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The song reflects Mercury's love of opera with his high notes and Caball's operatic vocals, backed by a full orchestra. Originally released in 1987, it was one of the biggest hits of Mercury's solo career, reaching number eight in the UK Singles Chart. After Mercury's death in 1991, it was featured at the 1992 Summer Olympics, after which the track climbed even higher, peaking at number two in the UK, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

Mercury had been a long-time fan of opera, and especially Montserrat Caball. In 1986, he mentioned on Spanish television that he would like to meet her, and they met for the first time in Barcelona in February 1987. Later, when the city had been chosen for the 1992 Summer Olympics, Caball, a native of the city, was asked to help produce a song for the games. She asked Mercury to collaborate.[1] Caball became enthusiastic about the project and instead of recording a single, she proposed to make an album, on which Mercury agreed.[2] "Barcelona", their proposed opening song, had to be completed by 1988 in time to be entered as a candidate for the 1992 Olympic theme. The selection was scheduled for 1988, four years before the Games.[3] The recording was complicated by Caball's tight schedule; to save time, Mercury recorded the song, singing Caball's part in falsetto. He would then send a tape to Caball to prepare her for the joint studio sessions.[4]

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The song was co-written by Mercury with Mike Moran, who also appeared in its video and played piano and all keyboards for the studio recording. The song starts with an orchestral introduction, which fades and is followed by Mercury and Caball singing alternately their solo lines, sometimes merging into a duet. When singing the chorus "Barcelona" and a few other parts for the studio version, Mercury dubs over his voice in his usual multi-tracking style. Mercury leads the song whereas Caball provides a powerful background soprano. Since Caball covers the soprano part, Mercury sings in his natural baritone voice rather than the forced tenor that was common in his other recordings.[4]

The song has been described as a rare textbook example of a combination of pop and opera singing which accentuated their differences.[5] Whereas Mercury articulates his every word, Caball focuses on the tone; her lines are much harder to comprehend, and further, she uses both English and Spanish languages. Consequently, she keeps her part melodic throughout all the song at the expense of the text, whereas Mercury has to resort from singing to nearly shouting at the crescendo part in order to deliver his words.[6] Mercury was reportedly amazed by the legendary ability of Caball to control her voice; for example, in the fadeout, Mercury moves away from the microphone to decrease his vocal dynamic, whereas Montserrat relies on her classical training to decrease the dynamic.[7]

In October 1987 the official music video was released, directed by David Mallet, who had collaborated with Queen on their previous videos. Mike Moran, who co-wrote the song, appears in the video conducting the orchestra with a light stick; he is often wrongly confused with Brian May, mostly due to their almost identical haircuts. In 2019 the original 35 mm film was scanned and digitally remastered into 4K resolution.[8]

Its next important performance occurred on 8 October 1988, at the open air La Nit festival in Barcelona, which was staged on the occasion of the arrival of the Olympic flag from Seoul. Together, Mercury and Caball sang three tracks from the forthcoming album Barcelona, namely "Barcelona", "How Can I Go On" and "The Golden Boy".[10][11] This was the last live performance by Mercury, who was already beginning to suffer from AIDS.[12] He died in 1991, so the recording of the song was played over a travelogue of the city at the start of the international broadcast of the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics.[13][14]

After Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics, Mercury was approached to write a song as a theme for the forthcoming games. The idea was to create a duet with Caball, as she was from the city. He had been a long-standing admirer of her and she in turn grew to respect his talents very highly. They decided to work on an album together, with Mercury and Mike Moran taking the creative lead as songwriters. Mercury and Moran made and sent her tapes of the music with Mercury singing in falsetto as a guide vocal for Montserrat's parts. As they rarely had an opening in their schedule to meet, her parts were recorded at another location.[6]

The song was composed and produced by Mike Moran and Freddie Mercury. The recording sessions include violins by Homi Kanga and Laurie Lewis, cello by Deborah Ann Johnston, horn by Barry Castle and percussion by Frank Ricotti. "Barcelona" was chosen to be the anthem of 1992 Olympics in Spain, but Mercury died less than seven months before the games. It was, however, featured as the city introductory video at the opening ceremony,[8][9] and it was used as the title music to the BBC's coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics.[10] The music video was filmed at the world's largest nightclub, Ku, nowadays named Privilege in Ibiza.

