Kimberley Walsh, Alfie Boe to sing Queen as Olympics Team GB single
Published May 4 2012, 22:48 BST | By Greg Laing
Girls Aloud's Kimberley Walsh and tenor Alfie Boe have joined together for the official Olympics Team GB and Paralympics GB single.The track is 'One Vision', a new version of the Queen classic.
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The pair will debut the anthem on May 11 at London's Royal Albert Hall, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a host British Olympians present, BBC News reports.
The song's lyrics have been slightly adapted for their new purpose, with the phrase "one man" being changed to "one team" throughout the song.
Freddie Mercury's decision to sing "fried chicken" instead of "one vision" during the fade-out has also not been followed.
Walsh, who previously revealed that she would be involved in the official song, said: "So excited to be supporting Team GB with Alfie. Bring on the gold medals!"
Boe commented: "It's a huge honour to sing 'One Vision' for Team GB with Kimberley. Being a massive Queen fan, I was very excited about recording the track - I hope everyone likes it."
Watch a behind-the-scenes video of Walsh and Boe recording 'One Vision' below:
what a shitty watered down version. Use the original, well ok. But this sounds ass.
May 8th 2012 at 9:32pm
I thought the official Olympic single was Heather Small - Proud?
But anyway, I love that these 2 have paired up - such an unusual combo, but it's worked - great to see Kimberley doing a lot more! Always my fav GA member!
May 6th 2012 at 2:14pm
I'm just surprised the Military Wives aren't involved, just to shoe horn in that forced emotion and pride.
May 6th 2012 at 1:43pm
I think they should just have Proud by JLS...really loved that one.
May 6th 2012 at 1:31pm
why do they have to change the lyrics? :'( If they didn't like the lyrics as freddie intended them to be, they should pick another song to destroy :(
May 6th 2012 at 10:48am