Best Freddie Mercury Songs: 20 Essential Solo And Queen Tracks by uDiscover Music: The best Freddie Mercury songs reveal an artist committed to exploring all avenues of expression. “I can dream up all kinds of things,” he said.
Freddie Mercury loved writing songs and said the inspiration came to him with such force sometimes that he was “known to scribble down lyrics in the middle of the night without even putting the light on”. From his earliest songs with Queen, Mercury built a reputation as one of the most popular songwriters of his generation, and the best Freddie Mercury songs reveal an artist committed to exploring every musical avenue open to him.
“A lot of my songs are fantasy, I can dream up all kinds of things,” said the singer, who wrote some of the rock band’s most memorable songs. He also went on to pen songs for an acclaimed solo album, Mr Bad Guy, in 1985.
Click here to see what uDiscover picked as the 20 best Freddie Mercury songs, chosen to provide a rounded view of his work both with Queen and as a solo artist.