in 1973, not Smile, which would mean the recording could have been anytime between 1968-1973.
Diggin' My Potatoes
, 1977. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:32.
Available on the 'Puttin' On The Style' album, which was reissued on CD in 2007.
This track also features Elton John on piano. My vine's all green, my potato's red
I thought you was my friend till I caught you in my bed
Yeah, digging up my potatoes, trampling on my vine
Yeah, I had a worried feeling wrestling on my mind
Oh, I love you in the winter, I love you in the fall
But in between them blankets baby I love you best of all
Yeah, digging up my potatoes, trampling on my vine
Yeah, I had a worried feeling wrestling on my mind
Yeah, I crept up to the window, I thought I heard a whine
I heard somebody waaaah, Lord, you dirty swine, yeah
Digging up my potatoes, trampling on my vine
Yeah, I had a worried feeling wrestling on my mind
Woo
Yeah, I crept up to the window, 'cos I thought I heard a moan
I heard somebody waaah, you, you're sucking on my sweet bone
Hey, digging up my potatoes, trampling on my vine
I had a worried feeling wrestling on my mind
Yeah, a dollar is a dollar, Lord, a dime is a dime
I love you baby, well, most of the time
Yeah, digging up my potatoes, trampling on my vine now
And I had a worried feeling wrestling on my mind
E.J. sock it to me
Wooh
Wooh, wooh, wooh
Two old ladies sit down in the sand
Watching Lonnie Donnegan playing with the hairy band
Hey, digging up my potatoes, trampling on my vine
And I had a worried feeling wrestling on my mind
Yeah, wrestling on my, wrestling on my
Wrestling on my, wrestling on my
Wrestling on my
Wrestling on my
Wrestling on my
Wrestling on my
Wrestling on my, wooh
Wrestling on my
Wrestling on my
I said it's wrestling on my
I'm Just A Rolling Stone
, 1977. Brian plays guitar and sings backing vocals. Length 7:30.
Available on the 2007 CD reissue of the 'Puttin' On The Style' album, though not included on the original.
This track also features Elton John on piano.
The booklet of the album states that Brian appears on a track called 'The Grand Coulee Dream' and not this one, but this is definitely incorrect. I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Gone, so long
I ain't got a home
Hey my mama
Told my papa
On the day that I was born
Yeah my mama told my papa now
Yes she did now
And it was on the day
Yes the day that I was born
Said he's gone, what a pity, yeah
Just a rolling stone
And I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Gone, oh so long
Lord, and I ain't got a home
When I was nothing
I mean, I was nothing but
Nothing but a little baby child
Yes, I remember when I was nothing but a baby child
Lord, I was nothing but a baby, baby child
All these pretty women
Lord, they tried to drive me wild
And that's why I'm a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Lord, I'm a rolling stone
Gone, oh so long
I ain't got a home
Lord, I went down to the railroad station
And I looked up upon the board
I went down to the railroad station
Lord, yes I did now
And I looked up on the destination board
Said the place where you live little Lonnie
Ah, is way on down that old dusty road
'Cos I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Gone, so long
Lord, I ain't got a home
Brother E.J, yeah
Woo
Yeah
Oww
Yeah
I'm just six months
Ain't no (unknown lyric)
(unknown lyric), yeah
Ain't no time
I said (unknown lyric) Don't you hear me what I say to you now
Lord, I won't yeah, no time
So goodbye pretty baby
Ain't love
I'm gonna get it on down the line, yeah
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Gone, so long
I ain't got a home
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Said I'm a rolling stone
I'm just a rolling, rolling, rolling stone
I'm just a rolling stone
Rolling stone
Rolling
Circles
, 1977. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:35.
