Released 7 February 1994, reached no 20, on chart for 3 weeks.
Album length 76:58.
1. The Dark / Back To The Light
2. Driven By You
3. Tie Your Mother Down
4. Love Token
5. Headlong / Love Token (reprise)
6. Love Of My Life
7. '39 / Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
8. Too Much Love Will Kill You
9. Since You've Been Gone
10. Now I'm Here
11. Guitar Extravagance
12. Resurrection (including drum solo and 'Bohemian Rhapsody')
13. Last Horizon
14. We Will Rock You
15. Hammer To Fall
God (The Dream Is Over)
Produced by Brian May and Justin Shirley-Smith, assisted by Noel Harris, Jamie Cullum
and Ruadhrl Cushan at Metropolis Studios
Recorded by Justin Shirley-Smith on the Manor Mobile
Mastered at The Townhouse Studios by Kevin Metcalfe
Management: Jim Beach and Julie Glover
Design by Richard Gray
Photography by Gene Kirkland, Richard Gray, Robert John and Stephen May
Recorded at the Brixton Academy, London, on 15th June 1993. The Brian May Band are:
Cozy Powell (drums), Spike Edney (keyboards), Jamie Moses (guitar), Neil Murray (bass), Catherine Porter and Shelley Preston (backing vocals)
The cassette release edits most songs by a few seconds, but these are very minor and not noticeable. The LP also edits some of the tracks by a few seconds, and it also moves 'Now I'm Here' to before 'Last Horizon' so that the tracks fit each side. The show was also released as a video, which features longer versions of several tracks, plus a Spike Edney keyboard solo and Band Introductions. Both releases still omit a colourful (staged) argument between Brian, Cathy Porter and Shelley Preston which takes place as part of 'Love Token', and also a second solo by Spike Edney after the 'false start' of 'Last Horizon'.
The majority of backing vocals are not included as these are often just the lead vocals repeated; the inclusion of these would greatly complicate this page.
The Dark / Back To The Light
Track 1. Track length 5:41, song lengths 0:52 and 4:38.
On the video 'The Dark' fades in over about 4 seconds from 0:37 onwards, reducing the length to 0:24. The video also contains a longer version of 'Back To The Light', of length 4:58, and some additional dialogue at the end. The extra section appears at 5:19 into the CD track.
Details of the original version of 'The Dark' and 'Back To The Light' can both be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. Far, far from the light
Hear the night creatures call
With a cold breath they howl
All the hollow hours they're calling you
I'll be there
No matter where you're going to
In the dark I care
Holding on, hoping on
It's still the same old me inside
Back to the light
Back to the streets
That are paved with gold
Back to the light
Back to the land
Where the sunshine heals my soul
Deep, deep in the night
When the world fills with tears
And the wind blows, colder and colder it grows
And the fire dims with the same old fears
I'll be there
No matter where you're going to
In the dark I care
No matter when, I'll still be there
When you make it to the other side
Ooh, and I'm going back
Back to the light
Back to the streets
That are paved with gold, yeah, yeah
Back to the light
Going back to the land
Where the sunshine heals my soul, yeah, yeah
On and on
Searching for a clearer view
Winning and losing an inner war
Wonder what we do it for
Though the road seems never ending
Hold on to the hope I'm sending through
Yeah
No, no matter where you're going to
In the dark I care
Holding on - believe it
We'll be walking in the light
'Cos they'll be no place left to hide
Back to the light
Back to the streets
That are paved with gold, yeah, yeah, come with me
Back to the light
Back to the land
Where sunshine heals my soul
Let me hear you babes
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Back to the light, oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Back to the light, come back with me
Oooh, ooh-ooh, come back with me
Back to the light
One more time baby
Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Give me one more time Back to the light Brian: Thank you folks, it's good to be here, this is the first time for me in Brixton, it looks pretty good to me, how do you feel? We've been all over the country doing concerts, we came to Brixton to rock. Are you ready? Let's do it
Driven By You
Track 2. Track length 4:18, song length 4:18.
