Rarities 1 - Mr Bad Guy Sessions

(from the Freddie Mercury Boxed Set)


Menu:

  1. Let's Turn it On (a capella)
  2. Made In Heaven (alternative version)
  3. I Was Born To Love You (vocal & piano version)
  4. Foolin' Around (early version)
  5. Foolin' Around (original 1985 unreleased 12" mix)
  6. Your Kind Of Lover (early version)
  7. Your Kind Of Lover (vocal & piano version)
  8. Mr. Bad Guy (orchestra out-takes)
  9. Mr. Bad Guy (early version)
  10. There Must Be More To Life Than This (piano out-takes)
  11. Living On My Own (hybrid edit: early/later versions)
  12. Love Is Dangerous (early version)
  13. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (early version)
  14. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (2nd early version: extract)
  15. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (3rd early version)
  16. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (live take)
  17. She Blows Hot & Cold (alternative version)
  18. Gazelle (demo)
  19. Money Can't Buy Happiness (demo)
  20. Love Makin' Love (demo)
  21. God Is Heavy (demo)
  22. New York (demo)


Let's Turn It On (a capella)

One two three four
Let's turn it on and get everybody thinking
Thinking thinking thinking
Let's turn it on everybody song and dancing
Dancing dancing dancing
Let's turn it on (turn it on) all the people got to get
the right impression (yeah)
Turn it on turn it on turn it on
Why don't we turn it on and let's stop everybody
fighting

Let's get it on let's get everybody jumping
Let's get it on and get everybody stomping
Let's get it on (turn it on) all the people got to get
the right impression
Let's get it on turn it on and let's get everybody
dancing

Take it
Let's turn it on yeah
Nobody is giving it up (yeah yeah)
Everybody is living it up (yeah yeah)
Everybody is living it up (living it up)
Let's turn it on yeah
Nobody is giving it up everybody is living it up (yeah
yeah)
Everybody is living it up (living it up) let's turn it
on turn it on yeah
Dancing dancing dancing dancing

Let's turn it on and get everybody swinging
Let's turn it on get right into that lovely feeling
Let's turn it on yeah come on all you people get
together
Turn it on yeah (turn it on) and let's get everybody
dancing

Turn it on and get everybody happy
Let's turn it on let's make everybody happy
Let's turn it on (let's turn it on) come on all you all
you happy people together
Turn it on yeah turn it on turn it on
Let's make everybody crazy



Made In Heaven (alternative version)

I'm taking my right in destiny willing to play my part
Loving with painful memories loving with all my heart
Made in heaven made in heaven that's for all to see yeah
Made in heaven made in heaven
That's what the people say to me that's what they say
That's what everybody says to me so can't you see
I know da da da da da da da daa
That's what everybody says to me, my heart

Taking my right I long to be na na na na na naa
Living with painful memories na na na na na na
Made in heaven made in heaven wow that's for all to see
yeah
Made in heaven
I can tell you I can tell you bah bah bah bah baah
Everybody everybody says oooh yeah yeah

When stormy weather comes around it was made in heaven
When sunny skies break through behind the clouds
Made in heaven

I'm playing my role in history looking to find my goal
Taking in all this misery but giving it all my soul
Made in heaven made in heaven it was all meant to be
yeah
Yes it's so plain to see yes it was meant to be



I Was Born To Love You (vocal & piano version)

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

You are the one for me I am the man for you
You were made for me you're my ecstasy
If I was given every opportunity I'd kill for your love
(hey)
So take a chance with me let me romance with you
I'm caught in a dream and my dreams come true
It's so hard to believe this is happening to me
An amazing feeling coming through...