This track was only released a B-side to the 'Stoking The Fires Of Hell' single, but later included as a bonus track on the 2004 reissue of the 'Stand Up And Fight' album. It was produced by Tony Iommi and also includes Ozzy Osbourne on backing vocals. Ooh, turn out the lights so I can't see your face
Don't tell me your name, I don't care
When you leave in the morning, forget where you've been
Don't mention this one night affair
You know it's started
Twisting the knife through my brain
You know it's started
Playing your silly games
Can't fill your place with the hole in my life
But I beg you to stay through the night
Can use your emotion, I'll imagine she's there
But maybe I'll get me some self satisfaction
You know it's started
Twisting the knife through my brain
Inside and outside, raining down
Somebody new
Inside and outside, making no sound
You know it too
People running round in circles
Round in circles, yeah
People running round in circles
Round in circles, yeah
People running round in circles
Round in circles, yeah
People running round in circles
Round in circles, yeah
Can't stop things running through my head
Open your mind to the one in your bed
Turn out the lights so I can't see your face
Don't tell me your name, I don't care
When you leave in the morning, forget where you've been
Don't mention this one night affair
Well, you know it's started
Twisting the knife through my brain, twisting the knife through my brain
Wah-uh
Wah-uh
Wah-uh, people running round in circles
Wah-uh, people running round in circles
Travellin' Band
(live)
, 1983. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:32, which includes an introduction; the true song length is 4:26.
This track was recorded at the LA Forum in 1983, and is edited down from 8:43. It appears on disc 2 of the Deluxe edition of 'Pyromania', although the disc is incorrectly labelled as disc 1.
The track was originally recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1970, and this version includes a short part of the Led Zeppelin track 'Rock And Roll'. Joe Elliott: Oi, Rick Savage, yeah. Here we go, right I said we got a suprise for you, and we have, and a big one at that. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome, all the way from England, Queen's Brian May. Has everybody had a good time tonight? Alright then, I'll tell you what we're gonna do, we're gonna count this one in together, alright? Alright. Here we go. One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, three, four 747 coming out of the sky
Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride
I'm gonna move
Playing in a travelling band, oh yeah
Well, I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Playing in a travelling band
Take me to my hotel
Baggage goin' nowhere
Come on, come on, get me to my room
I'm gonna move
Playing in a travelling band, oh yeah
Well, I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Playing in a travelling band
Steel rock
Here we go again on a Saturday night
With your fussing and your fighting, won't you get me to the right
I wanna move
Playing in a travelling band, yeah
Well, I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Playing in a travellin'
A travelling band Joe Elliott: Los Angeles, are you still out there? If you're really still out there, prove it to us. We wanna see everybody with their hands way, way, way up above their heads now. Now all we need are the lights on the crowd and now just have a look at yourselves and give yourselves a round of applause Well, I'm just playing in a travelling band
Playing in a travelling band
Oh, I've gotta get my hand
Playing in a travelling band
Well, I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Playing in a travelling band Joe Elliott: Brian May I'm playing in a travelling band
Playing in a travelling band
Oh, I've gotta get my hand
Playing in a travelling band
Well, I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Playing in a travelling band
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled
It's been a long time since I did the stroll
Calling me back, calling me back, calling me back
Baby, where I come from, woh-ooh yeah
Well, I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
And I'm flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Flying across the land
Trying to get a hand
Playing in a travelling band
Ooh, yeah Joe Elliott: (unknown dialogue, sounds like 'we love you Tokyo')
Lettin' Loose
(album)
, 1983. Album produced by Brian May and Mack.
The album seems to have been released under the name of 'Heavy Pettin' aswell as 'Lettin' Loose'.
1. In And Out Of Love
2. Broken Heart
3. Love On The Run
4. Love Times Love
5. Victims Of The Night
6. Rock Me
7. Shout It Out
8. Devil In Her Eyes
9. Hell Is Beautiful
The reissue CD adds two bonus tracks of 'Roll The Dice' and 'Shadows Of The Night', but these were not produced by Brian.
Three singles were released:
- Rock Me (single version), Shadows Of The Night (not Brian) (with the album version of 'Rock Me' added to the 12")
- In And Out Of Love (single version), Love On The Run (the 12" version features an extended version of 'In And Out Of Love', and adds the non-Brian track 'Roll The Dice')
- Love Times Love, Shout It Out (the 12" version adds a live version of 'Hell Is Beautiful')
In And Out Of Love
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack.
