The two songs were released together on a double A-sided single, and both songs refer to each other. Near the end of "Fat Bottomed Girls," the song references "Bicycle Race", with Mercury shouting, "Get on your bikes and ride!" "Bicycle Race" reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today".

Innuendo, the 14th studio album released by Queen on February 5, 1991, was the last album to be released in Freddie Mercury's lifetime. The last track on the album is "The Show Must Go On" which chronicles Mercury's effort to continue performing as he approached the end of his life.

Over the 14 albums, Queen had 53 songs on the Official Chart of Top 40 singles. Six Queen songs would chart at Number 1-"Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975), "Under Pressure" (1981), "Innuendo" (1991), "Bohemian Rhapsody/These are the Days of Our Lives" (1991), "Five Live" (1993), and "We Will Rock You" (2000).

Mercury publicly announced that he had AIDS on November 23, 1991 and died from AIDS-related pneumonia the next day. Although he had been diagnosed with the disease in April 1987 according to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury continually denied it.

Mercury bequeathed the vast majority of his wealth, including his home and recording royalties, to Mary Austin and the remainder to his parents and sister. He also left money to his chef, his personal assistant, his driver and to Jim Hutton.

A month after Mercury's death, his friend Elton John received a Christmas gift wrapped in a pillowcase. It contained a painting by one of Elton's favorite artists, Henry Scott Tuke, with a handwritten note that read: "Dear Sharon, thought you'd like this. Love Melina."

Alongside his solo career, Adam Lambert has collaborated with Queen as lead vocalist for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011, including several worldwide tours from 2014 to 2020.

In December 2005 it was announced that Queen had overtaken The Beatles to become the third best-selling chart act of all time, in terms of combined album and singles weeks on the chart. The list featured Elvis Presley at No. 1 (2,574 weeks), Cliff Richard second (1,982), Queen third (1,755) and The Beatles fourth (1,749).

In 1999, Roger Taylor could be seen in the background of a Royal Mail stamp featuring Freddie Mercury. This caused a stir, since the only living people meant to appear on British stamps are members of the Royal Family.

Along with Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Paul Simon and others, Queen was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Freddie Mercury was later inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.