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This is the discography of [[Brian May]].

== Albums ==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="9"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! style="width:25px;"| [[UK singles chart|UK]]<br /><ref name=OCC>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27285/brian-may/|title=Official Charts Company – Brian May|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite Ryan|page=180}}</ref><ref name="Aust 2">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/qqIwnFz | title=Brian May ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|via=Imgur|access-date=14 July 2024}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT">{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Brian+May|title=Austrian Charts > Brian May|website=Austriancharts.at|access-date=18 February 2011|language=German}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>Canadian Singles:
* "Back to the Light": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1783&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1783.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1783 |title=Brian May – Back to the Light |magazine=RPM |access-date=24 June 2021}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="GER">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Brian+May|title=Brian May|website=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=30 June 2021|language=German}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"|[[Single Top 100|NED]]<br /><ref name="NED_a">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&cat2=a&search=brian+may|title=Dutch Singles |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="SWE">{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=brian+may|title=Swedish Charts > Brian May|website=Swedishcharts.com|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="SWI">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&from=&to=&search=brian+may|title=Swiss Charts > Brian May|website=Swisscharts.com|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> 
! style="width:25px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="US">{{Cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/brian-may/chart-history |title=Chart History Brian May |access-date=29 June 2021| magazine=Billboard }}</ref>
|-
| 1992
|''[[Back to the Light]]''
| 6
| 94
| 20
| 70
| 10<sup><span id="ref_A" ></span>[[#endnote_A|'''[A]''']]</sup>
| 11
| 25
| 9<sup><span id="ref_A" ></span>[[#endnote_A|'''[A]''']]</sup>
| 159
|[[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Gold<ref name="UK CERT">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=BPI Certification |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=2021-06-23 |archive-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710164143/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 1998
|''[[Another World (Brian May album)|Another World]]''
| 14
| 165
| 47
| —
| 15<sup><span id="ref_B" ></span>[[#endnote_B|'''[B]''']]</sup>
| 47
| —
| 31<sup><span id="ref_B" ></span>[[#endnote_B|'''[B]''']]</sup>
| —
|
|-
| 2000
|''[[Furia (album)|La musique de Furia]]''
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|}
*A<span id="endnote_A" ></span>'''[[#ref_A|^]]''' Peak position upon reissue in 2021.
*B<span id="endnote_B" ></span>'''[[#ref_B|^]]''' Peak position upon reissue in 2022.

=== Live albums ===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="5"| Chart positions
|-
! UK<br /><ref name=OCC/>
! [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Aust 2"/>
! [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT"/>
! [[GfK Entertainment|GER]]<br /><ref name="GER"/>
! [[Single Top 100|NED]]<br /><ref name="NED_a"/>
! [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="SWI"/>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Live at the Brixton Academy (Brian May album)|Live at the Brixton Academy]]''<br /><small>([[The Brian May Band]])</small>
| 20
| 190
| 38
| 71
| 35
| 33
|}

=== EPs ===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="3"| Chart positions
|-
! UK<br /><ref name=OCC/>
! [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>Canadian Singles:
* "Back to the Light": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4379b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4379b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4379b |title=Brian May – Star Fleet Project |magazine=RPM |access-date=24 June 2021}}</ref>
! US<br /><ref name="US"/>
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Star Fleet Project]]''<br /><small>(Brian May + Friends)</small>
| 35
| 69
| 147
|-|-
| 1993
| ''[[Resurrection – Japanese Tour Mini Album]]''
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Red Special (EP)|Red Special – Japanese Tour Mini Album]]''
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1998
| ''Retro Rock Special''<br /><small>(as T. E. Conway)</small>
| —
| —
| —
|}

=== Collaboration albums ===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Artist
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="1"| Chart positions
|-
! UK<br /><ref name=OCC/>
|-
|1985
|[[Chris Thompson (English musician)|Chris Thompson]] featuring Brian May
|''Radio Voices''
| —
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|[[Tangerine Dream]] And Brian May
|''Starmus – Sonic Universe''
| —
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kerry Ellis]] & Brian May
|''[[Acoustic by Candlelight]]''
| —
|-
|2017
|''[[Golden Days (Brian May and Kerry Ellis)|Golden Days]]''
| 27
|}

