Reaching Out

Album: Single Release Only (1996)
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Songfacts®:

  • Rock Therapy was a one-off project comprising of Queen guitarist Brian May, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, plus a number of guest vocalists including Sam Brown, Andy Fairweather-Low, Paul Rodgers and Lulu.
  • This was a 3-track charity CD issued in aid of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, which helps special needs children to communicate through the medium of music.
  • This song was sampled by Eminem on "Beautiful," a track from his 2009 album Relapse.
  • Queen & Paul Rogers also recorded this song on their 2005 double live album Return of the Champions.

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