The song was recorded on 9 November 1987 (an early demo comes from 1 September). Mercury wrote all the lyrics including the ones in Japanese, and sang some parts in falsetto which were kept on the final version.

This song also included lyrics from Rice and was recorded on 1 December 1987 (early demos come from 2 May and 9 November). The celebrity gospel choir featured Madeline Bell, Dennis Bishop, Lance Ellington, Miriam Stockley, Peter Straker, Mark Williamson, and Carol Woods. Straker was Mercury's friend who helped him out with some lyrics of "I'm Going Slightly Mad", and Stockley sang later on with Brian May.

Originally titled "Freddie's Overture", it was one of the last numbers to be written (early 1988). The song was originally released as a CD single in Japan with other tracks from the LP, "How Can I Go On" and "Overture Piccante" which was then released as a maxi CD single in the Netherlands in 2000.

Barcelona has been visited by many a creative, singer and songwriter over the years on the quest for inspiration. Many have found it in its charming cobbled streets, quirky bars and buzzing cultural scene.

The young 25-year-old singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran penned this song out of love for his dear Barcelona. This upbeat tune will certainly get you in the mood to visit the Sagrada Familia and Las Ramblas. The singer decided to include some of the Spanish words he knew, despite them not making much sense, to capture his perspective of the city.

The story goes that George was struggling to deal with his rapid fame and needed to sort some things out in his head. His answer was to move in with a stranger in Barcelona and spend some time reconnecting with the real world. Thus this song was born!

However, "Barcelona" from Company offers something very different. Barcelona deliberately mis-matches the lyrics and the music that underscores them in order to create something truly beautiful and much closer to real life. In Company, Bobby and April make small talk the morning after a one-night-stand. Bobby playfully asks April not to leave, gets her name wrong, and eventually regrets convincing her to skip work and stay with him. There are many jokes within the song that are almost always played for laughs: Bobby yawns loudly, forgets April's name, accidentally calls her stupid, etc.

Sondheim has crafted a song in which all of the subtext lies within the music. Every word that remains unexpressed on the surface between Bobby and April is expressed in the accompaniment. It's my belief that Bobby, though acting playful and aloof, desperately wants April to stay with him, though he might not even know it himself. Not because he's so in love with April and her brilliant mind and not because he's just bored. Think about Barcelona's placement in the show. It comes right before his big scene with Joanne. A scene that leads directly to Bobby's "Being Alive" epiphany. Why would a scene that's played only for laughs sit right in the middle of our protagonists major development and so close to his turning point as a character?

What Newman came up with is a song that describes how the narrator reminisces about a woman he met and fell in love with in Barcelona. He wishes he could go back to the city and confess his feelings. Its guitar accompaniment gives the song a sentimental touch.

It opens with the sounds of crashing waves and the call of gulls by the beach. Then it goes to a piano backing track with electronic beats as the song moves on. One can interpret the lyrics as the narrator asking someone he loves to take him to Barcelona.

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Roommates Klaus Stroink, Guillem Bolt and Rai Benet are writing and recording a new song from their Barcelona apartment every day while the city is under coronavirus quarantine. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Stroink, Bolt and Benet compose their songs in the morning and then record them on their apartment balcony in the evening. Occasionally, musician friends outside of the trio join in through pre-recorded videos. Since they've been producing new music, the Stay Homas YouTube channel has reached tens of thousands of people.

Stroink, Bolt and Benet say they never expected to hear from other people; they're just happy to be surrounded by friends and making music they love, and enjoying the uniquely in-the-moment songwriting that is possible when you're stuck in an apartment with your creative partners. 2351a5e196