Studio Album · No. 12
The Miracle Songwriting Credits by Queen
Produced by Queen, David Richards · Engineered by Justin Shirley-Smith, John Brough
Queen wrote 10 of 10 documented tracks
Authorship Breakdown 10 / 10 documented
Scored across the 10 tracks with documented writers, by whether Queen carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 10 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
The Miracle is the album where Queen abandoned individual credits and attributed every song to "Queen" as a single entity, a deliberate move to end years of friction over which member's song became a single and earned the bigger royalties. The writing was still mostly individual underneath, with "I Want It All" largely Brian May's, but the band chose to share all credit equally from here on. It reframes the authorship: the same four songwriters, now presenting as one collective voice.
Queen's thirteenth studio album, released May 22, 1989, produced by Queen and David Richards. The Miracle marks a major structural change in how Queen credited their songwriting: the band collectively decided to credit all songs on the album to 'Queen' as a single entity, regardless of who actually wrote each track. This decision was made partly to reduce internal tension over royalties and recognition. The individual writers were later disclosed in liner note reissues: 'I Want It All' (May), 'The Invisible Man' (Taylor), 'Was It All Worth It' and 'The Miracle' and 'My Baby Does Me' (Mercury-led), but the official credit on the original release is the band collectively. Freddie Mercury's health had begun to deteriorate by this point, and the album is sometimes retrospectively viewed as the beginning of the farewell period. 'I Want It All' and 'Breakthru' were the album's two major singles.