"Time" is a 1986 song recorded by Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...

, along with "In My Defence

In My Defence

In My Defence is a song performed by Queen lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury.-Background:The song was written by Dave Clark, David Soames and Jeff Daniels for the musical Time...

", for Dave Clark

Dave Clark (musician)

David 'Dave' Clark is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the leader and drummer of the 1960s beat group The Dave Clark Five, the first big British Invasion band to follow The Beatles to America in 1964....

's musical of the same name

Time (musical)

Time is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by David Pomeranz.Derived from the 1970s musical The Time Lord by Soames and Daniels, it focuses on contemporary rock musician Chris Wilder, who has been transported with his backup...

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Even though Mercury did not appear in the musical itself, both songs were included on the cast album

Time (Dave Clark album)

Dave Clark's "Time" is a concept album based on Dave Clark's 1986 musical "Time".It was released in vinyl as a double LP and in cassette format...

, and "Time" was also released as a separate single, backed by an instrumental version of the song, which reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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The single version was later included in the 2000 box set The Solo Collection

The Solo Collection

The Solo Collection is a box set detailing the solo career of Freddie Mercury; it includes the material Mercury recorded before joining up with Queen, up through the 1993 No More Brothers remixes. Mercury's singles and two studio albums are included, as well as a disc of instrumentals, numerous...

and the 2006 compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

Lover of Life, Singer of Songs is a compilation album of Freddie Mercury's solo songs. It was released on September 4, 2006, the day before the 60th anniversary of Mercury's birth. It was released on November 21, 2006 in the U.S, three days before the 15th anniversary of Mercury's death...

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The song video was shot at the Dominion Theatre

Dominion Theatre

The Dominion Theatre is a West End theatre on Tottenham Court Road close to St Giles Circus and Centre Point Tower, in the London Borough of Camden.-History:...

, London

London

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, where the play was being staged since the world premiere

Premiere

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 of April 9th, 1986. Since a matinée

Matinée

Matinee or Matinée may refer to:* A showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the afternoon. More generally, a musical, social or other public event held at a time other than in the evening and occasionally stretched to include the early A.M. hours, e.g., "midnight matinee"...

 and evening performance were scheduled, the only time left for shooting was the early morning: so Mercury and Austrian producer Rudi Dolezal had to meet there at 6.00 in the morning.

Remixes

• "Time (Nile Rodgers
  Nile Rodgers
  Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
  
   1992 Remix)" is an edit version of the song contained in the 1992 compilation
  Compilation album
  A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
  
   The Freddie Mercury Album
  The Freddie Mercury Album
  The Freddie Mercury Album is a posthumous solo project with material from Queen frontman and vocalist Freddie Mercury released in 1992. The album is mainly made up of remixes from his past releases, as well as the original versions of "Barcelona", "Love Kills", "Exercises in Free Love", and "The...
  
  and in the Solo Collection
  The Solo Collection
  The Solo Collection is a box set detailing the solo career of Freddie Mercury; it includes the material Mercury recorded before joining up with Queen, up through the 1993 No More Brothers remixes. Mercury's singles and two studio albums are included, as well as a disc of instrumentals, numerous...
  
  . It replaces the piano with a guitar part.
• "Time (2000 Remix)" is almost identical to the single version, except it loses some of the percussions. It is only found in the 2000 box set Solo.