This track segues into 'Tie Your Mother Down'.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. We touch and you're afraid of me and
We burn and now I'm at your feet
High speed, but you know you're in safe hands
In the dark we make a brighter light
From one spark to the horizon wide
We trust, and together we tame the land
You'd be forgiven if you think you're dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true
Everything I do is driven by you
Well it's tough to make a journey through
The right stuff is dead ahead of you and me
And you know we've still got time
Ooh, hold on tight to the driving wheel
This ride is really out of line
Raw deal, but there's no other worth a dime
You know I love you but you drive me crazy
'Cos you're saying all the things I'm gonna say to you
Everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do is driven by you
Inner children lost their way
Now they know the price you pay
I'm holding onto life with you
'Cos life without you just won't do
Driven by you
Driven by you
Driven by you
Ooh, you know we're never gonna know who's dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true
Everything we do is driven by you
Everything we do
Everything we do (don't you know the little thing)
Everything we do
Ooh, everything we do, yeah
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do, yeah
Is driven by
Driven by
Driven by you
Tie Your Mother Down
Track 3. Track length 4:39, song length 4:35.
This track segues from 'Driven By You'.
The video features a longer version, of length 5:09, containing an additional section at approximately 4:07 onwards. It also features an introduction to the next track.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A Day At The Races' album page. Ooh, get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beating, baby
I got my timing right
I've got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight my little schoolbabe
Mamma says you don't
Your daddy says you don't
I'm boiling up inside
No way I'm gonna lose out this time
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Lock your daddy out of doors
I don't need him nosing around
Tie your mother down, sing it to me
Tie your mother down
All your love tonight
Go get out of my house
You're such a dirty louse
That's all I ever get from your
Family ties, in fact I never heard
A single little civil word from those guys
But I don't give a light
Gonna make out all right
Got a sweetheart hand
To put a stop to all that
Sniping and grousing all night
Tie your mother down, yeah, yeah, yeah
Tie your mother down
Your daddy out of doors, ??????
Tie your mother down, oohh, baby
Tie your mother down
Ain't no friend of mine
Your mummy and your daddy gonna
Plague me till I die
They can't understand it
I'm just a peace loving guy
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Get that big, big, big, big, big, big daddy out of doors
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight All your love tonight
Oooh, all your love, all your love, all your love
All your love tonight
Oooh, your love, that's what I need babe, that's what I need
All your love tonight
Yeah, yeah, anymore All your love tonight
Tonight Brian: I'm speechless, I'm speechless, you look beautiful, you feel OK? A little um, little, little, little, little, little, little romantic ballad for you here, you know. You all feeling romantic? Sure, I know.
Love Token
Track 4. Track length 3:05, song length 3:05.
This track segues into, and reprises after, 'Headlong'.
The version on the video features an additional guitar solo from about 0:21 onwards, extending the song length to 3:41.
At the actual concert there was a lengthy staged argument between Brian, Cathy Porter and Shelley Preston, which is edited out due to some of the colourful language used.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. Alright, this is what happens Look what happens babe
This is after the moves and tunes
Mama's in love and papa's in love
It's such a shame they don't love each other
Papa's in a jam, mama's throwing pans
The game's up, it's time to run for cover
Ooh, yeah
Oh, everybody's crying but they can't stop hoping
Everybody's looking for the door that's open
Mama's making heat to keep the old fire smoking
Papa's hanging on to his old love token
Yes that's right
You got love but you ain't got style
You got your freedom but in a while
You're lost children but you know for sure
You gotta find out who your love is for
Mama
I said mama
Headlong / Love Token
(reprise)
Track 5. Track length 6:08, song lengths 5:06 and 0:52.
'Headlong' segues from and into both versions of 'Love Token'.
On the video, 'Headlong' contains two additional instrumental sections, at approximately 3:53 and 4:10 (of length 17 and 11 seconds), which extend the length to 5:33. The reprise of 'Love Token' adds seven seconds of audience noise (during the quiet part at 5:25), two extra drum beats at about 5:28, and a single lyric. This extends the length to 1:01.
