The Golden Boy

"The Golden Boy" is a song recorded by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury together with Catalan operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé.

Overview
Originally included in the 1988 album Barcelona, the song was released as a 45 rpm two weeks after its appearance in the main album, with another excerpt from the LP, "The Fallen Priest", as the B-side. An instrumental version of the song was included in both the 12" vinyl and the 5" CD single releases. The single reached #86 in the UK Singles Chart.

Personnel

 * Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, arrangements
 * Montserrat Caballe - vocals
 * Mike Moran - keyboards, programming, arrangements
 * Madeline Bell - backing vocals
 * Dennis Bishop - backing vocals
 * Lance Ellington - backing vocals
 * Miriam Stockley - backing vocals
 * Peter Straker - backing vocals
 * Mark Williamson - backing vocals
 * Carol Woods - backing vocals

Videoclip
The song's music video is footage of the artists' miming performance at the open air "La Nit" festival in Barcelona on 8 October 1988 (Mercury's last live performance before his illness got worse ), where the song was performed along with "Barcelona" and "How Can I Go On". The video was first released as part of a 5" CD video single.