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It’s a hard life, Japan 1985 ⠀ This is a song written by Freddie Mercury. The intro is based on an aria called “Vesti La Giubba” from the opera Pagliacci by Italian opera composer Ruggero Leoncavallo. ⠀ Brian May: “To my mind this is one of the most beautiful songs that Freddie ever wrote. It’s straight from the heart, and he really opened up during the creation of it, I sat with him for hours and hours and hours just trying pull it away and get the most out of it. It’s one of his loveliest songs.” ⠀ Roger Taylor said that this was one of his favorite songs that Freddie Mercury wrote, but he absolutely HATED the music video and being a part of it: “I think we look more stupid in this video than any other artists has looked in a video.” ⠀