Details of the original version of 'Headlong' can be found on the 'Innuendo' album page, while 'Love Token' can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. I was rushing headlong you've got a new goal
I was rushing headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping there's nothing you can do about it
One, two, three, four
Headlong
Headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
Ain't no stopping there's nothing
You can do about it, yeah
Hey, you used to be a man with a stick in his hand
Hoop, diddy, diddy, hoop, diddy, do
She used to be a woman with a hotdog stand
Hoop, diddy, diddy, wow, hoop, diddy, do
Now you've got soup in the laundry bag
Now you've got strings, you're gonna lose your rag
You're getting in a fight then it ain't so groovy
When you're screaming in the night let me out of this cheap B movie
Headlong, ooh down the highway
Headlong, ooh out of control
And you think you're so strong
There ain't no stopping and you can't stop rocking
There's nothing you can, nothing you can, nothing you can do about it
When a red hot man meets a white hot lady
Hoop, diddy, diddy, hoop, diddy, do
Soon the fire starts a raging gets them more than half crazy
Hoop, diddy, diddy, hoop, diddy, do
Now you've got shit everywhere you turn
You can't stop walking 'cos your feet got burned
It ain't no time to figure wrong from right
'Cos reason's out the window
Better hold on tight
Headlong, oooh, down the highway
Headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
There ain't no stopping
There's nothing you, nothing you
Nothing you can do about it at all
Headlong
Headlong, oooh, out of control
So strong
There's nothing, nothing, nothing you can do about it
(Oooh, oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh)
I don't wanna leave you mama
But I'm gonna have to babe Goodbye Oooohhh
Yeah
Love Of My Life
Track 6. Track length 4:45, song length 4:09.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A Night At The Opera' album page. Brian: Sometimes I wonder whether I should sing this song or not. The reason being, the reason being that I can't sing it as well as it's creator. But then again, I think you're gonna help me, OK?. We'll do this one for Freddie, alright? Love of my life - you've hurt me
You've broken my heart and now you leave me
Love of my life, can't you see
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know
What it means to me Brian: Perfect Love of my life - don't leave me
You've stolen my heart and now desert me
Love of my life, can't you see
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know
What it means to me
You will remember
When this is blown over
And everything's all by the way
When I grow older
I will be there at your side to remind you
How I still love you - I still love you
Ooooohhhh
Oooh, hurry back, hurry back
Don't take it away from me
Because you don't know what it means to me
Love of my life
Love of my life
Oooh, yeah Brian: You did great, thank you.
'39 / Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
Track 7. Track length 4:12, song lengths 0:33 and 3:29.
The version of 'Let Your Heart Rule Your Head' on the video contains an additional chorus of length 19 seconds at approximately 3:36, extending the track to 3:48. This longer version was released on the 7" and cassette singles of 'Last Horizon', and the 2021 'Back To The Light' deluxe double CD reissue and boxed set.
Details of the original version of '39' can be found on the 'A Night At The Opera' album page, while 'Let Your Heart Rule Your Head' can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. Brian: One, two, three Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
If you've got time stay and listen to my story
Just a moment of your life is all I need
Don't say we should be parted
'Cos we only just got started
Let your heart rule your head tonight
There's a full moon shining on the water
There's a warm breeze blowing off the sea
When my pulse starts a racing
I know life is for the tasting
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Everybody
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Oooh, when your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
It's been so long since I put my arms around you
And I don't know if it's real or it's a dream
But don't stop to think about it - shout it
Just can't live without it
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Ooh, let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Oooh, you're staring at my face as though I'm crazy
When I tell you that I need you every day
Can't you see that I love you pretty baby
And old time don't ever stop ticking away, well
Your mama don't mind
And your papa don't mind
Ooh, and your sister don't mind
If you're thinking all the time
We can work it out right
When I'm holding you tight
Well I think it's alright
'Cos it ain't no crime
Don't let the moment slip away, hey
Don't think about - do it (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Well I know that we're in a time of changes
And in love there is danger everywhere
But consider every portion
When you've taken your precautions
Let your heart (let your heart)
Let your heart (let your heart)
Let your heart, let your heart, let your heart, let your heart Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
One more time with me Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Oooh, let your heart rule your head tonight
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Track 8. Track length 4:34, song length 4:30.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone for much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cos you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I have to lose
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you - every time
Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life
You'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
Since You've Been Gone
Track 9. Track length 3:42, song length 3:35.