=== With [[Smile (band)|Smile]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Year of release
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Comment
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1982
|align="left"|''Gettin' Smile'' (LP, Japan)
|rowspan="2" align="left"|Tracks "[[Queen (Queen album)#"Doing All Right"|Doing Alright]]", "Blag", "April Lady", "Polar Bear", "Earth", "Step on Me" [all songs recorded 1969]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1997
|align="left"| ''Ghost of a Smile'' (CD, Netherlands)
|}

== Singles ==
===As lead artist===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="9"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:25px;"| [[UK singles chart|UK]]<br /><ref name=OCC/>
! style="width:25px;"| [[ARIA|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Aust 2"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2023/03/week-commencing-2-march-1992.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 2 March 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Brian+May&titel=Too+Much+Love+Will+Kill+You&cat=s|title=Brian May – Too Much Love Will Kill You|website=Australian-charts.com|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Ultratop|BEL]]<br /><ref name="BEL (FL)_s">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=brian+may | title=Discografie Brian May | website=Ultratop.be | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=24 June 2021 | language=nl}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>Canadian Singles:
* "Driven By You": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1781&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1781.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1781 |title=Brian May – Driven By You |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Eurochart Hot 100|EUR]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-01-11.pdf|title=Music and Media|date=1992-01-11|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-09-26.pdf|title=Music and Media|date=1992-09-26|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="IRE">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish Singles |website=Irishcharts.ie |access-date=2021-06-25}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"|[[Single Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&cat2=s&search=brian+may|title=Dutch Singles |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|PRT]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-04-18.pdf|title=Music and Media|date=1992-04-18|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-10-17.pdf|title=Music and Media|date=1992-10-17|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Mainstream Rock|US<br /><small>Main.</small>]]<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/brian-may/|title=Brian May|magazine=Billboard|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
| "[[Star Fleet (song)|Star Fleet]]"
| 65
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| ''Star Fleet Project''
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1991
| "[[Driven by You]]"
| 6
| 162
| 35
| 70
| 20
| 14
| 10
| 9
| 9
|
| rowspan="5" |''Back to the Light''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| "[[Too Much Love Will Kill You]]"
| 5
| 18
| 2
| —
| 10
| 7
| 1
| 8
| —
|[[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Silver<ref name="UK CERT"/><br />[[NVPI|NLD]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nvpi.nl/nvpi-audio/marktinformatie/goud-platina/|title = Goud/Platina|website=Nvpi.nl}}</ref>
|-
| "Back to the Light"
| 19
| 123
| 39
| —
| —
| —
| 20
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| "[[Resurrection (Brian May song)|Resurrection]]"<br /><small>(with [[Cozy Powell]])</small>
| 23
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| "[[Last Horizon]]"
| 51
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1994
| "The Man from Manhattan"<br /><small>(with [[Freddie Mercury]] & Eddie Howell)</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|Non-album single
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1995
|"Nobody Knew (Black White House)"<br /><small>(with [[Carmine Appice|Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus''
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1998
| "The Business (Rock on Cozy Mix)"
| 51
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| rowspan="4" |''Another World''
|-
| "On My Way Up"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 79
| —
| —
|
|-
| "Another World"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| "Why Don't We Try Again"
| 44
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2012
|"[[Born Free (Matt Monro song)|Born Free]]"<br /><small>(with [[Kerry Ellis]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| rowspan="2" |''Acoustic By Candlelight''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|"The Kissing Me Song"<br /><small>(with [[Kerry Ellis]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| "[[Save the Badger Badger Badger]]"<br /><small>([[Jonathan Picking|Weebl]] & Brian May featuring [[Brian Blessed]])</small>
| 79
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| rowspan="6"|Non-album singles
|-
| 2014
| "One Night in Hell"<br /><small>(with the [[Czech National Symphony Orchestra]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
|2016
|"One Voice"<br /><small>(with [[Norah Jones]], [[Aimee Mann]], [[Susanna Hoffs]], [[Lydia Loveless]], [[Neko Case]], [[Kathryn Calder]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| "New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix)"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
|"Holy Man"<br /><small>(with [[Dennis Wilson]], [[Taylor Hawkins]] and [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2021
| "Panic Attack 2021 (It's Gonna Be Alright)"<br /><small>(with Kerry Ellis)</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2022
| "Floating in Heaven"<br /><small>(with Graham Gouldman)</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
|}

