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I Was Born to Love You (song)

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{{Short description|1985 single by Freddie Mercury}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Was Born to Love You
| cover = I Was Born to Love You cover.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = [[Freddie Mercury]]
| album = [[Mr. Bad Guy]]
| A-side = "I Was Born to Love You" (extended version, 12-inch single only)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Mercury Singles Discography |url=http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/freddie-mercury/discography/singles.htm#I%20Was%20Born%20To%20Love%20You |website=www.ultimatequeen.co.uk}}</ref>
| B-side = Stop All the Fighting
| released = 8 April 1985
| recorded = 1984
| studio =Musicland Studios, Munich
| genre = *[[Synth-pop]]<ref name="Louder">{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/freddie-mercury-never-ever-ever-boring|title=Freddie Mercury: never, ever, ever boring|lang=en|website=loudersound.com|publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing Limited Quay House]]|archive-date=2019-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207182653/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/freddie-mercury-never-ever-ever-boring}}</ref>
*[[dance-pop]]<ref name="Louder"/>
| length = 3:37 (7-inch and album version) 7:03 (12-inch extended version)
| label = [[CBS]]
| writer = Freddie Mercury
| producer = * [[Reinhold Mack]]
* Freddie Mercury
| chronology = Freddie Mercury
| prev_title = [[Love Kills (Freddie Mercury song)|Love Kills]]
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = [[Made in Heaven (song)|Made in Heaven]]
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vNhhAEupU4g|"I Was Born to Love You"}}}}
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Was Born to Love You
| cover = Queen+-+I+Was+Born+To+Love+You+-+3 +CD+SINGLE-313795.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 2004 Artwork for Japanese release
| type = single
| artist = [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| album = [[Made in Heaven]]
| released = 28 February 1996<ref name="goo">{{cite web|url=http://music.goo.ne.jp/cd/CDDORID270723-1/index.html|title=クイーンアイ・ワズ・ボーン・トゥ・ラヴ・ユー - goo 音楽 (Release information - Queen - I Was Born to Love You)|language=ja|access-date=2008-06-28|work=music.goo.ne.jp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423055233/http://music.goo.ne.jp/cd/CDDORID270723-1/index.html|archive-date=23 April 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> (Japan only)
| recorded = 1984, 1993–1995
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 4:49
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| writer = Freddie Mercury
| producer = Queen
| chronology = Queen
| prev_title = [[A Winter's Tale (Queen song)|A Winter's Tale]]
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[Too Much Love Will Kill You#Queen version|Too Much Love Will Kill You]]
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Fna56a_r41s|"I Was Born to Love You" (2004 music video version)}}}}
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Was Born to Love You (Live at Summer Sonic, Tokyo, Japan, 2014)
| cover = I Was Born to Love You (2020 single).jpg
| alt =
| border =
| type = single
| artist = [[Queen + Adam Lambert]]
| album = [[Live Around the World (Queen + Adam Lambert album)|Live Around the World]]
| released = {{Start date|2020|09|25|df=yes}}
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ndlVdBFbOU8|"I Was Born to Love You" (Live)}}}}
| recorded = 17 August 2014
| studio =
| venue = Summer Sonic
| genre =
| length = 4:04
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| producer = *[[Brian May]]
*[[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]]
| prev_title = [[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)#Queen + Adam Lambert version|The Show Must Go On (Live at O2 Arena, 4 July 2018)]]
| prev_year = 2020
| Prev Year =
}}

"'''I Was Born to Love You'''" is a 1985 song by [[Freddie Mercury]] that was released as a single from his only solo album, ''[[Mr. Bad Guy]]''. After Mercury's death, [[Queen (band)|Queen]] re-worked this song for their album ''[[Made in Heaven]]'' in 1995, by having the other members play their instrumental parts over the original track. The Queen version from the ''Made in Heaven'' album also includes snippets of Mercury's ad-lib vocals taken from "[[A Kind of Magic (song)|A Kind of Magic]]" and from "[[Living on My Own]]".

The song received its live debut on the 2005 tour of Japan, given by [[Queen + Paul Rodgers]]. [[Brian May]] and [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] performed the song acoustically. The song was also performed during the concerts given by [[Queen + Adam Lambert]] in South Korea and Japan, which was the first time that a full live band was used for the performance.

==Music videos==
The video for the original Freddie Mercury version of the song was directed by [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]] and filmed at the now demolished [[Limehouse Studios]], London. The video was choreographed by [[Arlene Phillips]] and shows Mercury singing in front of a wall of mirrors, then running through a house with a woman before dancing on a podium.

