Princes of the Universe

"Princes of the Universe"
"Princes of the Universe"
	Australian single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album A Kind of Magic
B-side	"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" (US); "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Japan); "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (Australia); "Was It All Worth It" (2000 Dutch CD single);
Released	12 March 1986 (US); 6 October 1986 (Japan);
Recorded	1985–1986
Genre	Hard rock; heavy metal;
Length	3:32
Label	Capitol (US); EMI (Japan);
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Queen; Reinhold Mack;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"Princes of the Universe" on YouTube

"Princes of the Universe" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and performed by the British rock band Queen, originally released as a single in the United States on March 12, 1986, via Capitol Records. The song was written for the film Highlander, and released on the album A Kind of Magic, which also featured other selections from the Highlander song score on June 2, 1986.^[4] In 1999 it was included in Queen's compilation album Greatest Hits III.^[5]

In terms of musical style, the song is notable for being one of the most hard-edged tracks performed by the band, featuring a bombastic sound reminiscent of contemporary hard rock and heavy metal and vocals by Mercury akin to opera. A music video for the song, which featured Mercury briefly re-enacting the film's sword-fighting scene with the titular character, achieved some notoriety.^[6]^[7]

^ "Queen singles".
^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Princes of the Universe - Queen | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Queen Interviews - A Kind of Magic". Queen Archives. The Times. 21 June 1986. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Freestone, Peter (2001) Freddie Mercury: an intimate memoir by the man who knew him best p.96.Omnibus Press, Retrieved 22 January 2011
^ "Queen - Greatest Hits III". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 April 2021
^ Cite error: The named reference Screen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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[1] "Queen singles".

[Allmusic-2] Guarisco, Donald A. "Princes of the Universe - Queen | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[3] "Queen Interviews - A Kind of Magic". Queen Archives. The Times. 21 June 1986. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[high-4] Freestone, Peter (2001) Freddie Mercury: an intimate memoir by the man who knew him best p.96.Omnibus Press, Retrieved 22 January 2011

[5] "Queen - Greatest Hits III". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 April 2021

[Screen-6] Cite error: The named reference Screen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Queen_Videos-7] Cite error: The named reference Queen Videos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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