Top singles from the past
18 June 2025
YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND was one of the hit singles
on QUEEN‘s masterly album A Night At The Opera.
It was released on 18 June 1970, that’s 50 years ago today.
The song was written by the band’s bass player
John Deacon who wrote it for and about his wife.
The single (more than 404 million streams on Spotify) peaked at #7 in the UK and #16 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was certified platinum in the US with over one million copies sold.
Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooh, you make me live now, honey
Ooh, you make me live