The video for the version used on ''Made in Heaven'' was directed by Richard Heslop for the [[British Film Institute]], and included on ''Made in Heaven: The Films''. It shows inhabitants of a block of council flats. Couples kiss, kids play, and teenagers steal and destroy a car in a monochrome film. The audio also uses the vinyl edit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queen - I Was Born To Love You (1995 music video version)|date=22 January 2009 |via=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbpOZpZm8_k |language=en |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

For the 2004 re-release, a video was created mixing footage of Mercury's original solo video intercut with footage of Queen performing live at Wembley Stadium, plus his solo video "Living on My Own". This video is included on ''Queen Jewels'', the 2004 Greatest Karaoke Hits DVD, and the Japanese release of the documentary ''Days of Our Lives''.

==Appearances in other media==
The song has appeared in multiple television advertisements, mainly in Japan. The original version recorded by Mercury appeared in the TV commercial of Japanese cosmetics company Noevia in the mid 1980s. The Queen version was released as a single exclusively in Japan in February 1996, because the song was used in a TV ad for Kirin Ichiban Shibori,<ref name="goo"/> one of the best-selling liquors of the country produced by the [[Kirin Brewery Company]]. The single became their first song that entered the Japanese chart since "[[Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)]]", released in 1977.

In 2004, Queen's version was used as the theme for ''[[Pride (Japanese TV series)|Pride]]'', the successful Japanese drama starring [[Takuya Kimura]] and [[Yūko Takeuchi]]. ''Jewels'', [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s tie-in compilation album released only in Japan, includes "I Was Born to Love You".

In Malaysia, Mercury's version, using a different mix, was used by [[Astro (television)|Astro]] in TV advertisements to promote their coverage of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>[https://web.facebook.com/Astro/videos/vb.134626279626/10156117424899627/?type=3&theater Astro Malaysia Facebook page]</ref> The advertisement, commissioned by Astro through agency [[Dentsu|Dentsu LHS Malaysia]] and created by Pesona Pictures Indonesia, also have an unused version, which used Queen's version of the song.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCAGAbYi0E Hafiz Ibrahim : Astro World Cup 2018]</ref>

== Track listings ==
'''7-inch single (1985)'''
:A. "I Was Born to Love You" – 3:37
:B. "Stop All the Fighting" – 3:17<ref>{{Cite web|title=Freddie Mercury "Mr Bad Guy" album and song lyrics|url=http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/freddie-mercury/songs/mr-bad-guy.htm#Stop%20All%20The%20Fighting|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.ultimatequeen.co.uk}}</ref>

'''12-inch single (1985)'''
:A. "I Was Born to Love You" (Extended Version) – 7:03
:B. "Stop All the Fighting" – 3:17

==Personnel==
;Original version
*[[Freddie Mercury]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]], [[Synclavier]]
*[[Fred Mandel]] – synthesizer, [[rhythm guitar]]
*Paul Vincent – [[lead guitar]]
*Curt Cress – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*Stephan Wissnet – [[bass guitar]], [[Fairlight CMI]]
*[[Reinhold Mack]] – Fairlight CMI, [[Synclavier II]]

;Queen version
*[[Freddie Mercury]] – lead and [[backing vocals]], piano, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*[[Brian May]] – [[Guitar|guitars]], keyboards
*[[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] – drums, [[percussion]]
*[[John Deacon]] – bass guitar

== Chart history ==
;Freddie Mercury version
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1985)
!Peak position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=198}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|20|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=I Was Born to Love You|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders|35|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=I Was Born to Love You|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland2|7|artist=Freddie Mercury|access-date=6 October 2020}}
|-
|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|55{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|34|song=I Was Born to Love You|artist=Freddie Mercury|access-date=6 October 2020}}
|-
|South African Singles Chart <ref>{{cite web |url=http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html |title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (M) |website=rock.co.za |access-date=6 January 2014}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|24|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=I Was Born to Love You|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|-
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=I Was Born to Love You|artistid=21978|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|76|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=I Was Born to Love You|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|-
{{singlechart|West Germany|17|artist=Freddie Mercury|song=I Was Born to Love You|songid=1261|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|-
!Chart (2016)
!Peak position
|-
{{singlechart|Poland|69|year=2016|chartid=1975|access-date=May 17, 2016}}
|-
|}

