Let Me In Your Heart Again is a song by Queen. It was written by Brian May for the band's 1984 album The Works, but was initially scrapped after the band could not produce a version that met their standards. In 2014, however, May and Roger Taylor completed the song for release on the Queen Forever compilation album, as well as a single.
To date, it is the last original Queen track to be released as a 12” maxi-single. The 12” maxi-single with the William Orbit remix is included as an extra in the Queen Forever 4 LP box set.
History[]
Composition[]
Originating from sessions for the band's 1984 album The Works, "Let Me In Your Heart Again" was written by May and originally recorded in Los Angeles in 1983. On the Chris Evans Breakfast Show in September 2014, May revealed that the band had found it impossible to complete the track, despite several versions of the lyrics being written to make it easier for Mercury to sing. They eventually abandoned the song.
After the original recording went unused for several years, English actor and singer Anita Dobson recorded a version of the song, using Queen's recordings as guide vocals. Dobson's version would appear on her 1988 album Talking Of Love.
For Queen Forever, May wove together parts from each of the existing Queen versions, before he and Taylor fleshed out the music. Consequently, the result contains very different lyrics from Anita Dobson's 1988 version.
"I was very pleased we had three new tracks to put on [Queen Forever]…" remarked Taylor. "'Let Me In Your Heart Again' is absolutely typical mid-period Queen… When I put the original tape on, it was so astonishingly real, like it had been recorded that morning. I got quite emotional about the way Freddie was doing his thing. It's like suddenly coming across recordings of your parents after they're gone. And then it turns into something rather joyful."
Music Video[]
The music videos for both the album version video and the William Orbit mix ones feature unseen footage from the Works Tour at Brussels in 1984, Rock Montreal video and promo video clips