Details of this cover version can be found on the Live Only Songs page. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I get the same old dreams
Same time every night
Fall to the ground and I wake up
So I get out of bed
Put on my shoes and in my head
Thoughts fly back to the break up
These four walls are closing in
Look what a fix you've put me in
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
I know my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
Since you've been gone
You cast the spell so break it
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh
Since you've been gone
So in the night I stand
Beneath the back street light
I read the words that you sent to me
I can take the afternoon
Night time comes around too soon
You don't know what you mean to me
Your poisoned letter, your telegram
Just go to show you don't give a damn
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
I know my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
Since you've been gone
You cast the spell so break it
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh
Since you've been gone
Everywhere you go
Baby you know you're never too far, oooh
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
I know my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
Since you've been gone
You cast the spell so break it
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh
Ever since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
I know my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
Since you've been gone
You cast the spell so break it
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh
Ever since you've been gone
Now I'm Here
Track 10. Track length 6:59, song length 6:50.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' album page. Here I stand
Look around, around, around, around, around
But you won't see me
Now I'm here
Now I'm there
Just a new man
Yes, you made me live again
A baby I was when you took my hand
The light of the night burned bright
The people all stared didn't understand
But you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be
Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me
Don't I love her so
'Cos you made me live again
Yeah
A thin moon me in a smoke screen sky
Where beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
Many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Go, go, go little Queenie
Go, go, go little Queenie
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Now I'm here
Think I'll stay around, around, around, around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me
Guitar Extravagance
Track 11. Track length 6:06, song length 6:06.
This track segues into 'Resurrection'.
Details of other guitar solos can be found on the Live Solos & Improvisations page.
Resurrection
Track 12. Track length 10:08, medley length 10:06.
This track segues from 'Guitar Extravagance'. Cozy's drum solo is based on his 1979 track 'Over The Top', from the album of the same name, which in turn, is based on the 1812 Overture composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The 1812 Overture was also later used as the basis for Brian's solo track 'One Night In Hell' in 2014.
On the video, Cozy's drum solo features an additional section from 3:43 onwards, taking the length upto 3:20, and the total medley to 10:18.
Details of the original version of 'Resurrection' can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' can be found on the 'A Night At The Opera' album page, and Cozy's Drum Solo can be found on the Live Solos & Improvisations page. 1. Resurrection (2:59) (from 0:00 to 2:59)
2. Cozy Powell Drum Solo (3:08) (from 2:59 to 6:12)
3. Resurrection (0:45) (from 6:14 to 6:59)
4. Bohemian Rhapsody (0:44) (from 6:59 to 7:43; this is the rock section only)
5. Resurrection (2:13) (from 7:43 to 10:06) There's a pain in my brain
Confusion in my heart
My blood's fit for bursting my body apart
I'm gonna ride
Ride the night into the morning sun
Ooh, gonna make my resurrection
No more of this crap
Got a whole new direction
Ain't no turning back
Resurrection is a gonna come
My spirit is weeping
For freedom it cries
Been scraping my living
In the valley of lies
(Ooh, ooh, ooh) ride the night to the morning sun
Ooh, I'm a victim of a victim
Of a conspiracy
From a corpum derelictum
Gonna fly and be free
Resurrection is a gonna come
Clear the vision
Heal the system
Sins forgiven
Rise
Flee the prison
Break the system
Sins forgiven
Rise
Ride the night - ooh, yes I know I'm still alive
Ride the night, yeah, I'm gonna ride
Rise again in the morning light (Cozy's drum solo)
Brian: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Cozy Powell So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here
There's no sense in my counting
The price of those years
There's too many heartaches
And too many tears
(Ooh, ooh, ooh) Ride the night into the morning sun
Oooh yes I thought I was dreaming
But the east is ablaze
With the promise of the future
Heavenly days
Ride the night to the morning sun
Ride the night ooh, into the morning sun
Resurrection is a gonna come
Yeah
Last Horizon
Track 13. Track length 3:14, song length 3:14.
