Audio: Single Version
Dir: ?
Filmed at: -
Date: 1984 (compiled)
Description: The premiere showing of this clip features different scenes of Metropolis.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: Single Version
Dir: ?
Filmed at: -
Date: 1984 (compiled)
Description: This video is a collage of scenes taken from the silent movie Metropolis and Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" clip, the film soundtrack of which features this song.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: Album Version
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: Limehouse Studios
Date: 02-04-1985 and 04-04-1985
Description: Freddie playfully chases a woman through a house in a Singing In The Rain style video. The climax of the video features hundreds of Amazonian woman goose-stepping.
Release: The Video EP, The Video Collection
Audio: Single Mix with orchestra at beginning
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: Warehouse, North London
Date: ??-07-1985
Description: Inspired by two plays, Freddie appears on top of the world - literary.
Release: The Video EP, The Video Collection
Audio: Video Edit
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: Henderson's Club, Munich
Date: 05-09-1985 and 06-09-1985
Description: Filmed at Freddie's famous 39th birthday party in Munich, this video features many bizarre happenings. Several famous faces appear.
Release: The Video EP, The Video Collection
Audio: Single Version
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: Dominion Theatre, London
Date: 22-05-1986
Description: Written for, and inspired by the musical Time. Several hundred young people sing along side Freddie during the chorus.
Release: The Video EP
Audio: Single Version
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: ?
Date: ??-02-1987
Description: Roger Taylor and friend Peter Straker feature as female backing singers, while Freddie re-visits several of Queen's key videos.
Release: The Great Pretender, The Video Collection
Audio: Single Version
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: ?
Date: ??-02-1987
Description: As above, but with different editing in places.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: 12" Extended Version
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: ?
Date: ??-02-1987
Description: Extended to fit the 12" version of the song. Inter-cut in the video are behind-the-scenes footage of Freddie, Roger Taylor and Peter Straker preparing in the dressing room
Release: The Great Pretender, The Video Collection
with Montserrat Caballé
Audio: Single Edit
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: Pinewood Studios
Date: 08-10-1987
Description: A performance video with hundreds of Fan Club extras holding lighters at the chorus.
Release: Barcelona EP, The Video Collection
with Montserrat Caballé
Audio: Single Edit
Dir: Gavin Taylor
Filmed at: Barcelona, Spain
Date: 08-10-1988
Description: Filmed at Barcelona, Spain during a concert celebrating the winning of a contract to host the 1992 Olympic Games there.
Release: Barcelona EP, The Video Collection
with Montserrat Caballé
Audio: Single Edit
Dir: Gavin Taylor
Filmed at: Barcelona, Spain
Date: 08-10-1988
Description: Filmed at Barcelona, Spain during a concert celebrating the winning of a contract to host the 1992 Olympic Games there.
Release: Barcelona EP, The Video Collection
Audio: 1992 Remix with interview snippets
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: various
Date: 1992 (compiled)
Description: A collage video of rare Freddie moments, inter-cut with interview snippets.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: 1992 Remix with interview snippets
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: various
Date: 1992 (compiled)
Description: As above, but with different editing in places.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: Malouf Remix
Dir: David Mallet
Filmed at: various
Date: 1992 (compiled)
Description: Features clips from the original video shown on large TV screens and scenes from the movie Night And The City.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: Original Wolf Mix
Dir: ?
Filmed at: various
Date: 1993 (compiled)
Description: A collage video of scenes from the movie National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 and selected archive Freddie clips.
Release: Promo Only
Audio: 1993 Radio Mix
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: Henderson's Club, Munich
Date: 05-09-1985 and 06-09-1985, 1993? (compiled)
Description: Featuring the same scenes as the 1985 original but with the 1993 Radio Mix soundtrack. I'm unsure whether this version was made by a TV company or whether it was an early DoRo attempt before the final release (below).
Release: Promo Only
Audio: 1993 Radio Mix
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: Henderson's Club, Munich
Date: 05-09-1985 and 06-09-1985, 1993 (compiled)
Description: A re-edited and remixed video using different out-take footage from the original to fit the new soundtrack. Remixed by 'No More Brothers'.
Release: Greatest Flix III
Audio: 2000 Remix
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: Dominion Theatre, London
Date: 22-05-1986
Description: Exactly the same as the first version, but with the '2000 Remix' as the soundtrack.
Release: The Video Collection
Audio: 2000 Remix
Dir: Rudi Dolezal/Hannes Rossacher
Filmed at: various
Date: 1992/2000 (compiled)
Description: Similar to the 1992 versions, but with slight differences in the choices of clips. Also uses the '2000 Remix' as the soundtrack.
Release: The Video Collection