I Was Born to Love You (song)

The video for the original Freddie Mercury version of the song was directed by David Mallet and filmed at the now demolished Limehouse Studios, London. The video was choreographed by Arlene Phillips and shows Mercury singing in front of a wall of mirrors, then running through a house with a woman before dancing on a podium. The video for the version used on Made in Heaven was directed by Richard Heslop for the British Film Institute, and included on Made in Heaven: The Films. It shows inhabitants of a block of council flats. Couples kiss, kids play, and teenagers steal and destroy a car in a monochrome film. The audio also uses the vinyl edit. For the 2004 re-release, a video was created mixing footage of Mercury's original solo video intercut with footage of Queen performing live at Wembley Stadium, plus his solo video "Living on My Own". This video is included on Queen Jewels, the 2004 Greatest Karaoke Hits DVD, and the Japanese release of the documentary Days of Our Lives. ==Appearances in other media==

The song has appeared in multiple television advertisements, mainly in Japan. The original version recorded by Mercury appeared in the TV commercial of Japanese cosmetics company Noevia in the mid 1980s. The Queen version was released as a single exclusively in Japan in February 1996, because the song was used in a TV ad for Kirin Ichiban Shibori, The advertisement, commissioned by Astro through agency Dentsu LHS Malaysia and created by Pesona Pictures Indonesia, also have an unused version, which used Queen's version of the song. == Track listings ==

7-inch single (1985) :A. "I Was Born to Love You" – 3:37 :B. "Stop All the Fighting" – 3:17 12-inch single (1985) :A. "I Was Born to Love You" (Extended Version) – 7:03 :B. "Stop All the Fighting" – 3:17 ==Personnel==

;Original version • Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, synthesizer, Synclavier • Fred Mandel – synthesizer, rhythm guitar • Paul Vincent – lead guitar • Curt Cress – drums • Stephan Wissnet – bass guitar, Fairlight CMI • Reinhold Mack – Fairlight CMI, Synclavier II ;Queen version • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards • Brian May – guitars, keyboards • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion • John Deacon – bass guitar == Chart history ==

;Freddie Mercury version ;Queen version ;Worlds Apart version ==Certifications==