The Miracle (song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Miracle


Artist = Queen
from Album = The Miracle
B-side = Stone Cold Crazy (live)
Released = November 27, 1989
Format = vinyl record (7", 12"), cassette tape, CD
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = Neo-progressive rock
Length = 5:02
Label = Parlophone, EMI
Writer = Queen (Mercury)
Producer = Queen and David Richards
Chart position =

• #20 (Netherlands)

• #21 (UK)

• #78 (Germany)

[ Reviews = ] *
Last single = "Scandal"
(1989)
This single = "The Miracle"
(1989)
Next single = "Innuendo"
(1991)

"The Miracle" is the fifth and last single from Queen's 1989 album "The Miracle". It was composed and sung by Freddie Mercury. It was released as a single in late November 1989, some six months after the album.

Mercury wrote the song after he and John Deacon made some chords and decided which one would be the theme. All four contributed to the lyrics but they still all regard Mercury as the composer; the song was still credited to the entire band because they had agreed to do so during the album, regardless of who had been the actual writer. While both Mercury and May regarded this as one of their favourites, Taylor said in the audio commentary of Greatest Video Hits II that although it wasn't a favourite of his, he respected it as "an incredibly complex track".

The song describes several of "God's creations, great and small", such as great buildings like the Taj Mahal and the Tower of Babel, all described as "miracles" in the song. The song also makes mention of such well-known figures as Captain Cook, Cain and Abel, and Jimi Hendrix.

Trivia

*On the B-Side of the original single a live version of the song "Stone Cold Crazy" can be found.
*The United Kingdom had a 7" issue with a hologram of the four members on the front and a 12" issue with an extra sheet with the signatures of the band.
*The video features four young boys, including a then-unknown Ross McCall as Freddie, performing as the band with the young boy who plays Freddie changing appearance throughout the video reflecting Freddie's change in appearance through the years of the band's existence. Queen themselves only appear near the end of the video. According to Roger Taylor, Freddie wanted to send the boys out on tour instead of them because of how well they did in the video.