;Queen version
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" width="40"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="center"|1996
|align="left" rowspan=2|Japanese Oricon Chart
|align="left"|45
|-
|align="center"|2004
|align="left"|1 (Re-Entry)
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2018)
!Peak position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|63|artist=Queen|access-date=29 November 2018}}
|}

;Worlds Apart version
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1997)
!Peak position
|-
{{singlechart|West Germany|71|artist=Queen Dance Traxx feat. Worlds Apart|song=I Was Born to Love You|songid=17800|access-date=7 October 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Queen|title=I Was Born to Love You|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=2004|certmonth=2|note=Physical|refname=RIAJ}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=ringtone|artist=Queen|title=I Was Born to Love You|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2004|certyear=2006|certmonth=9|note=Ringtone|accessdate=27 February 2021|refname=RIAJ1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=ringtone|artist=Queen|title=I Was Born to Love You|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2010|certmonth=5|note=Full-length ringtone|accessdate=27 February 2021|refname=RIAJ2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/discography/made-heaven/#lyrics Lyrics at Queen official website]

{{Freddie Mercury}}
{{Queen singles}}

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Mr. Bad Guy

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Mr. Bad Guy
| type = studio
| artist = [[Freddie Mercury]]
| cover = Freddie Mercury Mr. Bad Guy.jpg
| alt =
| released = 29 April 1985
| recorded = Early 1983 – January 1985<ref>[http://www.queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Mr._Bad_Guy_%28album%29 Mr. Bad Guy (album)] queenpedia.com Retrieved 7 October 2014.</ref>
| studio = [[Musicland Studios]], [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Synth-pop]]|[[post-disco]]}}
| length = 40:41 (LP) 60:40 (Original UK CD)
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer = * [[Reinhold Mack]]
* Freddie Mercury
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé album)|Barcelona]]
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mr. Bad Guy
| type = studio
| single1 = [[I Was Born to Love You (song)|I Was Born to Love You]]
| single1date = 8 April 1985
| single2 = [[Made in Heaven (song)|Made in Heaven]]
| single2date = 1 July 1985
| single3 = [[Living on My Own]]
| single3date = 2 September 1985
| single4 = [[Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow]]
| single4date = 18 November 1985
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12964|pure_url=yes}} |title=Mr. Bad Guy - Freddie Mercury |website=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Queen|isbn=1-57859-061-2|pages=909–910}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Robin|date=4 May 1985|title=Albums|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=18}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4score = (positive)<ref name=queen>{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Tim |title=Mr Bad Guy - Rolling Stone (Issue 450) |url=http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_06-20-1985_-_Mr._Bad_Guy_-_Rolling_Stone_%28Issue_450%29 |website=Queen Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223074712/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/freddiemercury/albums/album/203408/review/5943970/mr_bad_guy |accessdate=January 2, 2013|archive-date=23 December 2007 }}</ref>
}}
{{Quote box
|quote = This album is dedicated to my cat Jerry - also Tom, Oscar and Tiffany, and all the cat lovers across the universe - screw everybody else!
|source = - Freddie Mercury in the albums notes<ref name="natureofanimals.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.natureofanimals.com/FreddyMercuryCats.html |title=Freddie Mercury's Cats |author=Jen Longshaw |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908042346/http://www.natureofanimals.com/FreddyMercuryCats.html |archive-date=8 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''''Mr. Bad Guy''''' is the only solo studio album by British musician [[Freddie Mercury]], lead singer of [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Released in 1985, during a period in which Queen were on hiatus from recording, it contains eleven songs, all written by Mercury himself.<ref name="natureofanimals.com"/>

The album was reissued on 11 October 2019, in newly remixed form, on CD, vinyl, digital and streaming services, via [[Mercury Records]].<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/freddie-mercury-never-boring-box-set-8529162/ |title = Freddie Mercury 'Never Boring' 5 Disc Box Set: Details| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date = 5 September 2019}}</ref>