Available as track 1 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. 1. Album Version (3:52)
2. Single Version (3:30) (an edit of the album version, losing some instrumental sections) I understand your meaning
I take your point real good
You want me sit and beg girl
Take it as understood
I don't control the system
That makes your body sweat
Oh, I want you to love me
Every night, everywhere
(In and out of love) she told me she loved me
(But love is not enough) oh, lead me away
(In and out of love) I've gone all to pieces
She can't hear a word that I say
(Nothing that I say) in and out of love
(Nothing that I say) in and out of love
I only wanted your body
I only wanted to squeeze
Oh, I wanna be loved girl
See some action with you
I need a woman that's right, yeah
So get down on your knees
In the middle of the night
You'll be begging me please
(In and out of love) she told me to love her
(But love is not enough) oh, lead me away
(In and out of love) I've gone all to pieces
She can't hear a word, come on, come on, come on, let it go
(In and out of love) she told me to love her
(But love is not enough) oh, lead me away
(In and out of love) I've gone all to pieces
She can't hear a word, nothing that I say
(Nothing that I say) in and out of love, that's what I say
(Nothing that I say) I've been in and out of love
(Nothing that I say) she told me to love her
(Nothing that I say) she took me in and out of love
(Nothing that I say) well little lover
Broken Heart
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 4:16.
Available as track 2 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. When you say I love you
Never want it to be true
Believe, but I felt, your heart's a stone
And you say it's hard luck
Puttin' love, but never to receive
Where did our love go wrong
Love, love is lost with you and me
But it's something that I used to be
In time, time will give our tears a start
Had to mend that broken heart
Lying beside you
Can't feel your body close to me
Why do I feel so wrong
'Cos you hurt me bad girl
Never thought that this could happen to me
Why did you lead me on
Love, love is lost with you and me
But it's something that I used to be
In time, time will give our tears a start
Had to mend that broken heart
Love, love is lost with you and me
But it's something that I used to be
In time, time will give our tears a start
Had to mend that broken heart
Love, love is lost with you and me
But it's something that I used to be
In time, time will give our tears a start
Had to mend that broken heart
Love On The Run
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 4:03.
Available as track 3 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. Sounds like it always did
But nothing ever stays the same
People trying to change my life
Hear voices inside my brain
Oh, I know the score round here
I'll tell you what you want to hear
My life in black and white
The price a 'lil can of beer
Tease me (wild horses)
Use me (won't stop me)
Gotta (keep rocking)
Heavy metal
Love 'em (don't squeeze me)
Leave 'em (don't tease me)
And I say
As long as they're breathin'
I met a girl about five foot two
Long blonde hair, eyes a blue
I wanted her to be mine all mine
She said "another place in another time"
'Cos you tease me (wild horses)
Use me (won't stop me)
Gotta (keep rocking)
Heavy metal
Love 'em (don't squeeze me)
Leave 'em (don't tease me)
And I say
As long as they're breathin'
Love on the run
Sure is hell, but it sure is fun
Love on the run
Can't you hear me coming like a loaded gun
Shoot ya
I like my music hard and loud
I live too fast and I'm young and proud
Keep on trying to get it right
But it still turns out the same
Keep on shooting me those lines
About chasing women's a waste of time
I know you're right but in my heart
When the night time comes then the women start
Tease me (wild horses)
Use me (won't stop me)
I gotta (keep rocking)
Heavy metal
Love 'em (don't squeeze me)
Leave 'em (don't tease me)
And I say
As long as they're breathin', breathin'
Yeah, love on the run
Sure is hell, but it sure is fun
Love on the run
Can't you hear me coming
Oh, like a loaded gun
Shoot me
Yeahhh
All right
Tease me
Use me
I gotta
(Ain't no stopping)
Love 'em
Leave 'em
And I say
Love on the run
Sure is hell, but it sure is fun
Love on the run
Can't you hear me coming
Love on the run
Sure is hell, but it sure is fun
Love on the run
Can't you hear me coming
I'm like a loaded gun
All right, yeah
Yeah
Ha, ha
One down
Yeah
Yeah
Love Times Love
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 4:01.