===As featured artist===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="5"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:25px;"| [[UK singles chart|UK]]<br /><ref name=OCC/>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Ultratop|BEL]]<br /><ref name="BEL (FL)_s"/>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="IRE"/>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Single Top 100|NED]]<br /><ref name="NED"/>
! style="width:25px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="US"/>
|-
|1987
|"A Time For Heroes"<br /><small>([[Meat Loaf]] with Brian May)</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| rowspan="1" |Non-album single
|-
| 1992
| "[[We Are the Champions#Hank Marvin version|We Are the Champions]]"<br /><small>([[Hank Marvin]] feat. Brian May)</small>
| 66<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19484/hank-marvin/ | title=Hank Marvin UK Charts | publisher=Official Charts Company | access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|Non-album single
|-
|2002
|"If We Believe"<br /><small>([[Lynn Carey Saylor]] feat. Brian May)</small>
|—
| —
|—
|—
|—
|
|''You Like It Clean''
|-
|2006
|"Move It"<br /><small>([[Cliff Richard]] feat. Brian May & [[Brian Bennett]])</small>
|—
| —
| —
|—
|—
|
|Non-album single
|-
|2009
|"[[Somebody to Love (Queen song)|Somebody to Love]]"<br /><small>([[Catherine Porter]] feat. Brian May)</small>
|—
| —
| —
|—
|—
|
|''Gems for Ruby''
|-
|2011
|"[[You and I (Lady Gaga song)|Yoü and I]]"<br /><small>([[Lady Gaga]] feat. Brian May)</small>
| 23
| 4
| 32
| 2
| 6
|US: 3× Platinum
|''[[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]]''
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2012
| "[[Rockstar (Dappy song)|Rockstar]]"<br /><small>([[Dappy]] feat. Brian May)</small>
| 2
| 99
| 15
| —
| —
| UK: Silver<ref name="UK CERT"/>
|''[[Bad Intentions (album)|Bad Intentions]]''
|-
|2019
|"[[Blue on Black#Five Finger Death Punch version|Blue on Black]]"<br /><small>([[Five Finger Death Punch]] feat. [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]], [[Brantley Gilbert]] and Brian May)</small>
|—
| —
| —
|—
|66
|US: Platinum
|''[[And Justice for None]]''
|-
|2020
|"One Beautiful Christmas Day"<br /><small>([[Kerry Ellis]] feat. Brian May)</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|Non-album single
|-
|}

=== With [[Smile (band)|Smile]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Year of release
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1969
|align="left"|"Earth" / "Step on Me"
|align="left"|Non-album single
|}

== Videos ==
===Video releases===
*1983: ''Star Licks Master Series'' ([[Video Home System|VHS]]; in 1993 reissued under the title ''Master Session'')
*1994: ''[[Live at the Brixton Academy (Brian May album)|Live at the Brixton Academy]]'' (VHS)
*2013: ''The Candlelight Concerts – Live at Montreux 2013'' (DVD/BD) (with Kerry Ellis)

==Appearances on various artists compilations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Year of release
!align="left"|Compilation
!align="left"|Song
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1994
|align="left"|''[[Greenpeace]] – Alternative NRG''
|align="left"|"New Damage" <small>(with [[Soundgarden]])</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1995
|align="left"|''In from the Storm'' <small>(tribute to [[Jimi Hendrix]]]</small>
|align="left"|"One Rainy Wish" <small>(later released on the album ''[[Another World (Brian May album)|Another World]]'')</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1996
|align="left"|''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio|Pinocchio]]: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
|align="left"|"Il Colosso" <small>(with [[Jerry Hadley]], Sissel Kyrkjebø, 'Just William')</small>, "What Are We Made Of?" <small>(with [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]])</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1996
|align="left"|''Twang! A Tribute to [[Hank Marvin]] & [[The Shadows]]''
|align="left"|"FBI" <small>(later released as a B-side of the single ''On My Way Up'')</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1998
|align="left"|''Lullabies with a Difference''
|align="left"|"My Boy" <small>(recorded in 1982)</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2000
|align="left"|''[[Mission: Impossible 2 (soundtrack)|Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2]]''
|align="left"|"[[Have a Cigar]]" <small>(with the [[Foo Fighters]])</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2002
|align="left"|''Good Rockin' Tonight – The Legacy of Sun Records''
|align="left"|"I Don't Want Nobody Teasing Around with Me"<small>(Japanese edition only)</small>
|-
|align="left"|''[[Party at the Palace]]''
|align="left"|"[[God Save the Queen]]"
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2004
|align="left"|''Music from and Inspired by [[Spider-Man 2]]''
|align="left"|"Someone to Die For" <small>(with [[Jimmy Gnecco]])</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2012
|align="left"|''[[BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012]]''
|align="left"|"[[We Will Rock You]]" <small>(with [[Dappy]])</small>
|}

