Credits

• Written by: Queen
• Produced by: Queen and David Richards
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead vocals

Brian May - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals

John Deacon - bass guitar

Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals

• Length: 4:32

Discography

Albums:

	Innuendo, 1991
	Greatest Hits II, 1991
	Classic Queen, 1992 USA
	Greatest Hits III, 1999
	Return Of The Champions, 2005

Singles:

	The Show Must Go On, 1991
	The Show Must Go On, 1991 CD Single Box

Alternate Versions:

• LP Vinyl Edit - Innuendo: Parlophone PCSD 115
• Karaoke Instrumental - Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
• 1998 eYe Full Instrumental - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S

Queen Talks

"It's my favorite song on the album, now. It's got that kind of sadness, but it's hopeful."

Brian May - August 1991, Guitar World

"Typical Queen, sort of a closing track, metaphorical in a way."

Roger Taylor - 1993

"'The Show Must Go On' came from Roger and John playing the sequence, and I started to put things down. At the beginning, it was just this chord sequence, but I had this strange feeling that it could be somehow important, and I got very impassioned and went and beavered away at it. I sat down with Freddie, and we decided what the theme should be and wrote the first verse. It's a long story, that song, but I always felt it would be important because we were dealing with things that were hard to talk about at the time, but in the world of music, you could do it."

Brian May - 1994

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Chords & Tabs

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Lyrics