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yeah I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

I wanna love you I love every little thing about you
I wanna love you love you love you
(Born) to love you (born) to love you Yes (born) I was
born to love you
(Born) to love you (born) to love you every single day
of my life
I was born to love you with every single beat of my
heart
Yeah I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life
I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yea-yeah I was born to take care of you honey
Every single day of my lif



Foolin' Around (early version)

Not so serious you make your plans without me
I can see something tells me something's going on
What you got up your sleeve yeah
I know it's just a phase we're going through but you
want your own way
You got it easy but you're taking it too far
Foolin' around you just keep foolin' around with me yeah
Keep foolin'

Walking down the street everybody watching
Such a tease you can take on any man you want
Guess it's time for me to leave yeah
Hey you just feel free go ahead and set for blame on me
It's only love that is standing in my way
What can I say
You're just foolin' around with me yeah
A-ha foolin' around with me

Foolin' around - everyday I get so lonely lonely lonely
lonely baby
Foolin' around just foolin' around all you do is keep me
hanging around
You're really so hard to please
You really got to watch that baby yeah yeah
Watch that baby

Yeah yeah yeah
Hmm keep keep keep foolin' around yeah
You just keep foolin' around
You just keep foolin'
You just keep foolin' around
You just keep foolin' foolin' foolin' yeah yeah

Yeah I know it's just a phase - going through it but you
want your own way baby
You got it easy but you want on your way
Foolin' around you just keep foolin' around with me yeah
baby
You do that
Foolin' foolin' foolin' around with me
Yeah yeah yeah foolin' around with me
Foolin' around with me
Foolin' around with me
You just keep foolin' around with me yeah
Come on come on baby
Foolin' foolin' around with me yeah yeah yeah


Foolin' Around (original 1985 unreleased 12" mix)

You're so beautiful you just lay it on me
Foxy lady you really are the greatest show in town
You want to play
You wanna eat your cake and have it your way
You got it easy and you don't give a damn
Foolin' around you just keep foolin' around with me
Keep on foolin' around with me baby

Walking down the street people watching closely
Such a tease you can turn on any man you want (de do de
do)
You masquerade
You're the catch of the season every night and day
You you you don't have any time for me
You just keep foolin' around with me
Yes you do you do to me

Foolin' around (de do) - everywhere I go you're the only
only only sexy lady
Foolin' around (de do de do) all you do is keep me
hanging around
You're really so hard to please yeah
You've gotta really watch that baby!
Yeah yeah wow
Yeah yeah

You just you just foolin' around with me
You just you just foolin' around with me
You keep foolin' you keep foolin'
Hey foolin' foolin' foolin' foolin' foolin' yeah
Want to play but you always want it all your own way
You got it easy but you don't give a damn
Foolin' around you just keep fooling around with me
Just keep foolin' around with me yeah

I'm a fool fool fool fool for you baby keep foolin'
around yeah yeah
I'm a fool fool fool for you sexy baby keep foolin'
around
I'm a fool fool fool - baby hangin' around
I'm a fool fool fool fool for you baby keep foolin'
Around


Your Kind Of Lover (early version)

Now you say you're leaving me
I just can't believe it's true
You're my kind of lover
Wanna little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life
I wanna little bit of feeling
Little bit of meaning to my life

Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
I wanna be your kind of lover
Give a little bit of feeling
Give a little bit of feeling
Give a little bit of meaning to my life

I wanna boogie down with you brother
Boogie down with the bassman
Closer - get a little bit closer to my heart
Ba ba ba ba

Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can start again (we can work it out just next to
nothing) we can start again
(Your kind of lover) (over over over) we can work it out
work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling

(I wanna be) your kind of mother
Let's get-that that feeling
Let's get-that that feeling
Let's get-that da da ba ba bah
Da da da dedo da da da da dah
Da da da da da bom bom bo ba bam
Yeah

Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing
Hey work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling

Yeah we can work it out (your kind of lover)
Give a little bit of feeling
Give a little bit of feeling
Give a little bit of meaning to my life
Wanna boogie down with your brother
Boogie down with the bassman
Get a little bit closer
Get a little bit closer

We can work it out
Let me show what I can do I can be your kind of lover
We can work it out
Let me show what I can do I can be your kind of lover
We can work it out just next to nothing (your kind of
lover)
Your kind of lover (we can work it out let's work it out
just next to nothing) (o-o-o-over)
With feeling with feeling with feeling

(I wanna be) your kind of mother
Let's get-that that feeling
Let's get-that that feeling
Let's get-that da da ba ba bah
Da da da dedo da da da da dah bah
Da da da da da bom bom bo ba bam
Yea-yeah

Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing
Hey work it out work it out just next to nothing
Feeling feeling with feeling

Yea we can work it out
(Your kind of lover) let me show what I can do I can be
your kind of lover
We can work it out (your kind of lover)
(We can work it out) let me show what I can do I can be
your kind of lover
I can be your kind of lover (your kind of lover)
Wow


Your Kind Of Lover (vocal & piano version)

Now you say you're leaving me
I just can't believe it's true
You're my kind of lover
Wanna little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life
I wanna little bit of feeling
Little bit of sunshine to my life

I wanna be your kind of lover
Give a little bit of feeling
Just a little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life

I wanna boogie down with you brother
Boogie down with the bassman
Win love on the grandslam
I'll be there waiting when you call
Da da ba bah
Da da ba bah

Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Don't tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing (your my kind of
lover)
Work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling

We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of
lover
We can work it out (work it out)
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of
lover

I wanna be your kind of mother
Let's talk about loving right
Don't talk about doing wrong
Put a little bit of sense into your mind
We gotta talk it out man to man
Make each other understand
Right now a little happiness would be fine
Da da ba bah
Da da ba bah

Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Don't tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing
Hey work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling

We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of
lover
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of
lover
Hey your kind of lover
Your kind of lover
Your kind of lover


Mr. Bad Guy (orchestra out-takes)

[three four]
[pom pom pom paaadaaa]
[pom pom pom paaadaaa]


Mr. Bad Guy (early version)

[one two three four]

You're trespassing this is not okay
Wrong invitation
Better not stick around my alley way

I'm Mr Bad Guy
Yes I'm everybody's Mr Bad Guy
Defend yourself I bring catastrophe
Oh it's the only way to live from day to day

Your big daddy he big business man
No recommendation
Feel like the president of the USA

I'm Mr Bad Guy
Yes I'm everybody's Mr Bad Guy
Defend yourself I bring catastrophe
Oh it's the only way to live from day to day

I'm Mr Bad Guy
They're all afraid of me
I can ruin peoples lives yeah yeah
Mr Bad Guy don't go upsetting me
I can make you lose your mind
Posses you any time
I'm Mr Bad Guy Mr Bad Guy bad guy

Everyone's afraid of me
Everyone's afraid of me

Yes I'm Mr Bad Guy
Yes I'm everybody's Mr Bad Guy
Defend yourself I bring catastrophe
Oh it's the only way to live from day to day


There Must Be More To Life Than This (piano out-takes)

[Can't get it right]
[Shit]
[There you are!]
[I'll never get it]
[La la la la laaa]
[Wreck!]
[Try another one]



Living On My Own (hybrid edit: early/later versions)

Sometimes I feel I'm gonna break down and cry (so
lonely)
Everything was always looking so fine
I get lonely so lonely always on my own

Sometimes I feel I'm always walking too fast
And everything is raining down on me down on me
I go crazy so so crazy I'm always on my own (yea yea)

Dee do de de (lonely) dee do de de (lonely)
It's a lonely time for the land we're living
Dee do de de (lonely) dee do de de
I get so lonely lonely lonely lonely yeah
Got to be some good times ahead (take em)

Sometimes I feel nobody gives me no warning
And everytime I'm looking up in the morning like a bad
day
So lonely yes I'm on my own (my own my own) my own (my
own my own)

Dee do de de (lonely) dee do de de (lonely)
{I don't have no time for no monkey business} It's a
lonely time for the land we're living
Dee do de de dee do de de
I get so lonely lonely lonely lonely yeah
Got to be some good times ahead

Ow de do de do de do de do de do de do de do
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bah
De de de de de de de de de da de da da bah de de de dee
Ha come on baby
De de de da da da da de da de da de da wow
Woho hey

Dee do de de dee do de de
{I don't have no time for no monkey business} It's a
lonely time for the land we're living
Dee do de de dee do de de
I get so lonely lonely lonely lonely yeah
Got to be some good times ahead

