Keep Yourself Alive

Info

Keep Yourself was released on July 13, 1973 from the album Queen but was also released as the A-side of their 1st single released on July 6, 1973. The song has a runtime of 3:47 and was released on EMI in the UK and Elektra in the US. Brian May wrote the song in 1970 and was the opening track of the album. It also has a December 1971 Demo that was released in the Queen 2009 Deluxe Bonus EP Version.

The Video

Keep Yourself Alive has 3 versions of it's video.

One version was filmed at St. John's Wood Studio on August 16, 1973 and was directed by Mike Mansfield but was later not used because of the use of neon effects and other reasons but can still be found on unofficial and official releases. This was the very first promo video they ever made.

The next version which is the "official" version was filmed at Brewer Street Studios in October 1973 and was directed by Bruce Gowers. This is the one most people know and is on many official releases.

The last version is from Queen Rocks - The Videos which was released on November 3, 1997. This version is slightly modified with clips from the two versions mixed together with some footage from random black and white movies.