The band Queen announced plans to release a previously unfinished Freddie Mercury-Michael Jackson duet on their upcoming compilation album, Rolling Stone reports.
The album, named “Queen Forever,” will forego the band’s commercial hits and instead will focus on lesser-known tracks, reboots and previously unfinished material.
The Mercury-Jackson duet, “There Must Be More to Life Than This,” was written in 1985. The two recorded vocals during the Hot Space sessions, but the song was never finished. Mercury released a stripped-down version of the track on his debut solo album, but the version appearing on “Queen Forever” features production from William Orbit, the producer behind Madonna’s “Ray of Light.”
Orbit’s version takes a much larger, orchestral approach than Mercury’s solo recording, and Adam Lambert, who toured with Queen this summer, called the song “very dramatic and powerful with a beautiful melody.”
Set to drop on Nov. 10, “Queen Forever” will be available in two formats: a 20-track single CD or two-CD set that clocks in at 36 tracks.