Credits
- Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards
- Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
- John Deacon - bass guitar
- Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals, keyboards, drum programming
- David Richards - programming, keyboards
Discography
Albums:
Singles:
Compilations:
| NOW 16, CD, UK, 1989, CD NOW 16
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| The Wild One, CD, UK, 1990, CDP79649062
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| Red Hot Metal, CD, UK, 1991, CCD 21
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| Musikexpress 9, CD, Germany, 1997, 10/1997
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Alternate Versions:
- 7" Edit Remix - 1989 US CDS Promo Capitol DPRO-79746
- Karaoke Instrumental - Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
- 12" Extended - 12" Collection: CDQ TEL 0001
- 1989 US CD Now Edit - 1989 US CDS Promo Capitol DPRO-79746
- 1989 US CD Almost Now Edit - 1989 US CDS Promo Capitol DPRO-79746
- 1998 eYe Instrumental 2:04 Edit - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
- A New Life Is Born: Original Demo - Unreleased
- Drumbeat Instrumental - Unreleased
Queen Talks
"It's the prime example what we were talking about before, I mean, the track 'Breakthru' sort of stemmed from Roger, really, it's basically his track. But the sort of a capella vocal bit in front was from someone else, as we've said: we have 30 tracks, and that was a little piece that I thought was quite good, and I didn't want it to go amiss, and I just said, 'Oh, well, we’ll just put it in front of "Breakthru".' It’s basically another song, sort of seem to go away quite nicely, so, we just snipped it."
Freddie Mercury - 29/05/1989, BBC Radio One (interview with Mike Read)
"I very much like the track, this is a Roger track, full of energy, and the track speaking lyrically is about breaking through to the next part of your life."
Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary
Additional Information
- As explained by Freddie above, the introduction of 'Breakthru' was derived from an unreleased song of his titled A New Life Is Born. A longer, but not necessarily more complete, version of the song was recorded during sessions for The Miracle.
Covers
Cover Versions
Chords & Tabs
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Lyrics
When love breaks up
When the dawn light wakes up
A new life is born
Somehow I have to make this final breakthrough
Now
I wake up
Feel just fine
Your face
Fills my mind
I get religion quick
Because you're looking divine
Honey you're touching something you're touching me
I'm under your thumb under your spell can't you see
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough - oh yeah
Breakthrough these barriers of pain
Breakthrough to the sunshine from the rain
Make my feelings known towards you
Turn my heart inside and out for you now
Somehow I have to make this final breakthrough
Now!
Your smile speaks books to me
I break up
With each and every one of your looks at me
Honey you're starting something deep inside of me
Honey you're sparking something this fire in me
I'm out of control
I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough
Oh yeah
Breakthrough breakthrough
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough
Breakthrough
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