{Yeah babe} (De do de do de do hey)
{Yeah having good time babe} (De do de do de do de do ba
bop ba bop)
{Wow ha} De de bom bom bom bom bom bom baba
{De de de de de de} (De de de de de de de de de da de da
da bah)
De de de de de de de de do
De de de de de de de de hmm ba
Do do do do do do do do do do do do wap wap
Jaa (jaa)
Deng deng deng deng deng deng (Ooh lalalalalala wow)
Yeah (Mmm living aha living aha) go go go ah ah (living
aha living aha wow)
{Aah yea yea yea yea yea yea yeah} (Ba)
(Hey)
{Hey yeah}
(Hey)
{Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah} (Hey)
{Living on living on} (Hey)
{Muh muh muh muh muh muh} (De de de de de de de)
{Oh oh oh oh} De do de do de do de do de do wow
{Living on living on living on my own}
{Yeeee ha}
{Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom living! living on my
own}
{Ah you drive me crazy you drive me crazy}
{You drive me crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy ha!}
{Go woooohooooo aha yeahea}

{hmmhmm}

nb: between (..) is the right channel, {..} is the left channel



Love Is Dangerous (early version)

My love is dangerous dangerous my love is dangerous
Always makes you bleed always makes you bleed
Always makes you bleed love is dangerous yeah

Don't follow in my footsteps you don't belong to me
You only make a mistake (don't) don't try and understand
me
Don't try and understand me all I'm trying to say

My love is dangerous dangerous love is dangerous hey
Make everybody cry everybody cry
Everybody cry love is dangerous huh

Don't waste your time with loving love don't work for me
Don't try to show your feelings step carefully
Step carefully all I'm trying to say

Love is dangerous because I'm your enemy
Watch your step carefully
Hey doh doh doh doh doh do-bab
Dangerous watch your step carefully
I'm your worst enemy next day no

You will be dangerous yeah ooo dangerous love is
dangerous
Love is dangerous yeah
All I'm really trying to say to you love is dangerous


Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (early version)

Got to go back to my dreams again
Got to follow my own course
Got to go back to my losing games yeah
I guess this is the end of love
Nobody understands me
And la la la la laa
Is the only la la la to be
Don't want you to leave me

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
This is the last goodbye and very soon it will be over
But today just love me like there's no tomorrow

I go de de de de de dee
Sometimes this seem the la la la la la
I guess it nowhere to go
I guess this is the end of love
Nobody understands me
So la la laa
This is the only way to be
A last goodbye
I don't want you to leave me

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
Oh


Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (2nd early version: extract)

Gotta face the fact and start all over again
Got to realise it's nearly over
Got to step out on my own again
I guess this is the end of love
She doesn't understand me
But I still care
We decided to go our own seperate ways
I don't want you to leave me

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
This is our last goodbye and very soon it will be over


Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (3rd early version)

First step in love and I'm in sinking sand
I've never felt so high and low
You always had to have the upper hand
You had to go and ruin all our plans
Packed your bags and you're leaving home
Got a one-way ticket and you're all set to go
But we have one more day together so

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
This is our last goodbye but very soon it will be over
But today just love me like there's no tomorrow

I guess I have to play the lonely man
I don't have all that far to go
Got caught in love and stepped in sinking sand
I've never felt so low in all my life yeah
I was born to be a loser
But I guess there's a limit on how far we go
But we only have one more day together so

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
This is our last goodbye and very soon it will be over
But today just love me like there's no tomorrow

Tomorrow God knows just where I'll be
Tomorrow who knows just what's in store for me
Anything can happen but we only have one more day
together yeah
Just one more day together so

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
This is our last goodbye but very soon it will be over
But today just love me like there's no tomorrow ooh

Love me like there's no tomorrow
Hold me in your arms tell me you mean it
This is our last goodbye but very soon it will be over


Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (live take)

[one two three four]


She Blows Hot & Cold (alternative version)

( featuring brian may)

[one two, one two three four]

She's a sexy lady she can do it then she'd kick you out
of bed
Tricky talking baby she can rock and roll and leave you
for dead
Blow hot and cold blow hot and cold
She can give you the business give you the business
She blows she blows hot and cold

