Michael Jackson x Freddie Mercury circa 1983. So there you have it, straight from the llama's mouth (excuse me while I 'womp' myself). Listen to "State Of Shock" below, a sparsely arranged
This song is from 1984, with Michael Jackson (the king of pop) and Freddie Mercury (the queen of rock) doing a duet. Awesome, innit? (:
But the brewing anticipation of a joint collaboration never came to fruition during their lifetimes, as Mercury died of complications from AIDS in 1991 and Jackson from cardiac arrest from a lethal overdose of prescription drugs in 2009. Jackson boasted he was a ‘Freddie Mercury fan’. The two first met when Jackson would show up to MercuryFkXX5dS.