Available as track 4 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. Too much
Hey
Knocking on the door was the last thing I remember
I woke up in her arms
I want her to kiss my body the way she said I'm sorry
She took me with her charms
On a night like this I could hardly remember
Hardly remember where I'd been
On a night like this you would never believe me
Never believe what I'd seen
I said love times love (love times love)
The love you gave to me
Love times love (love times love)
Love was all you were after, look what happened to me, yeah, yeah
Look what happened to me, yeah
Oh, look what happened to, ow
Sitting in a bar room trying to drown my sorrows
I found out she was gone
Then in runs a man, eh, trying to get my spunk up
When I showed him just where to get off
At a time like this who wants to pick a fight
When you feel like you should be dead
At a time like this "ain't seen it" he cried
Thinking about the good times, good times we had
Love times love (love times love)
The love you gave to me
Love times love (love times love)
Love was all you were after, look what happened to me
And knocking on the door was the last thing I remember
Woke up in her arms
I want her to kiss my body the way she said I'm sorry
She took me with her charms
On a night like this I could hardly remember
Hardly remember where I'd been
On a night like this you would never believe me
Never believe what I'd seen
I said love times love (love times love)
The love you gave to me
Love times love, sing it (love times love)
Love was all you were after, look what happened to me
Victims Of The Night
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 5:21.
Available as track 5 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. Yeah
Can you hear the cries as they scream out in the night
The children live in fear, the victims of the night
(Raging like thunder) flashes line the sky
(They're going under) too many young were born to die
You can't stop though you can't even try
Death is waiting, writing in the sky
They will attack
They will return
No turning back
They'll watch you burn
Take your forces (attack)
Turn your night into day
Take no prisoners
No-one stands in your way
Fight for your life here today
Raise your flag up high and lift it to the stars (unknown lyric) the one that got them all
(Pain and destruction) is what they leave behind
(Death and corruption) they bring to home again
You can't stand though you can't even try
Death is waiting, writing in the sky
They will attack
They will return
No turning back
They'll watch you burn
Take your forces (attack)
Turn your night into day
Take no prisoners
No-one stands in your way
Fight for your life here today
Today
Take your forces (attack)
Turn your night into day
(Night into day)
Take no prisoners
No-one stands in your way
Take your forces (attack)
Turn your night into day
(Night into day)
Take no prisoners
No-one stands in your way
Fight for your life here today
Rock Me
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack.
Available as track 6 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. 1. Album Version (5:00)
2. Single Version (3:10) (an edit of the album version, losing some verses and instrumental sections) Into the night
Star shining bright
Leave your crowd drawn and ready
Too late to see
If it's all meant to be
But it's too late
When the lights come down
Into the light
On a hot summer night
Hear the crowd drawn and ready
It's there to see
And it's all meant to be
So get it right rock steady
(They've all been waiting) anticipating
(No turning back so) get on with the show
(Just get on up now) get down and rock 'n' roll And then you find it was all in your mind
Plant a stage in your relay
Can't you see it was all meant to be
When another man rocks you, yeah
(They've all been waiting) anticipating
(No turning back so) get on with the show
(Just get on up now) get down and rock 'n' roll Oh yeah
Oh yeah
(Rock me) oh now, just let it go
(Rock me) get out
(Rock me) and let your feelings show
(Rock) and roll
I've got somethin' now I'm gonna give you Dim the lights
And the night
Leave your stage as it seems, yeah
They came to see
If it's all meant to be
But it's too late
(They've all been waiting) anticipating
(No turning back now) so get on with the show
(Just get on up now) get down and rock 'n' roll (They've all been waiting) anticipating
(No turning back now) so get on with the show
(Just get on up now) get down and rock 'n' roll
Oh yeah
(Rock me) oh now, just let it go
(Rock me) well let your feelings show
(Rock me) I want to see some action
Baby, let go
Ooh, I'm gonna let it go
Now rock me
Never gonna stop
Shout It Out
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 3:42.