== As producer, songwriter or session musician ==

=== Producer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Year of release
!align="left"|Collaborated with
!align="left"|Release
!align="left"|May's contribution
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1986
|align="left"|[[Minako Honda]]
|align="left"|''Cancel''
|align="left"|production
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1987
|align="left"|Minako Honda
|align="left"|"Golden Days", "Crazy Nights"
|align="left"|songwriting, production, guitar
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1987
|align="left"|[[Bad News (band)|Bad News]]
|align="left"|''[[Bad News (Bad News album)|Bad News]]''
|align="left"|production
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1987
|align="left"|Heavy Pettin
|align="left"|''Lettin Loose''
|align="left"|produced by May and [[Reinhold Mack|Mack]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988
|align="left"|[[Anita Dobson]]
|align="left"|''Talking of Love''
|align="left"|songwriting, production, guitar, backing vocals
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988
|align="left"|Anita Dobson
|align="left"|"In One of My Weaker Moments"
|align="left"|production, guitar
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1989
|align="left"|Ian & Belinda
|align="left"|"[[Who Wants to Live Forever]]"
|align="left"|production, guitar (bass by [[John Deacon]], drums by [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]])
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1991
|align="left"|[[Hale and Pace]] and the Stonkers
|align="left"|"[[Hale and Pace#"The Stonk"|The Stonk]]"
|align="left"|production, guitar (drums by Roger Taylor)
|}

