Cover Versions
- Roger Taylor performed the song with Spike Edney's SAS Band.
- A heavily modified version of the song serves as the introductory number for We Will Rock You, a musical composed of Queen songs.
- The song was covered in 2004 by Electric Six. The band released the song as a single against their wishes under pressure from their label at the time, although the song had been in their repertoire during the band's early Wildbunch days. The video depicts Electric Six frontman, Dick Valentine, as the ghost of Freddie Mercury dancing near his own grave. It was widely misinterpreted that Valentine (as Mercury) was dancing on his grave. He explains on his website's video section "Though some have claimed this video portrays me dancing on Freddie Mercury's grave, actually it's more like we are resurrecting Mr. Mercury for the duration of the song and his grave is the logical starting point."
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor has made a live-cover of this single at the Al Murray's Happy Hour, on ITV.
- Hong Kong rock band Tai Chi released a Cantonese version of the song called "ๆ็ๆไบบ" (English: "My Lover") in 1989.
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