Available as track 7 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. Ohhhh, yeah
You're trying hard to express yourself
Think you know just what it's about
Then someone tells you that you're way out of line
And you don't know what you're singing about
Well, well, well
Let me tell you something, maybe it's news to you
I'm in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm gonna growl, I'm gonna scream and shout
Maybe let it get out of hand
Shout it out
Shout it out
Shout it out
Shout it out
Back on the road again, bright lights
It's the life we all dream about
It never changes, it's still the same
It's the life I can't live without
It's another hall in another town
The people they're still the same
If they liked you once and they like you twice
Then come back again and again
Shout it out
Shout it out
Shout it out
Shout it out
Hit it
Ohh, yeah
Ow
That's right now, ahhhhhh
You're trying hard to express yourself
Think you know just what it's about
Then someone tells you that you're way out of line
That you don't know what you're singing about
Well, well, well
Let me tell you something, maybe it's news to you
I'm in a rock 'n' roll band
Yeah you, you're gonna growl, you're gonna scream and shout
Maybe let it get out of hand
Maybe let it get out of hand
Shout it out
Shout it out
Shout it out
Shout it out
I said shout it out (shout it out, shout it out)
Shout it out (shout it out, shout it out)
You gotta shout it out (shout it out, shout it out)
Ha, ha, shout it out
Two, three, four
Devil In Her Eyes
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 5:10.
Available as track 8 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. All the stories 'bout you messing in your bedroom
I hope that they ain't true
There's been a rumour spread
And something that I ain't forgetting
Tell me now that it ain't you
I'm not a man who'll mix my words
When a woman cheats on me
But the whole town knows about it baby
Everybody except me
I lie awake at night
Alone until the morning light
There's nothing much that I can see
I wonder where you are
The boulevard or in a bar
My love for you's a mystery
I should have guessed a girl like you
Couldn't live with just one man
But the love we shared for each other
You've given to another man
She got the devil in her eyes
Comes as no surprise
Yeah, it's hard to realise
When a woman's got the devil in her eyes
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cos girl I got to make you mine
Ain't no getting away from me
Them alibis that helped you out
You know your time is running out
To live for love with you and me
I should have guessed a girl like you
Couldn't live with just one man
But the love we shared for each other
You've given to another man
She's got the devil in her eyes
Comes as no surprise
Yeah, it's hard to realise
When a woman's got the devil in her eyes
Gotcha
Devil in her eyes
Yeah, comes as no surprise
Yeah, it's hard to realise
When a woman's got the devil in her eyes
Devil in her eyes
Comes as no surprise
Yeah, it's hard to realise
When a woman's got the devil in her eyes
Devil, the devil
Devil in her eyes
I said she's got the devil (devil)
The devil (the devil)
The devil in her (devil in her eyes)
Ow, she's got the devil (devil)
I said she's got the devil (the devil)
She's got the devil in her
Devil in her eyes
Ow, I said she's got the devil (devil)
Ow, she's got the devil (the devil)
She's got the, she's got the devil
In her (devil in her eyes)
Devil, the devil
Hell Is Beautiful
, 1983. Produced by Brian May and Mack. Length 4:08.
