Queen released a rediscovered song featuring Freddie Mercury on Thursday, the band\u2019s first new track with the late frontman\u2019s instantly recognizable vocals to come out in more than eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor first told fans about the existence of \u201cFace It Alone\u201d during an interview in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The track was originally recorded in the late 1980s during sessions for the band\u2019s chart-topping album \u201cThe Miracle\u201d but it did not make it to release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queen\u2019s production and archive team found it again when they began working on an upcoming box set reissue of the album, due to be released in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019d kind of forgotten about this track,\u201d Taylor said in a statement. \u201cBut there it was, this little gem. It\u2019s wonderful, a real discovery. It\u2019s a very passionate piece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Miracle,\u201d Queen\u2019s 13th studio album, came out two years before Mercury died from AIDS-related pneumonia in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The upcoming reissue, released as an eight-disc collector\u2019s edition box set, will feature six unpublished songs as well as dialog between the band \u2013 Mercury, May, Taylor and bassist John Deacon \u2013 while in the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queen last included three previously unheard songs featuring Mercury on their 2014 album \u201cQueen Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy that our team were able to find this track (\u2018Face It Alone\u2019),\u201d May said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter all these years, it\u2019s great to hear all four of us \u2026 working in the studio on a great song idea which never quite got completed \u2026 until now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n