Credits

• Written by: Freddie Mercury and Giorgio Moroder
• Produced by: Freddie Mercury, Giorgio Moroder, and Mack
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - vocals, synthesizers (?)

Brian May - possible guitars (see Additional info)

Roger Taylor - possible programmed drums (see Additional info)

John Deacon - possible bass guitar (see Additional info)

Mack - synthesizers (?), programming (?)

• Length: 4:28

Discography

Albums:

	The Freddie Mercury Album, 1992
	The Great Pretender, 1992
	Remixes, 1993
	Solo, 2000
	The Solo Collection, 2000
	Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs: The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury, 2006

Singles:

	Love Kills, 1984 A-side
	I Was Born To Love You, 1985 US B-side
	In My Defence, 1992 B-side

Alternate Versions:

• Film Version, released on Metropolis (Length: 1:40; features different lyrics – not the "wrong" lyrics, as detailed below, but a marginally different variation)
• Extended Version, released on Love Kills, I Was Born To Love You, and The Solo Collection (Length: 5:21)
• Instrumental Version, released on The Solo Collection (Length: 4:24; features elements of both album and extended versions)
• Original Richard Wolf Version, released on In My Defence, The Great Pretender, and The Solo Collection (Length: 3:28)
• Richard Wolf Euro Version, released on In My Defence and Remixes (Length: 3:25)
• Rock Mix, released on The Solo Collection and Solo (Length: 4:27; remixed by Carl Ward and Colin Peters in 1992, with additional guitar by Johnny Bivouac)
• Star Rider Remix, released on Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs (Length: 3:39)
• Sunshine People Radio Mix, released on Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs (Length: 3:16)
• Rank 1 Remix, released on Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs (Length: 7:18)
• Pixel82 Remix, released on Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs (Length: 6:13)
• More Oder Rework by The Glimmers, released on Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs (Length: 6:53)

Soundtracks:

Metropolis, 1984

Additional info

• Freddie was asked by Giorgio Moroder to contribute to a 1984 update of Fritz Lang's classic 1927 silent film Metropolis. The update was to include contemporary rock music, with contributions from the likes of Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, and Jon Anderson. It's not known if "Love Kills" was written originally as a Queen track or if it was written to order, but the original plan was to feature the song on The Works. Brian recently (2000) revealed that the released version almost definitely features his guitar work and Roger's programmed drums, but it's not known if the bass is by John or if it's synthesized (it sounds like the latter).
• The Metropolis album sleeve features a completely different set of lyrics to the familiar version, though the audio features the standard lyrics. It's not known if these were the original lyrics by either Freddie or Giorgio; see the lyrics section to go to the original words page on Andy's Queen site.

Lyrics