Available as track 9 on the album 'Lettin' Loose'. Can you see the fingers moving as they hold up their guitars
The fretboard running confusion as it heads up to the stars
Can you see the fires are burning down below your standing feet
Heads are shaking, hands are clapping
You think they're really great
Hell's a bad place (depends on who you are)
It's a bad place (it's where they burn up their guitars)
You've got a bad face (hell is beautiful)
Hell is beautiful, beautiful
And the stars they're really burning, in the night you'll feel the heat
As the band appears before you as you get up in your seat
All hell breaks loose around you, smoke it fills your eyes
The devil's taking over, too late to realise
Hell's a bad place, yeah (depends on who you are)
It's a bad place, oh yeah
You've got a bad face (hell is beautiful)
Hell is beautiful, beautiful
Ow
Hell's a bad place (depends on who you are)
It's a bad place
You've got a bad face (hell is beautiful)
Hell is beautiful, beautiful
Hell's a bad place
Well it's a bad place (it's where they burn up their guitars)
You've got a bad face (hell is beautiful)
Hell is beautiful, beautiful
Yeah
Ow, guitar
I don't wanna go
Won't go
Hell
'Cos I'm a (unknown lyric)
Stay With Me Tonight
, 1983. Brian plays guitar.
Available on the album 'Stay With Me Tonight', and also released as a single, which reached no 18 in the charts. 1. Original Version (5:00) (on the album and 7" single only)
2. Extended Version (5:56) (on the first 12" single only)
3. Club Mix AKA Dub Mix (6:40) (on the second 12" single only)
4. Soul Mix (unknown length) (on one of the two 12" singles only)
5. Froggy Mix (5:04) (on the 'You Should Be Mine' 12" single only) Another morning, you are on my mind
Takin' up my time throughout the day
I try control, every chance I see
Always you with me, that's in my dreams
You give me fever, love I can't explain
Fire uncontained, what is this, girl?
I try to fight, but I never win
Seems I just give in to your embrace
But oh, you try so hard not to say
Oh, all the things you do to me, and girl, oh
Oh, my love can't be concealed, girl, you know the deal
Baby, stay with me tonight
At my apartment, you've come to the door
Quarter after four AM, hello
We start to kiss, ooh we start to neck
You know what comes next, and you love it, girl
But oh, what we have it feels so good
Oh, and we both knew that it would, and girl
Oh, oh, the feeling is so right, please come hold me tight
Baby, stay with me tonight
'Cos you give me special joy
Oh, make me feel just like a schoolboy, girl
Oh, give me feelings of delight
Please turn out the light
Baby, stay with me tonight
'Cos I love you
You know I really do love you, girl
It's been my innermost fantasy
To share and care and to give my love to you through the night
You call me crazy, maybe that is true
But what can I do, I love you, girl
You got me movin', movin' left and right
Deep within the night, come here, my dear
You give me fever, love I can't explain
Fire uncontained, what is this, girl?
I try to fight, but I never win
Seems I just give in to your embrace
But oh, oh I pray you never leave, oh
'Cos my heart would surely grieve so, girl
Oh, and you know I would not lie, girl, you are my pride
Baby, stay with me tonight
'Cos you give me special joy
Oh, make me feel just like a schoolboy, girl, oh
Oh, the feeling is so right, please come hold me tight
Baby, stay with me tonight
Yeah, yeah
Need you by my side, baby
Oh, baby stay with me tonight
Oh, oh, ooh
Baby stay with me tonight
Oh, oh, ooh, baby
Ooh, ooh
Baby, baby, baby, yeah
I wanna run my fingers through your hair
Whisper sweet things in your ear
Oh, ooh
Stay with me tonight
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Baby, stay with me tonight
Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
, 1983. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:45.
