Princes of the Universe

"Princes of the Universe"
"Princes of the Universe"
	Australian single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album A Kind of Magic
B-side	"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" (US); "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Japan); "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (Australia); "Was It All Worth It" (2000 Dutch CD single);
Released	12 March 1986 (US); 6 October 1986 (Japan);
Recorded	1985–1986
Genre	Hard rock; heavy metal;
Length	3:32
Label	Capitol (US); EMI (Japan);
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Queen; Reinhold Mack;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"Princes of the Universe" on YouTube

"Princes of the Universe" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and performed by the British rock band Queen, originally released as a single in the United States on 12 March 1986 via Capitol Records. The song was written for the film Highlander, and released on the album A Kind of Magic, which also featured other selections from the Highlander song score on 2 June 1986. In 1999 it was included in Queen's compilation album Greatest Hits III.

In terms of musical style, the song is notable for being one of the most hard-edged tracks performed by the band, featuring a bombastic sound reminiscent of contemporary hard rock and heavy metal and vocals by Mercury akin to opera. A music video for the song, which featured Mercury briefly re-enacting the film's sword-fighting scene with the titular character, achieved some notoriety.