▁during ▁the ▁time ▁Michael ▁refused ▁to ▁explo it ▁his ▁out ward ▁look , ▁which ▁he ▁thought ▁would ▁dist ract ▁the ▁audience ▁from ▁the ▁music , ▁his ▁main ▁concern ). ▁The ▁video ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Marcus ▁N isp el . ▁ ▁While ▁" Th ese ▁Are ▁the ▁Days ▁of ▁Our ▁L ives " ▁is ▁played ▁by ▁the ▁remaining ▁members ▁of ▁Queen , ▁it ▁is ▁actually ▁a ▁du et ▁between ▁George ▁Michael ▁and ▁Lisa ▁St ans field . ▁ ▁The ▁sixth ▁track — only ▁featured ▁on ▁some ▁releases — is ▁represented ▁by ▁a ▁short ▁performance ▁by ▁Queen , ▁entitled ▁" D ear ▁Fri ends ", ▁originally ▁s ung ▁by ▁Fred die ▁Mercur y ▁himself . ▁Record ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁and ▁originally ▁appearing ▁on ▁the ▁band ' s ▁She er ▁Heart ▁Att ack ▁album , ▁this ▁constit utes ▁the ▁one ▁studio ▁recording ▁on ▁the ▁record . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁vin yl ▁of ▁the ▁EP . ▁ ▁Usually , ▁countries ▁where ▁the ▁six - track ▁work ▁is ▁distributed ▁consider ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁short ▁LP , ▁whereas ▁those ▁where ▁the ▁five - track ▁( h ence , ▁its ▁title ) ▁work ▁is ▁available ▁generally ▁tend ▁to ▁see ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁EP ▁or ▁even ▁( if ▁" K iller " /" P apa ▁Was ▁a ▁Rol lin ' ▁Stone " ▁was ▁not ▁market ed ▁independently ▁in ▁those ▁same ▁territ ories ) ▁as ▁a ▁particularly ▁long ▁or ▁content - rich ▁single . ▁It ▁has ▁sold ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 5 ▁million ▁copies