Available on the album 'Stay With Me Tonight'. You got mad at your man tonight
So you're out to get revenge now
You walked in and you busted him
Messing with your best friend
I saw the look that was on your face
You're so determined to make him pay
You wanna fight fire with fire
But that ain't the way, no
If you ask me girl I think you're going too far
I'm gonna give you some advice that's straight from my heart
I'm tellin' you
Two wrongs don't make a right
So don't you give up your love tonight
Take some time, talk it out (talk it out)
Before it's too late, ohh (check it out)
Things aren't always the way they seem
When you think that you've been cheated
Maybe you weren't where you should have been
To give him what he needed
Your so-called girlfriend was on the move
She made it hard for him to refuse
She offered hot love and desire
Now who do you blame, oh
Do you take it out on him, girl are you sure
That you wanna give your love away to even the score
Remember
Two wrongs don't make a right
So don't you give up your love tonight
Maybe you should think twice
Don't make a mistake, no
Two wrongs don't make a right
Don't do nothing you'll regret tonight
Take some time, talk it out (talk it out)
Before it's too late, oh (check it out)
And before you do something you'll be sorry for
Girl I think you'd better be sure
You know temptation can be great, oh yeah
It knows how to sneak it's way into your life
It's calling out to you tonight
There's still a chance that you can save
Your love before it's too late
If you ask me girl I think you're going too far
I'm gonna give you some advice that's straight from my heart
I keep trying to make you understand
You don't have to go and get revenge
'Cos two wrongs don't make a right
So don't you give up your love tonight
Maybe you should think twice
Don't make a mistake, no
Two wrongs don't make a right
Don't do nothing you'll regret tonight
Take some time, talk it out (talk it out)
Before it's too late, oh (check it out)
Two wrongs don't make a right
So don't you give up your love tonight
Maybe you should think twice
Don't make a mistake, no
Two wrongs don't make a right
Don't do nothing you'll regret tonight
Take some time talk it out
(Another) 1984
, 1984. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:53.
Available on the albums 'Signs Of Life' and 'Reach For The Sky - The Anthology'.
'Signs Of Life' was later released as part of a double CD with the 'Emotions In Motion' album. From over the air comes a voice without care
Says we’re doin’ all right
But day out and day in from what he’s been sayin’
We’re in for a fight
I glance at myself and the world rushin’ by
I can see for myself and the fear comes alive
Shades of termination, we’re dyin’ to survive
1984
1984
Machine is the mind, it will rule by design
So you’re never alone
We store information without confirmation
Accept the unknown
I think to myself of the times we have tried
To be true to ourselves and to live with the lie
Avoid the contradictions, just keep yourself alive
1984
1984
1984
1984
I can’t help it (ahh, ahh)
I can’t help it (ahh, ahh)
I can’t help it
Life is your decision, we choose to do or die
Can you live with the reality of 1985?
Polite conversation ain’t no consolation
For blanks in your eyes
Amidst the confusion there lives the illusion
That love will survive
But I got a chance with myself if I try
To be sure of myself and myself choose to try
Fight for stimulation and love to stay alive
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
Shift In The Wind
(parts 1 & 2)
, 1984. Brian plays guitar. Length 6:41.
Available on the albums 'Radio Voices', 'If You Remember Me - The Very Best Of Chris Thompson' and 'Backtrack'. 1. 'Backtrack' Version (4:18+) (available on the 'Backtrack' album only; this is a shorter version which is equivalent to approximately 0:20 to 4:30, omitting the instrumental intro and outro; it seems to have some minor mixing changes but is essentially the same, with identical lyrics) In this world
Thee and me
Find ourselves
The key
With these hands
Touching souls
Reaching out
For goals
Reaching out for goals
So many times you've left untold
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
Children die
Every minute
The price is high
Well isn't it?
When you know
There's food for all
The time has come
The nations call
Calling out for goals
So many times you've left untold
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
Making a good life
Making a good life for all
Making a good life
Making a good life for all
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
What we need
Is a shift in the wind
Crazy Nights
, 1986. Brian wrote the track, produced it, and plays guitar.
