Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow

"Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" is a song by Freddie Mercury, released in 1985 as the fourth and final single from his debut solo album Mr. Bad Guy. It was written by Mercury, and produced by Reinhold Mack and Mercury. "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 Barbara Valentin.

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 Smash Hits described the song as "one of propping-up-the-piano-in-the-smoky-bar routines". Tim Parker of Number One commented, "Freddie Mercury tries his hand at a romantic George Michael ballad but ends up doing a Liberace. The king of camp should stick to high energy." In a retrospective review of Mr. Bad Guy, Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic considered the song one of the album's "winners", "help make 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

Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, synthesizer, producer
Fred Mandel - additional piano and synthesizer
Stephan Wissnet - bass guitar, assistant engineer, programming
Curt Cress - drums
Reinhold Mack - producer, engineer, programming

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	76

References

^ Binnie, Steve (2014-11-27). The Sound Of The Crowd - a Discography of the '80s (Third Edition) - Steve Binnie - Google Books. ISBN 9781326073589. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
^ Mr. Bad Guy (LP record). Freddie Mercury. CBS Records. 1985. CBS 86312.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Retrieved 21 November 2018
^ "FREDDIE MERCURY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
Freestone, Peter (2010-01-07). Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Memoir by the Man who Knew Him Best: An ... - Peter Freestone - Google Books. ISBN 9780857121271. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
"Watch Freddie Mercury's Animated 'Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow' Video". Rolling Stone. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
Freddie Mercury - Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (Official Video), retrieved 2019-09-09
Martin, Peter (4 December 1985). "Review: Singles". Smash Hits.
Parker, Tim (30 November 1985). "Singles". Number One.
Eduardo Rivadavia. "Mr. Bad Guy - Freddie Mercury | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

v t e Freddie Mercury
Discography
Studio album	Mr. Bad Guy
Collaborative album	Barcelona (with Montserrat Caballé)
Compilations	The Freddie Mercury Album The Solo Collection Lover of Life, Singer of Songs Messenger of the Gods: The Singles Never Boring
Singles	"I Can Hear Music" "Love Kills" "I Was Born to Love You" "Made in Heaven" "Living on My Own" "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" "Time" "The Great Pretender" "Barcelona" "The Golden Boy" "In My Defence"
Other songs	"There Must Be More to Life Than This"
Depictions	Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God (play) Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (documentary) Bohemian Rhapsody (film)
Related	The Hectics Sour Milk Sea Smile Queen 17473 Freddiemercury The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Mercury Phoenix Trust Cirolana mercuryi Mercurana Heteragrion freddiemercuryi Logan Place

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