In 1990, Queen were recording their 14th studio album – Innuendo. Unbeknown to the public, Freddie Mercury was dying from complications from AIDS. Regardless of his condition, he continued to work with his bandmates to make the album happen.
During one session, Brian May heard John Deacon and Roger Taylor play through a chord sequence. Inspired, he sat with Mercury and created what is arguably one of the most iconic Queen songs of all time, and also one of the most personal. This was a song about fighting on and how we should keep going – even in our darkest moments.
For Mercury, it was fighting, literally, for his life. On a more personal note, for me, it’s about enduring. I’ve had some not so great time in the last decade and a bit but something that’s helped me is this. My fight isn’t as intense as Mercury’s was, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a fight.
Words by Megan