She's a modern lady she can fight it out man to man
She's a dirty so and so - she can do it do it do it she
can
Blow hot and cold blow hot and cold
She can give you the business give you the business
She blows she blows hot and cold

Hey give me the business baby
She can give you the business yeah
She's a dirty so and so hey hey
Hey she blows she blows she blows hot and cold

She's a sexy lady she can bring you to a very sticky end
Sexy talking tricky talking baby
Can rock and roll and leave you for dead

Blow hot and cold
She blows hot and cold
She can give you the business give you the business
She blows she blows hot and cold

Hey hey
Blow blow hot and cold
Hey
Blow hot and cold
Come on and do it
She blows she blows hot and cold haha
Ha
Yea yea yeah yea yea yeah yea yea yeah yea yea yeah
She blows yes she blows yes she blows hot and cold hot
and cold
Yeah
She can give you business she can give you business
Yea yea yea yea yeah
Hey get it ready
Come on blow give me hot and cold
Come on blow blow hot and cold
Come on blow yea yeah
Woohoo


Gazelle (demo)

De dop de dop de dop de dop
Gazelle (de dop de dop de dop de dop)
You got me runnin' fast
You got me feelin' low
You got me runnin' fast
You got me feelin' low gazelle
Gazelle (gazelle)


Money Can't Buy Happiness (demo)

Hey, there seem to be a lot of things going round
Feeling all about to be
You can take it any time you wanted to baby
You only want it for me
You can only ... see all around
Hey hey you left me
Hey you're getting all the life
You can't belong to me
You see the one left-over

Money can't buy happiness, no (no)
Money can't buy happiness
I tell ya

You seem to be the only girl left in town
What you doin' tonight
But when you see that I'm alone
You're only only tellin' me
But when you tell me you want me now
I don't, I don't, I don't believe it
Ha but comin' ...
You can't be seen ...

Mmmm, money can't buy happiness, no (no)
Money can't buy happiness
No money can't buy happiness, no
Money can't buy happiness

(Keep a little bit more for me)
Can't buy happiness
(Keep a little bit around)
No, woho
Yeah money don't buy, money don't buy
Money don't give no happiness, nobody
Money don't buy


Love Makin' Love (demo)

Yeah
You just say you want out
Take no more of this kind of love

No talk of romance
Takin' chances you can't afford
No more goodbyes
No tellin' lies
Leave all the tension
Leave all the troubles behind

I just love makin' love makin' love
Making love with you, yeah
Love makin' love makin' love, with you
Love makin' love, love makin' love with you
Yes I do
It's love makin' love makin' love
That's all I wanna do, with you

Don't get into no bad ways
Coz life goes on
No wedding plans you can take right along
Oh secret love affair waiting unaware
De de de de de all off de da de daa

I just love makin' love makin' love
Makin' love with you, girl
I'm tellin' ya
Love makin' love makin' love, love to you
Yes I do, I do, I do, I do

When the feelin's just right
I can reach you from the stars above, yeah
You know I love makin' love makin' love
That's all I wanna do yeah woohoo

And they say love is blind
It's so hard to find
When you find it you end up just fighting
There's a weight on your shoulder
Rain in your hand
There's someone's love to steal like
...
Yes it's time, there's no lie, there's no lie


God Is Heavy (demo)

No
God is heavy
God is heavy
God is heavy
God is heavy
Laugh this time
Luck this time
Laugh this time
You know a lot
De de de de de da
Yea yea yea yea yea a lot

God is heavy
God is heavy
God is heavy
Laugh a lot
Laugh this time
Laugh this time
You know this time
De de de
Hmm yea yea yea yea yea yea yeah
De de da de dop


New York (demo)

One two three four one
I didn't get no sleep last night
Had a drink and I got uptight
I fell over

When the sun comes in inside
When the tide comes in I'm alive
I'm all over, so move over
Here I come New York

New York, you're gaining on me
New York, you're just that one step far away
But I'm here to stay

New York, (you're gaining on me) stop gaining on me
New York, you're just that one step far away
But I'm here to stay
You can't catch me New York