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The song was played on the 2005/2006 Queen + Paul Rodgers tours with vocals provided by Roger Taylor. The live version was included on the 1993 EP Five Live, credited to 'George Michael with Queen & Lisa Stansfield'. The song was first played live on 20 April 1992 at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, sung by George Michael and Lisa Stansfield.

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Another video version was released in 1992 to promote the Classic Queen compilation album in the US, combining old footage of the band from 1973 to 1991 plus the performances of the band from the US aired video. The US version of the video features animation produced by Walt Disney Studios, as Queen's North American record label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

Even in his last moments, he planned his exit artistically. Dolezal comments, 'In these last few seconds of that song, he gives us a résumé of his whole life: 'I was a big superstar, but don't take it too seriously.' And then, 'I still love you,' which is to the fans. Staring through the camera, he whispers a final 'I still love you' before snapping his fingers, walking out of frame with a flourish'. Jordan Runtagh for People writes, 'On the last line, he summons all his strength for a final heroic pose before collapsing into himself with a soft laugh. Video director Dolezal had been told beforehand to keep things speedy due to Mercury's ailing condition, but before shooting wrapped, Mercury requested one more take for the last lyrics of the song: 'Those days are gone now but one thing's still true / When I look and I find I still love you'. With his farewell look straight at the camera as the song ends, Mercury whispers 'I still love you', directed to his fans, which are his last words on camera. In the video, Mercury wears a waistcoat with pictures of cats that was made for him by Queen costume designer Diana Moseley.

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Following rumours about Mercury's health, the video was filmed and released in black-and-white to hide the full extent of his illness. Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot Brian May was filmed later in the year and added in digitally, as he was out of the country on a promotional tour at the time of the shoot. Video director Rudi Dolezal in a 2019 interview with People magazine on Mercury's last video. Regardless whether he was in pain or not, he always delivered.

He must have had terrible pain, but you don't see that. He knew how ill he was, and that this was the last time he'd ever be in front of a camera. And these are the days of our lives-Today is more important than yesterday. I guess I was trying to put an optimistic slant on it in a way- those were the days then. I was sitting at home in a rather reflective mood and I did know that Freddie was ill, and I think it came out of that slightly melancholic mood. The opening chorus in the song reminisces, with 'Those were the days of our lives', while the second chorus refers to the present, 'Cos these are the days of our lives'. As a teenager Taylor had known Mercury since the late 1960s when they worked together at Kensington Market in London before the two (along with Brian May) founded Queen in 1970. Reminiscing on the past, Roger Taylor penned the song as Freddie Mercury's health was deteriorating. A ballad in the vein of ' Love of My Life,' it was a song that carried a significant amount of weight given the frailty of Mercury's appearance in the black-and-white video, later compounded when unreleased colour footage from the filming emerged in Days of Our Lives.' Ron Hart of Rolling Stone writes, 'the conga-driven synth ballad 'These Are the Days of Our Lives' is Innuendo 's most significant single, given that it was released on Mercury's 45th birthday, and that its video marked the last time his fans were able to see the singer alive, as it was filmed in May of 1991 during the final stages of his battle with AIDS. In 1999 it was included in Queen's compilation album Greatest Hits III.

The song was awarded a Brit Award for British Single of the Year in 1992. The double A-side debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and remained there for five weeks, topped the Irish Singles Chart for six weeks, and reached number 16 in Germany. The song was released as a single in the United States on Freddie Mercury's 45th birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the Queen track ' Bohemian Rhapsody'. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by their drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. ' These Are the Days of Our Lives' is a song by the British rock band Queen. 'These Are the Days of Our Lives' on YouTube