If that theory is true, then “Love of My Life” could be seen as the romantic send-off to Mary. “Nevermore” and “Lily of the Valley” are two earlier Queen songs composed by Freddie with a similar emotional theme which Brian May has interpreted himself as Freddie realising “that his body needed to be somewhere else”. “Love of My Life” was written by Freddie in 1975 about his girlfriend Mary. Despite never having this much success until just last year, “Love of My Life” was one of the most streamed Queen songs globally in 2018 beating the likes of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “A Kind of Magic”, “You’re My Best Friend” and “The Show Must Go On”.

Since this, continuous regular live performances of the song at concerts and significant references in the Queen biopic has catapulted the song to the general public. However, the single was a bit of a failure only peaking at #63 in the UK but a couple of years later reaching #1 in both Brazil and Argentina. The song wasn’t released as a single until a live version was eventually released in 1979.

Composed by Freddie Mercury and dedicated to his then-girlfriend Mary Austin, the song is track nine on their fourth album A Night at the Opera. One of the standout ballads Queen ever did is “Love of My Life”.

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