This track segues into 'We Will Rock You'.
On the album, Brian speaks about the band and then says 'OK we'll try again'. On the video, the keyboard starts as normal, but Brian's dialogue and some of the keyboard is lost, from approximately 0:05 to 0:18, reducing the length to 3:01.
On the CD single, Brian's second line of dialogue is lost (from about 0:17 to 0:19), which shortens it to 3:12. This version also appears on the 2021 'Back To The Light' deluxe double CD reissue and boxed set.
On all versions, the track is identical from the very first guitar onwards. During the actual concert, Spike played a second keyboard solo between the false start and actual start.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Back To The Light' album page. Brian: This is one hell of a great band here - give a round for the band please
Brian: OK, we'll try again
We Will Rock You
Track 14. Track length 3:54, song length 3:48.
This track segues from 'Last Horizon', and includes both slow and fast versions of the track, of lengths 2:09 and 1:40.
On the video, the fast version has an additional 43 seconds of slow instrumental, which appears at approximately 3:46, extending the fast version to 2:23 and the total track to 4:31. The video version also appears on the 'Last Horizon' CD single, the 2021 'Back To The Light' deluxe double CD reissue and boxed set, and on the 'We Will Rock You' promo CD, with extra crowd noise at the start.
Details of the original slow and fast versions of the track can be found on the 'News Of The World' album page. Brian: Alright, this is for you Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
Mud on your face
You big disgrace
Waving that banner all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you, that's right
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Fighting in the street gonna take on the world some day
Blood on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking that can all over the place
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, one more time
We will, we will, rock you, just one more for me
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
Waving that banner all over the place
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
We will rock you all over the place
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, rock you, rock you, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
Yeah
Oooooh
Oooooh
Hammer To Fall
Track 15. Track length 5:32, song length 5:15.
On the video, there is a 27 second section of instrumental at approximately 4:01, and about 18 seconds more audience noise at around 5:18 (between the end of the song and 'give it to me one more time'). This extends the track to 5:59.
Curiously, a short excerpt of this track (Brian saying 'give it to me one more time') was included on David Bowie's 1995 album 'Outside', at approximately 3:18 into the track 'Segue - Ramona A. Stone/I Am With Name'. The album was recorded at Queen's Mountain Studios in Montreux, and co-produced by David Richards, which presumably explains the connection.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'The Works' album page. Brian: Alright we've got one more in the pot. You want one more, one like this. Hammer To Fall Here we stand or here we fall
History won't care at all
Make the bed, light the light
Lady Mercy won't be home tonight
You don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
Comes to you as to us all
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall
Oh every night, and every day
A little piece of you is falling away
Lift your face, the western way, baby
Build your muscles as your body decays
Toe your line and play their game
Ooh, let the anaesthetic cover it all
Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the hammer to fall
Rich or poor or famous for
Your truth it's all the same (oh no, oh no)
Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane (oh no)
Baby now your struggle's all vain
For he who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just want to scream it louder and louder and louder
What the hell we fighting for?
Ooh, just surrender and it won't hurt at all
Just got time to say your prayers
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall, yeah
Yeah
Oh
You know you waiting, you waiting, you waiting
Want you to wait, oh baby
You're just waiting for the hammer to, hammer to, hammer to fall
To fall Brian: Goodnight and thank you
Brian: Give it to me one more time