Five Live (George Michael and Queen EP)

Five Live
EP by George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield
Released	19 April 1993
Recorded	1974 22 March 1991 20 April 1992
Genre	Pop rock dance-pop
Length	28:46
Label	Hollywood (US and Canada) Parlophone (rest of world)
Producer	Queen George Michael Roy Thomas Baker
George Michael chronology
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) Five Live (1993) Older (1996)
Queen chronology
The 12″ Collection (1992) Five Live (1993) Made in Heaven (1995)
Lisa Stansfield chronology
Real Love (1991) Five Live (1993) So Natural (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Freaky Trigger	4/10[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Music Week	[4]

Five Live is an EP released in 1993, featuring five (in some countries, where it is considered to be a reduced-length long-playing album, six) tracks, performed by George Michael, Queen, and Lisa Stansfield. "Somebody to Love" and "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (both also available on video) were recorded at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium.

All proceeds from the sale of the EP benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Sales of the record were very strong throughout Europe, where it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and several European countries, either considered as a single, or charting on album charts as an extended play or an LP. Chart success in the US was far less spectacular, but the EP still peaked at number 46 on the Billboard 200.

A shortened version of "Killer" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", a live medley performed by Michael at Wembley Arena, was released as a further independent single, in some territories only. The singer also shot a music video for it, but did not personally appear in full face. The video was directed by Marcus Nispel.

While "These Are the Days of Our Lives" is played by the remaining members of Queen, the vocal is a duet between George Michael and Lisa Stansfield.

The sixth track – only featured on some versions of the release – is represented by a short performance by Queen, entitled "Dear Friends", originally sung by Freddie Mercury. Recorded in 1974 and originally appearing on the band's Sheer Heart Attack album, this constitutes the one studio recording on the record. It was not included in the UK vinyl of the EP.

Usually, countries where the six-track work is distributed consider it to be a short LP, whereas those where the five-track (hence its title) work is available generally tend to see it as an EP or even (if "Killer" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was not marketed independently in those same territories) as a particularly long or content-rich single.