The track was recorded as both English vocal and Japanese vocal versions, though they are musically slightly different, particularly at the beginning. 1. English Vocal Version (4:26) (available as the B-side to the UK 'Golden Days' single only)
2. Japanese Vocal Version (4:05) (available as a single in Japan, and on the albums 'Best Now', 'Golden Days' and 'Golden Best') You wrote me a letter
You called me your friend
You made me feel better
Until you got to the end
You sounded so lazy
Never could fight
I used to be crazy baby
To let you in my life
(Crazy nights) Love leave the light on
(Crazy nights) We kiss and we fight on
(Crazy nights) Wearing the bedclothes
(Crazy nights) But I can forget those crazy nights
Got to be the best nights of our lives (crazy nights)
You took me to Venice
You took me to Rome
I beat you at tennis
So you sent me home
When you're feeding your ego
You treat me so nice
But mainly where we go baby
I'm lying there seeing your lies
(Crazy nights) Ooh got to care me
(Crazy nights) Nothing to save me
(Crazy nights) You put under pressure
(Crazy nights) Baby better guess your crazy nights
Got to be the best nights of our lives
Crazy nights, crazy nights
Crazy
One two three four one let's go
I shouldn't find your letter, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm telling no lies
I got to be dead and buried
To let you leave my life (let you leave my life)
(Crazy nights) Love leave the light on, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Crazy nights) We kiss we kiss we kiss and we fight on
(Crazy nights) You put under pressure
(Crazy nights) Baby better guess your crazy nights
Got to be the best nights of our lives
(Crazy nights) Mainiti mainiti baby
(Crazy nights) Nanikao
(Crazy nights) Nakushite
(Crazy nights)
Sagashite itamonowa
Jibun kamo shirenai
Crazy nights
Crazy nights
Crazy
Crazy, crazy, crazy
Crazy nights
Ah, ah, ah, ah
So crazy, so crazy
Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy nights
So crazy, so crazy, so crazy
Ah, ah, ah, ah
So crazy, so crazy
So crazy, so crazy
So crazy
Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy nights
So crazy, so crazy
Ooohh, ooh, ooooh
So crazy
Ah, ah, ah, ah
So crazy, so crazy
Golden Days
, 1986. Brian wrote the track, produced it, and plays guitar.
The track was recorded as both English vocal and Japanese vocal versions. It was later recorded by Brian and Kerry Ellis for the 2017 album of the same name, and full details are available here. 1. English Vocal Version (4:10) (available as a single in the UK only)
2. English Vocal Version 2006 Remix (4:25) (available on the 'Kokoro Wo Komete' album only; this was remixed by Brian, and features additional percussion, more prominent guitar, and a couple of extra lyrics at the end)
3. Japanese Vocal Version (4:25) (available as the B-side to the Japanese 'Crazy Nights' single, and on the albums 'Best Now', 'New Best Now' and 'Golden Days') Golden corn waving in the sun
Golden days unaware we run
Well I won't forget the sound
Golden dreams shattered on the ground
Oh I miss you
Golden days
Oh you'll never know
Golden days
In the sunshine of this year
I remember your face so clear
If you want, we can journey back
Find the traces of our golden days
Golden days
Golden days
How I miss you
Those golden days
Say you hear me
Say your heart beats
Say your love burns on in the rain
And I hold you
And I’ll touch you once again
Golden corn waving in the sun
Golden days unaware we run
Golden days
Golden days
How I miss you
Those golden days
Golden days
Golden days Golden days
Golden days
Golden days
Como En Susurro
, 1986. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:01.
Available on the album 'La Vida En El Filo', and released as a 7" single in Spain only (edited to 4:00). It is also available on iTunes, on the album 'Coleccion Privada'.
The lyrics are in Spanish, so I am unable to correct any errors. Como un susurro que recorre la ciudad
Así me llega el recuerdo de ti.
Una luz que se quiebra en la oscuridad
Un gemido que rompe el silencio.
Como el aire te quiero para respirar
Sin tus ojos mi vida no brilla.
Un deseo se apaga buscándote amor
Como una piedra me dejas sin vida.
No puedo dejar de querer
No quiero cambiarte por nada.
Gritare hasta que salga el sol
Moriré si no estas a mi lado.
Quiero ver lo que tu ves
Y tocar lo que tu tocas
Acariciar toda tu piel
Y tenerte en mi boca
Como la sangre
Que no tiene por donde pasar
Así se queda mi vida sin ti.
Una luz que se quiebra en la oscuridad
Una lagrima triste no llega a caer.
A mi lado te siento siempre
Por mi espalda te noto llegar