Brian May – Queen song where ‘we thought we’d got really overblown’

Back in 1988, Freddie Mercury had been diagnosed with HIV, but hadn’t made it public. Knowing he didn’t have the strength to continue touring after 1986’s Magic tour, Queen focused on working on new material together for what would become The Miracle album. The record features classics like I Want It All, but there was one that the late singer composed as a tongue-in-cheek reflection on their career thus far.The song in question is Was It All Worth It, the last track on The Miracle album. Brian May previously told Sounds: ‘We thought, my God, we’re really getting overblown here! And there’s an element of humour in there, in the lyrics, which is nice. It’s a kind of conscious comment on some of the stuff we’ve done, and we did laugh at ourselves. We enjoy it, we like painting those pictures. It’s fun, and it’s something peculiar to Queen.’Now the fan favourite track is getting a brand new official music video to mark the release of The Miracle Collector’s Edition on Friday. Brian May: Queen song where ‘we thought we’d got really overblown so laughed at ourselves’ (Image: GETTY) Queen performing The Miracle (Image: GEORGE CHINN) Was It All Worth It’s music video is released on Friday at 8am in the UK (Image: QUEEN)Fans should also look out for Brian’s notice advertising for a ‘Brilliant Drummer’, which is an exact replica of the one that saw him team up with Roger for the first time in Smile, the band that eventually became Queen.Lupton shared: ‘For this project. I asked Brian if he’d rewrite the advert for us, and he very kindly did – so what appears in the video is a recreation of the original, made by Brian himself!’He added: ‘The truly remarkable thing is there is still so much about Queen’s story that we couldn’t squeeze into the time we had, and we stopped at 1989 when the Miracle was released. There’s another 20 years of iconic Queen achievements, performances and recordings that we didn’t touch!’DON’T MISSJohn Deacon replaced Freddie Mercury in new movie after Queen blocked [JOHN DEACON]Freddie Mercury – Brand new Queen music video of lost song released [MUSIC VIDEO]Freddie Mercury was petrified huge hit would be a ‘complete disaster’ [FREDDIE MERCURY]The new Queen boxset of The Miracle features six previously unheard songs from the album’s recording sessions. Face It Alone has been released as a single and other unheard tracks included are the likes of Dog With A Bone, I Guess We’re Falling Out and You Know You Belong To Me.Alongside the demos and outtakes there are also behind-the-scenes recordings of Freddie, Brian, Roger and John Deacon bantering, debating and joking around the studio.Queen The Miracle Collector’s Edition will be released on November 18 as an 8-Disc Book Set: Vinyl LP/5CD/DVD/Blu-ray and can be pre-ordered here.