This version of Sorry / You Are The Only One comes from an unknown generation working tape from either 'The Works' or 'Mr Bad Guy' sessions.
Munich in 1983 was a busy period for the band. Queen progressed on their album The Works and simultaneously Freddie was working on tracks for his first solo album Mr. Bad Guy. Quite a few songs, such as Man Made Paradise and There Must Be More To Life Than This, could have ended up on either project; both Queen and Freddie solo takes exist. A cassette tape, originating from Freddie's personal assistant Peter Freestone has since been leaked amongst the trading community with six songs from this time period in Munich (New York, two versions of Keep Passing The Open Windows, Coming On Far Too Strong, an instrumental of the aforementioned track, and Sorry / You Are The Only One). The demo with the working titles of Sorry / You Are The Only One is Freddie on piano in the early stages of developing a song. There are no real lyrics, just the title being sung as a sort of chorus and Freddie gently singing "I'm so sorry" and "dee dee dee deeing" his way through as he normally does before lyrics are written. It is unclear if this was meant for The Works or the Bad Guy project.
Written by: Freddie Mercury
Produced by: Freddie Mercury
Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano
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Lyrics:
Um, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
I'm so sorry
Got my head in the clouds
Do, do, do, do, da, da, da, da
Da, de, da, da, da
You are the only one
You are the only one
Do, do, do, do
Honey our love can be
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Dee, dah
You are the only one
Do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Na, na, na, na, na
You are the only one
Da, da, dee, dah
Do, do, do, do
Honey our love can be
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
(Freddie coughs)