"Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" is a song by

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, released in 1985 as the fourth and final single from his debut solo album ''

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''. It was written by Mercury, and produced by

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and Mercury. Retrieved 21 November 2018 "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" reached No. 76 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for two weeks. According to Peter Freestone, in his book ''Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Who Knew Him Best'', "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" was inspired by Mercury's relationship with the Austrian actress

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. On 5 September 2019, an animated music video for the song was released on YouTube to promote the '' Never Boring'' compilation album.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Peter Martin of ''

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'' described the song as "one of ercury'spropping-up-the-piano-in-the-smoky-bar routines". Tim Parker of '' Number One'' commented, "Freddie Mercury tries his hand at a romantic

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ballad but ends up doing a

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. The king of camp should stick to high energy." In a retrospective review of ''Mr. Bad Guy'', Eduardo Rivadavia of

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considered the song one of the album's "winners", "help ngmake this an outstanding record from start to finish".

Track listing

7-inch single # "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" – 3:44 # "Let's Turn It On" – 3:39 12-inch single # "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" (Extended Version) – 5:32 # "Let's Turn It On" (Extended Version) – 5:09

Personnel

- vocals, piano, synthesizer, producer *

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- additional piano and synthesizer * Stephan Wissnet - bass guitar, assistant engineer, programming * Curt Cress - drums *

- producer, engineer, programming

Charts

References

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