Credits

• Written by: Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran
• Produced by: Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, and David Richards
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - vocals

Mike Moran - keyboards

David Richards - drum programming

• Length: 3:42 ("I Can't Dance" - 2:04; "Keep Smilin'" - 1:38)

Discography

Albums:

The Solo Collection, 2000

Additional info

• Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 17 February 1987, during sessions for Barcelona, but most likely not intended for that album. It's possible that Freddie was either recording demos for an upcoming Queen project or considering working on another solo album; whatever his plans, "I Can't Dance / Keep Smilin'", along with other tracks recorded at this time – Holding On, It's So You, and Yellow Breezes – wouldn't progress beyond the demo stage and remained unreleased until 2000.
• "Keep Smilin'" was written for Colin Preston, a young Queen fan who considered himself a Freddie look-alike. Colin was involved in a car accident and slipped into a coma, and Colin's parents asked if Freddie could visit their son. Instead, the vocalist took opportunity of studio time and wrote and recorded a song especially for Colin, then sent the tape to his family, who reported back that it made a difference; sadly, Colin died shortly afterward, and the family reassured Freddie that the tape would be buried with him so that no one could make a copy.

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