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Write to Me

DEAR FRIENDS

A marvellous ballad. Short but direct.

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General Information:

Music & Lyrics by: Brian May
Arranged by: Brian May
Written: 1974
Length: 1:06
Released on: 8th November 1974

Produced by: Queen & Roy Thomas Baker
Mixed by: Queen, Roy Thomas Baker & Mike Stone
Engineered by: Mike Stone

Recorded: July - September 1974
Recorded at: Rockfield, Monmouth, and/or Wessex, Trident and/or Air, London

Keys: D
Metre: 4/4
Form: Cyclic

Acoustic Piano: Brian May

Lead Vocals: Freddie Mercury
Backing Vocals: Freddie Mercury

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Songwriting:

One of Brian's lullabies, the others being Space and The Dark.

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Recordings:

Only piano and vocals.

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