==Background==
In contrast to Queen's typically rock-oriented work, Mercury and co-producer [[Reinhold Mack]] drew on [[disco music|disco]], [[dance music]] and [[pop music|pop]] influences for ''Mr. Bad Guy'', all of which had surfaced on Queen's previous studio album, ''[[Hot Space]]'' (1982), also produced by Mack.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://rockandrollglobe.com/new-wave/freddie-mercury-mr-bad-guy-review/ | title=Freddie Mercury: The Baddest of Them All| date=8 November 2019}}</ref> Mercury stated, "I had a lot of ideas bursting to get out and there were a lot of musical territories I wanted to explore which I really couldn't do within Queen."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/freddie-mercury-mr-bad-guy-solo-album/ |title = Mr Bad Guy: Why Freddie Mercury's Solo Album Was "A Shot in the Arm"|date = 17 October 2019}}</ref> Co-producer Mack added, "he used to get pretty annoyed working with the others, because there was always [[Brian May|Brian]] saying, 'It needs to be more rock 'n' roll.'"<ref>{{Cite web |first=Nick|last=DeRuso| url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/freddie-mercury-mr-bad-guy/ |title = Why Freddie Mercury (Briefly) Went Solo with 'Mr. Bad Guy'|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=August 29, 2015}}</ref> ''Mr. Bad Guy'' took nearly two years to record, as Mercury had to gather enough material together while committing to band activities.<ref name=queen/>

Initially, the album was supposed to feature duets with Mercury and [[Michael Jackson]].

{{blockquote|We had three tracks in the can, but unfortunately they were never finished. They were great songs, but the problem was time — as we were both very busy at that period. We never seemed to be in the same country long enough to actually finish anything completely.<ref name="MERCURY: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF FREDDIE MERCURY">[https://ultimateclassicrock.com/freddie-mercury-mr-bad-guy/ ''Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury'' (2012)] - ultimateclassicrock.com</ref>| Mercury in ''Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury''}}

However, other sources state that personal conflicts were to blame for unfinished tracks. Mercury reportedly dropped out of any further collaboration after feeling uncomfortable working with Jackson's pet llama in the studio.<ref>{{cite news|title= The real Freddie Mercury: why the Queen biopic only tells part of the story |newspaper= [[The Times]] |date= 19 October 2018 |access-date= 30 October 2018 |url= https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/the-real-freddie-mercury-why-the-queen-biopic-only-tells-part-of-the-story-5ql37vgll}}</ref> One track from these collaborative sessions, "[[There Must Be More to Life Than This]]", was reworked for the ''Mr. Bad Guy'' album, although the original recording featuring Jackson was eventually released on ''[[Queen Forever]]'' in 2014.

===Production===
Recording was taxing on Mercury, as he took part in everything from performing the tracks (including vocals, piano and synthesizer), arranging the orchestration and working with the sound engineers. Mercury's use of synthesizers and orchestration in track development added to the diversity of each piece.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Queen: Days of Our Lives - Documentary}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1604327/michael-jackson-freddie-mercury/|title=Michael Jackson Chased Freddie Mercury Away From Duet With Bubbles The Chimp|first=Lisa|last=Carley|date=November 12, 2014|work=[[inquisitr.com]]|accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref>
{{blockquote|The songs are not trying to be anything else but Freddie. A lot of people were expecting Freddie to be catering to the audience. He didn't want that. He just wanted the songs as they are. I didn't try to get involved in the mixing, because he may not have wanted a lot of new ideas at that stage. It was already great and I would not want to have gone in and made changes for the sake of it, like someone painting a nose on a Rembrandt portrait at the very end.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/reinhold-mack-queen-freddie-mercury-interview/ |title='He Was Music': Reinhold Mack On Working With Freddie Mercury |last= Chilton |first= Martin |date= 10 December 2019 |website=uDiscover Music |access-date= 18 June 2020}}</ref>| Mack on working with Mercury}}

The album's original title was ''Made in Heaven'', but Mercury changed his mind weeks before the album went to press.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-MRhgC720 |title=Freddie Mercury interview (1985) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Basically, I was lost for a title, but as far as I'm concerned album titles are immaterial. I didn't know what to call it, but I had what I thought was a very beautiful track called "Made in Heaven", which seemed to conjure up an image of some kind. But to be honest, I'm not really worried about it. It's what you listen to that matters, not what the title is.<ref name="ARCHIVE MR. BAD GUY 1985">[http://www.freddiemercury.com/en/archive ARCHIVE MR. BAD GUY (1985)] - freddiemercury.com</ref>| Mercury during the album's promotion}}

