History Trivia / Innuendo

* NominalCoauthor: Like ''Music/TheMiracle'' before it, every song on ''Innuendo'' was credited to the full band regardless of who actually wrote it. Unlike ''The Miracle'', no material on ''Innuendo'' was written by all four members at once; in fact, seven out of the album's twelve songs were written by just one member each. The closest ''Innuendo'' gets to a full band composition is "The Hitman", which was penned by Music/FreddieMercury, Music/BrianMay, and John Deacon, but not Roger Taylor.

* RefittedForSequel:
** "All God's People" is a refitted outtake from the sessions for Music/FreddieMercury's opera album ''Music/{{Barcelona}}'', hence its heavy ClassicalMusic leanings.

** "The Show Must Go On", is about Music/FreddieMercury facing death with dignity. When Music/BrianMay presented the demo to Freddie, he had doubts that the latter would be able to sing due to his illness at the time. When the time came to record the vocals, Mercury drank a measure of vodka and said "I'll fucking do it, darling!", then recorded it in one take.

** As far as music videos go, "These Are the Days of Our Lives" was the last time Freddie appeared. By this point, his illness had progressed to the point where he needed to wear make-up and have the video shot in monochrome in order to hide how gaunt and physically weak he had become, but he nonetheless delivered a stellar performance that belied his failing health.

** "All God's People" is a refitted outtake from the sessions for Music/FreddieMercury's opera album ''Barcelona'', hence its heavy ClassicalMusic leanings.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "I Can't Live With You" was originally intended for Music/BrianMay's solo debut ''Back to the Light'', which was worked on concurrently with ''Innuendo'', but came out the year after it. However, after his bandmates took a liking to the song, it was instead recorded for this album in a more synth-heavy style. May would remix the song for the 1997 compilation ''Queen Rocks'' to bring it back to how he originally planned to record it.

* ChristmasRushed: A failed example. The album was originally intended to be released in time for the 1990 holiday season. However, complications brought about by Freddie Mercury's failing health resulted in it being delayed by several months, instead coming out in February of 1991.

* ChannelHop: This album saw Queen move away from Creator/CapitolRecords in the US and sign with Creator/HollywoodRecords in a bid for greater American exposure, following a decline in popularity in the region that spanned most of the '80s. Incidentally, Hollywood's distributor at the time, Creator/ElektraRecords, had previously been Queen's first US label. Hollywood would gain the rights to Queen's full backlog as part of the deal, enabling a massive and comprehensive reissue campaign concurrently with ''Innuendo''.

* OneTakeWonder: Music/FreddieMercury was very ill when the band were to record "The Show Must Go On", which was his last recorded song, and Mercury reportedly threw a shot back[[note]]Famously exclaiming, "I'll fucking do it, darling!"[[/note]] and did it in one go.

* OneTakeWonder: Music/FreddieMercury was very ill when the band were to record "The Show Must Go On", which was his last recorded song, and Mercury reportedly threw a shot back[[note]]Famously exclaiming, “I’ll fucking do it, darling!”[[/note]] and did it in one go.

* OneTakeWonder: Music/FreddieMercury was very ill when the band were to record "The Show Must Go On", which was his last recorded song, and Mercury reportedly threw a shot back and did it in one go.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Music/FreddieMercury wanted the guitar solo on "All God's People" to reflect the quiet desperation he was going for in the music, so he kept pestering Brian until he annoyed him enough to get him to deliver a flawless solo. The producers and engineers were shocked at first, since Freddie was usually a diplomat, but when they finally saw what he was doing they understood he just wanted to encourage Brian to perform at his best.

* OneTakeWonder: Music/FreddieMercury was very ill when the band were to record "The Show Must Go On", which was his last recorded song, and Mercury reportedly threw a shot back and did it in one go.