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Three duets by Michael Jackson and Queen singer Freddie Mercury will be released, 30 years after they had originally been recorded as revealed in a recent interview with Queens Roger Taylor.

The two singers recorded three tracks at Jackson’s home studio in Encino, California, in 1983, but an eventual plan to release them failed as the pair were unable to arrange a second session after both stars too busy for a second studio session (a-hoo! it wasn’t).

“They were great songs, but the problem was time – as we were both very busy at that period,” Mercury said in an excerpt from Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury.

In an interview with Classic Rock, Queen’s Roger Taylor has revealed that the band had been working on furthering the material recorded with Michael Jackson although needed to liaise with the Jackson family over it’s eventual release.

“Brian especially has been active working on old tracks. A couple of tracks that Freddie did with Michael Jackson… They’ve been hanging around for years and years and Michael’s estate haven’t really been able to make their mind up about what to do with them. So we suggested we finish them and see. They’re pretty good – one of them is great.”

The idea of a single Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson duet is mind blowing, let alone three entire tracks that we could be listening to in as little as two months.

Have a listen to a clip of the interview below while you curl your toes in anticipation!