The Great Pretender | Freddie Mercury 4K Video Remastered | The Royal Philanthropic Orchestra | 1987

Remastered by Akshat Luthra. Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen popularized the song “The Great Pretender” in 1987 which was originally recorded by The Platters. Mercury’s version reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. In one of his last videotaped interviews in spring of 1987, Mercury explained that the song was particularly fitting for the way he saw his career and being on stage. This version of the song is mixed by Akshat Luthra using the original song and the Royal Philanthropic Orchestra’s music to sound as if Freddie is singing with the orchestra which creates a beautiful sound every fan might enjoy. Mercury’s original music video for the song featured him parodying himself in many of his Queen guises through video medium over the years, including visual re-takes of “Radio Ga Ga“, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love“, “It’s a Hard Life“, “I Want to Break Free“, “Bohemian Rhapsody“, “I Was Born to Love