Originally released on [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/[[CBS Records International|CBS]], copyrights for ''Mercury Songs'', a company owned by Freddie Mercury's estate, had been revoked following his death in 1991. ''Mr. Bad Guy'' would remain out of print on CD until 2000, where it was included on The Solo Collection. Then in 2019, when it was reissued and remixed due to the commercial success of the Queen [[Biographical film|biopic]] ''[[Bohemian Rhapsody (film)|Bohemian Rhapsody]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==Singles==
Lead single "[[I Was Born to Love You (song)|I Was Born to Love You]]" with the non-album B-side "Stop All the Fighting" debuted at number 50 on 14 April 1985, peaking at number 11 on 5 May 1985.<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19850505/7501/ Official Singles Chart Top 100] - 5 May 1985 - 11 May 1985</ref> It also reached number four in South Africa and number 20 on 1 June in Austria.<ref>[https://austriancharts.at/charts/singles/01-06-1985 AUSTRIA TOP 40] - SINGLES 01.06.1985</ref> "[[Made in Heaven (song)|Made in Heaven]]" peaked at number 57 on the UK Singles Chart on 21 July 1985 and charted for four weeks.<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19850721/7501/ Official Singles Chart Top 100] - 21 July 1985 - 27 July 1985</ref> "Living on My Own" charted at number 50 in the United Kingdom, while the fourth and final single, "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow," debuted and peaked at number 76 on the UK chart on 24 November 1985.<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19851124/7501/ Official Singles Chart Top 100] - 24 November 1985 - 30 November 1985</ref>

===Re-worked singles===
"Living on My Own" was re-released in 1993 (almost two years after Mercury's death) in a remixed form by No More Brothers. The single reached number one in the UK, becoming his most successful solo single release, albeit posthumously. "I Was Born to Love You" became Mercury's only solo chart success in Australia, reaching number 13. That song, and "Made in Heaven", were later reworked by the three surviving Queen members and included on the 1995 studio album ''[[Made in Heaven]]''.<ref name="ARCHIVE MR. BAD GUY 1985">[http://www.freddiemercury.com/en/archive ARCHIVE MR. BAD GUY (1985)] - freddiemercury.com</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Freddie Mercury]].

{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Let's Turn It On
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = [[Made in Heaven (song)|Made in Heaven]]
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = [[I Was Born to Love You (song)|I Was Born to Love You]]
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Foolin' Around
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Your Kind of Lover
| length5 = 3:32
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Mr. Bad Guy
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = Man Made Paradise
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = [[There Must Be More to Life Than This]]
| length8 = 3:00
| title9 = [[Living on My Own]]
| length9 = 3:23
| title10 = My Love Is Dangerous
| length10 = 3:42
| title11 = [[Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow]]
| length11 = 3:46
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| headline = UK CD bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Freddie-Mercury-Mr-Bad-Guy/release/1451821|title=Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref>
| title12 = Let's Turn It On
| note12 = 12" Version
| length12 = 5:06
| title13 = [[I Was Born to Love You (song)|I Was Born to Love You]]
| note13 = 12" Version
| length13 = 7:03
| title14 = [[Living on My Own]]
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==Personnel==

The following personnel are credited in the liner notes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=QueenVault.com - Mr. Bad Guy Liner Notes|url=http://www.queenvault.com/linernotes/mrbadguylinernotes.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.queenvault.com}}</ref>
* Freddie Mercury – [[singing|vocals]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]]
* [[Fred Mandel]] – additional piano, [[synthesizer]], [[rhythm guitar]]
* Paul Vincent – [[lead guitar]]
* [[Curt Cress]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
* Stephan Wissnet – [[bass guitar]]
* [[Jo Burt]] – bass guitar on "Man Made Paradise"
* [[Reinhold Mack|Mack]] and Stephan Wissnet – [[music sequencer|programming]]
* Rainer Pietsch - orchestral arrangements
;Technical
* Mack, assisted by Stephan Wissnet – [[recording engineer|engineering]]
* The Artful Dodger – [[cover art]]
* [[Andrzej Sawa]] – [[photograph]]

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Chart (1985)
! Peak position
|-
!scope=row|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=265}}</ref>
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|-
{{Album chart|Austria|23|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|92|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|chartid=0526|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|17|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Germany|11|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|id=262|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|13|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|20|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|6|date=19850505|rowheader=true|refname=UKA1|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|159|artist=Freddie Mercury|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Chart (2019)
! Peak position
|-
{{Album chart|Wallonia|134|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Scotland|18|date=20191018|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|Spain|23|artist=Freddie Mercury|album=Mr. Bad Guy|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|87|date=20191018|rowheader=true|refname=UKA2|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Chart (1985)
! Peak position
|-
!scope=row|German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment Charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1985|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|accessdate=7 June 2021}}</ref>
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|}
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==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Freddie Mercury|title=Mr. Bad Guy|award=Gold|relyear=1985|certyear=1985|id=4406-3493-2}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Freddie Mercury albums]]
[[Category:1985 debut albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Reinhold Mack]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Freddie Mercury]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]