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1989 had truly been a miraculous year for Queen, and for the first time, Parlophone/EMI decided to release a record fifth single from the band's latest album, choosing the title track, The Miracle, to round off its campaign. Whilst the song was an anthemic rock ballad in the same mould as Killer Queen and We Are The Champions before it, the single was only a minor hit, scraping its way to number 21 in the UK, but the video has become one of the most celebrated in the Queen catalog.

Directed once again by the Torpedo Twins, it was filmed at Elstree Studios on 23rd November 1989. Freddie had the idea of finding four young "lookalikes" of the band to mime their way through the track, leaving the real Queen to make a brief appearance at the end of the piece and cameo shots throughout the rest of the track.

Auditions for the roles were organized at all the top stage schools throughout London. Thousands of children auditioned, trying their best to emulate their heroes' onstage antics in every way possible, and the final four ended up being so good that the band were left awestruck after being treated to a run-through of their performance. Freddie even joked that they should send the boys on tour in the band's place! The young actor who portrayed Freddie, Ross McCall, later became a successful actor in his own right, most famously appearing in the Steven Spielberg mini-series Band Of Brothers, and the football hooliganism drama Green Street.

Despite the name of the release, The Miracle EP, released in time for Christmas of 1989, did not actually contain The Miracle, as it was not completed in time for the VHS release, so this particular promo made its home video debut as part of the Greatest Flix II compilation in 1991 (and featured on its American counterpart Classic Queen). It was most recently included on the Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD in 2003.

Credits

Version	Name	Artist	Recorded	Format	Length	Director	Filming Location
Standard Version	The Miracle	Queen	23rd November 1989	Video	5.12	The Torpedo Twins	Elstree Studios, London

Availability

• Standard Version - Greatest Flix II VHS, Box Of Flix VHS, Classic Queen VHS, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD