A Winter's Tale (song)

Single infobox
Name = A Winter's Tale


Artist = Queen
from Album = Made in Heaven
B-side = Thank God It's Christmas
Rock in Rio Blues
Released = December 18,1995
Format = CD single, 7" single
Recorded = 1991-1995
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length = 3:49
Label = Parlophone
Writer = Queen (Freddie Mercury)
Producer = Queen, David Richards, Justin Shirley-Smith, and Joshua J. Macrae
Reviews =
Last single = "Heaven for Everyone"
(1995)
This single = "A Winter's Tale"
(1995)
Next single = "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
(1995)

"A Winter's Tale" is a song by Queen, from the album "Made in Heaven", released in 1995 after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. It was written during the sessions from the album Innuendo, inspired as Mercury was staring out the windows of their recording studio, at Lake Geneva. The song has a psychedelic, dreamy feel, and describes what Mercury saw outside the windows.

It was said to have been recorded 2 weeks before Mercury's death. He wrote, composed, and did the vocals and keyboards for it. In the documentary "Queen - Champions of The World," it was stated that this was if not the first then an extremely rare style of recording for Freddie, as it was all performed in one take live in the studio. It was stated in the film that Freddie had always insisted upon music being completed prior to the vocal arrangement beginning, but acknowledged that he had little time left and there was not enough time to have it completed in time.

The song was released as the second single from the album. In the UK the single was also available in a special limited edition green paper CD case which resembled Christmas wrapper.

Music video

The music video, produced after his death, was an epitaph, as Mercury's actual written song notes were displayed alongside imagery and clips of Mercury's past performances.

Chart performances