The Great Pretender

~ Recording by Freddie Mercury

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.12The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryNow That’s What I Call Music 9
  • 1987-03-23 GB
2.1The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryNow That’s What I Call Music 9
  • 1987-03-23 GB
2.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryNow That’s What I Call Music 9
  • 1987-03-23 GB
1.9The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryFormel Eins: Wild Hits!
1.9The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryFormel Eins: Wild Hits!
1.8The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryKuschelrock, Volume 1
1.8The Great Pretender3:24Freddie MercuryKuschelrock 1
1.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryThe Freddie Mercury Album
  • 1992-11-16 GB
1.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryThe Freddie Mercury Album
  • 1992-11-28 JP
1.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryThe Freddie Mercury Album
1.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryThe Freddie Mercury Album
1.1The Great Pretender3:29Freddie MercuryThe Best of 1980–1990, Volume 7
1.8The Great Pretender3:24Freddie MercuryKuschelrock 1
1.8The Great Pretender3:24Freddie MercuryKuschelRock 1 (Gold-Edition)
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
  • 1999-11-08 XE
1.12The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
  • 1999-11-09 US
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
  • 1999-11-09 -
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
  • 1999-11-18 JP
2.4The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
1.12The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
1.8The Great Pretender3:24Freddie MercuryKuschelrock 1
3.3The Great Pretender3:29Freddie MercurySolo - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury
  • 2000-10-23 GB
5.5The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:30Freddie MercuryThe Solo Collection
  • 2000-10-23 GB
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (UDEN – no star)
  • 2000-11-13 GB
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
  • 2000-11-13 GB
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
3.3The Great Pretender3:29Freddie MercurySolo
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryThe Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
1.1The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryLegends
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
  • 2002-09-24 US
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
  • 2002-09-24 CA
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryThe Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III
1.8The Great Pretender3:24Freddie MercuryKuschelrock 1
  • 2004-08-09 DE
1.23The Great Pretender3:24Freddie Mercury100 Hits One Way Ticket
1.2The Great Pretender3:34Freddie MercuryLover of Life, Singer of Songs
  • 2006-09-04 GB
1.2The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:28Freddie MercuryLover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo
  • 2006-09-04 GB
9.17The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryClassic Cuts Presents: 80’s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Special Stereo Wide Edition 16 CD Box
1.17The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryClassic Cuts Presents: 80s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: M to O
1.2The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:28Freddie MercuryLover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo (single CD version)
1.2The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:28Freddie MercuryLover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo
1.2The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:28Freddie MercuryLover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo
1.2The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:28Freddie MercuryLover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo
1.8The Great Pretender3:24Freddie MercuryKuschelrock 1
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (red special edition)
  • 2011-06-22 JP
1.12The Great Pretender3:25Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
  • 2011-06-22 JP
3.12The Great Pretender3:25Freddie MercuryThe Greatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (remastered)
  • 2011-06-22 -
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (2011 digital remaster)
  • 2011-06-24 AU
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (2011 remaster)
  • 2011-06-27 XE
1.2The Great Pretender3:25Freddie MercuryDie ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Solo-Trips aller Zeiten
  • 2011-08-05 DE
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
1.12The Great Pretender3:25Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III (2011 digital remaster)
1.12The Great Pretender3:25Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
3.12The Great Pretender3:25Freddie MercuryThe Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III) (2011 remaster)
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
  • 2014-11-04 CA
  • 2014-11-04 US
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
  • 2014-11-04 US
3.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III
1.2The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryMessenger of the Gods: The Singles Collection
  • 2016-09-02 GB
1.2The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryMessenger of the Gods: The Singles
1.12The Great Pretender3:26Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III (Platinum Collection)
  • 2019-08-19 -
2.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryNow That’s What I Call Music 9
  • 2021-07-23 GB
1.16The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryNow That’s What I Call Music 9
  • 2021-07-23 IE
  • 2021-07-23 GB
1.2The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryMessenger of the Gods: The Singles
  • 2023-06-23 XW
1.12The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryGreatest Hits III (made in Argentina)
1.10The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryMastermix Classic Cuts 70: Covers
1.8The Great Pretender3:28QueenSpecial Edition
1.2The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)3:28Freddie MercuryThe Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs (special edition)
Promotion
1.1The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercuryLa Nuit la plus Love
Bootleg
1.5The Great Pretender3:27Freddie MercuryRomantic Ballads
2.15The Great Pretender3:30QueenMTV Music History: The Greatest Hits III–IV
24.11The Great Pretender3:27Freddie Mercury80’s Giga Hits Collection
  • 2008 -
(unknown)
1.8The Great Pretender3:28Freddie MercurySpecial Edition GOLD II

Relationships

engineer:Richard Dodd
David Richards
producer:Freddie Mercury
Mike Moran
David Richards
bass:Alan Jones
drums (drum set):Harold Fisher
keyboard and piano:Mike Moran
background vocals:Peter Straker
Roger Taylor
background vocals and lead vocals:Freddie Mercury
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Mercury Songs Ltd. (in 1987, from 1999 until 2000)
recorded at:Ripe Studios in London, England, United Kingdom
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
has remixes:The Great Pretender (Malouf mix)
recording of:The Great Pretender (cover)

Related works

The Great Pretender

lyricist and composer:Buck Ram
inspired the name of artist:Pretenders
publisher:Panther Music Corp
Peermusic (UK) Ltd.
Southern Music
Southern Music Publishing
Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
later translated parody versions:Stor presenning
later translated versions:El gran simulador
Jag går i en dröm och låtsas
is the basis for:Gjess
arrangements:Great Pretender