=== Session musician and songwriter===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Year of release
!align="left"|Collaborated with
!align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Album/Record
!align="left"|May's contribution<br /><small>Guitar unless stated</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1975
|align="left"|[[Eddie Howell]]
|align="left"|"Man from Manhattan"
|align="left"|''Man from Manhattan''
|align="left"|backing vocals and guitar <small>(piano and backing vocals by [[Freddie Mercury]])</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1976
|align="left"|[[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]]
|align="left"|"You Nearly Did Me In"
|align="left"|''All-American Alien Boy''
|align="left"|backing vocals by May, Mercury and [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1978
|align="left"|[[Lonnie Donegan]]
|align="left"|"Digging My Potatoes"
|align="left"|''Puttin' on the Style''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1980
|align="left"|[[Quartz (metal band)|Quartz]]
|align="left"|"Circles" <small>(recorded 1977)</small>
|align="left"|B-side of the single "Stoking the Fires of Hell" (1980); also bonus track on the 2004 reissue of the album ''Stand Up and Fight''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1983
|align="left"|[[Jeffrey Osborne]]
|align="left"|"Stay with Me Tonight", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"
|align="left"|''Stay with Me Tonight''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1984
|align="left"|[[Billy Squier]]
|align="left"|"(Another) 1984"
|align="left"|''Signs of Life''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1985<!--(or "1983" ?)-->
|align="left"|[[Chris Thompson (English musician)|Chris Thompson]]
|align="left"|"A Shift in the Wind, Parts 1 and 2"
|align="left"|''Radio Voices''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1986
|align="left"|[[:es:Ramoncín|Ramoncín]]
|align="left"|"Como un susurro"
|align="left"|''La vida en el filo''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1988
|align="left"|[[The Cross (band)|The Cross]]
|align="left"|"Love Lies Bleeding (She Was a Wicked, Wily Waitress)"
|align="left"|''Shove It''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1989<!--January-->
|align="left"|[[Holly Johnson]]
|align="left"|"Love Train"
|align="left"|''Blast''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1989<!--February -->
|align="left"|[[Living in a Box]]
|align="left"|"Blow the House Down"
|align="left"|''Gatecrashing''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1989<!--April-->
|align="left"|[[Black Sabbath]]
|align="left"|"When Death Calls"
|align="left"|''[[Headless Cross (album)|Headless Cross]]''
|align="left"|guitar solo
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| style="text-align:center;"|1989<!--August-->
|align="left"|[[We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It|Fuzzbox]]
|align="left"|"Self!"
|align="left"|''[[Big Bang!]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1989
|align="left"|Artists United for Nature
|align="left"|"Yes We Can"
|align="left"|''Yes We Can'' <small>(single; also released on the compilation ''Earthrise – The Rainforest Album'')</small>
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| style="text-align:center;"|1989<!--December -->
|align="left"|[[Rock Aid Armenia]]
|align="left"|"[[Smoke on the Water]]"
|align="left"|''Smoke on the Water''
|align="left"|guitar <small>(drums by Roger Taylor)</small>
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| style="text-align:center;"|1990
|align="left"|Rock Against Repatriation
|align="left"|"[[Sailing (Rod Stewart song)|Sailing]]"
|align="left"|''Sailing''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1991
|align="left"|[[D-Rok (band)|D-Rok]]
|align="left"|"Red Planet Blues", "Get Out of My Way"
|align="left"|''Oblivion''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Extreme (band)|Extreme]]
|align="left"|"[[Love of My Life (Queen song)|Love of My Life]]"
|align="left"|''Song for Love'' <small>(for the [[Terence Higgins Trust]])</small>
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| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Judie Tzuke]]
|align="left"|"I Can Read Books"
|align="left"|''[[Wonderland (Judie Tzuke album)|Wonderland]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]]
|align="left"|"A Whole Lot of Love" (recorded 1988)
|align="left"|''Phenomena III: Inner Vision''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Tony Martin (rock singer)|Tony Martin]]
|align="left"|"If There Is a Heaven"
|align="left"|''Back Where I Belong''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Cozy Powell]]
|align="left"|"Somewhere in Time" <small>(instrumental version of "[[Back to the Light|Nothin' But Blue]]"]</small>, "Ride to Win"
|align="left"|''The Drums Are Back''
|align="left"|guitar <small>(bass by [[John Deacon]] on "Somewhere in Time")</small>
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| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Steve Hackett]]
|align="left"|"Don’t Fall Away From Me" (recorded 1986)
|align="left"|''The Unauthorised Biography''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|1993
|align="left"|[[Paul Rodgers]]
|align="left"|"I'm Ready"
|align="left"|''[[Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters]]''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|1993
|align="left"|[[Steve Hackett]]
|align="left"|"Cassandra" (recorded 1986)
|align="left"|''Guitar Noir'' <small>(bonus track)</small>
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|1993
|align="left"|The Left Handed Marriage
|align="left"|"Appointment", "She Was Once My Friend", "I Need Time" [recorded 1967]
|align="left"|''Crazy Chain''
|align="left"|guitar, backing vocals; ''I Need Time'' written by Bill Richards and May
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| style="text-align:center;"|1994
|align="left"|[[Os Paralamas do Sucesso]]
|align="left"|"El Vampiro Bajo El Sol"
|align="left"|''Severino''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1995
|align="left"|[[Jennifer Rush]]
|align="left"|"[[Who Wants to Live Forever]]"
|align="left"|''Out of My Hands''
|align="left"|vocals and guitar
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| style="text-align:center;"|1995
|align="left"|[[Gordon Giltrap]]
|align="left"|"Heartsong" [recorded 1993]
|align="left"|''Music for the Small Screen''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|1995
|align="left"|[[Carmine Appice]]
|align="left"|"Nobody Knew (Black White House)"
|align="left"|''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|1995
|align="left"|S.O.L. ([[Münchener Freiheit (band)|Stefan Zauner]])
|align="left"|"Make My Dream Come True"
|align="left"|''S.O.L. – Some Other Language''
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| style="text-align:center;"|1996
|align="left"|[[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
|align="left"|"[[Raining in My Heart]]"
|align="left"|''[[Don't Stop (Status Quo album)|Don't Stop]]''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|1996
|align="left"|Rock Therapy
|align="left"|"Reaching Out"
|align="left"|''Reaching Out'' <br /><small>(single; for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre)</small>
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2000
|align="left"|[[Steve Hackett]]
|align="left"|"Slot Machine" (recorded 1986)
|align="left"|''Feedback '86''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2000<!--October-->
|align="left"|[[Tony Iommi]]
|align="left"|"Goodbye Lament" <small>(featuring [[Dave Grohl]])</small>, "Flame On" <small>(featuring [[Ian Astbury]])</small>
|align="left"|''[[Iommi (album)|Iommi]]''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2000
|align="left"|[[Freddie Mercury]]
|align="left"|"She Blows Hot and Cold (Alternative Version)" <small>(recorded 1984)</small>
|align="left"|''[[The Solo Collection]]'' (box set)
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2000
|align="left"|[[Foo Fighters]]
|align="left"|''[[Have a Cigar]]''
|align="left"|''[[Mission: Impossible 2 (soundtrack)]]''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2002
|align="left"|[[Michael Kamen]]
|align="left"|"Light the Fire Within"
|align="left"|unreleased; official theme of the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2002
|align="left"|[[Claire Sweeney]]
|align="left"|"[[Too Much Love Will Kill You]]"
|align="left"|''Claire''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2002<!--October-->
|align="left"|[[Foo Fighters]]
|align="left"|"Tired of You"
|align="left"|''[[One by One (Foo Fighters album)|One by One]]''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2003
|align="left"|[[The Yardbirds]]
|align="left"|"Mr. You're a Better Man Than I"
|align="left"|''[[Birdland (The Yardbirds album)|Birdland]]''
|align="left"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2003
|align="left"|[[Tim Staffell]]
|align="left"|"[[Smile (band)|Earth]]", "[[Queen (Queen album)#"Doing All Right"|Doin' Alright]]"
|align="left"|''Amigo''
|align="left"|guitar & vocals
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2004
|align="left"|[[Zucchero]]
|align="left"|"Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle..."
|align="left"|''Zu & Co.''
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2006
|align="left"|[[Meat Loaf]]
|align="left"|"Bad for Good"
|align="left"|''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]''
|align="left"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2007
|align="left"|[[Lynn Carey Saylor]]
|align="left"|"We Belong"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lynncareysaylor.com/WeBelongVideo.html |title=Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist |publisher=Lynn Carey Saylor |access-date=2012-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205221601/http://lynncareysaylor.com/WeBelongVideo.html |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="left"|''You Like It Clean''
|align="left"|guitar & background vocals
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2007
|align="left"|[[Guns N' Roses]]
|align="left"|"Catcher in the Rye (Demo)"
|align="left"|''[[Chinese Democracy]] (Sessions)''
|align="left"|Uncredited guitar Solo
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2008
|align="left"|Minako Honda
|align="left"|"Amazing Grace (Traditional) Produced by Brian May"
|align="left"|Eternal Melody
|align="left"|Arrangement, backing vocals, keyboards, toy koto, production 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2008
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Kerry Ellis]]
|align="left"|"[[Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]", "[[I'm Not that Girl (song)|I'm Not that Girl]]", "[[No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)]]"
|align="left"|''[[Wicked in Rock]]''
|align="left"|Arrangement, bass, guitars, keys, production, programming
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2010
|align="left"|"Dangerland", "[[Anthem (Chess song)|Anthem]]", "I Can't Be Your Friend (This Can't Be Over)", "Defying Gravity", "I'm Not that Girl", "You Have to Be There", "[[Love It When You Call]]", "[[Save Me (Queen song)|Save Me]]", "Diamonds Are Forever", "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", "[[The Cosmos Rocks#Some Things That Glitter|I Loved a Butterfly]]"
|align="left"|''[[Anthems (Kerry Ellis album)|Anthems]]''
|align="left"|Arrangement, backing vocals, bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, production
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2010
|align="left"|[[Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders]]
|align="left"|"Way Down", "Don't Have to Speak"
|align="left"|''[[Red Light Fever (Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders album)|Red Light Fever]]''
|align="left"|guitar
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2010
|align="left"|[[Meat Loaf]]
|align="left"|"Love Is Not Real", "The Song of Madness"
|align="left"|''[[Hang Cool Teddy Bear]]''
|align="left"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011
|align="left"|[[Tangerine Dream]]
|align="left"| 
|align="left"|''Starmus – Sonic Universe''
|align="left"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011
|align="left"|[[Lady Gaga]]
|align="left"|"[[You and I (Lady Gaga song)|You and I]]"
|align="left"|''[[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]]''
|align="left"|guitar
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2015
|align="left"|[[Motörhead]]
|align="left"|"The Devil"
|align="left"|''[[Bad Magic]]''
|align="left"|guitar solo
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2020
|align="left"|Woman
|align="left"|"[[I'm a Woman (song)|I'm a Woman]]"
|align="left"| 
|align="left"|guitar & production
|-
|-
! colspan="5" style="text-align:center; width:19em; background:#eee; line-height:3em;" | {{resize|1.2em|Live Recordings (Selection)}} 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988
|align="left"|[[Prince's Trust]] Gala Concert
|align="left"|
|align="left"|''Prince's Trust Rock Gala'' (VHS; recorded live on 6 June 1988 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]])
|align="left"|guitar <small>(bass by Deacon)</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1992
|align="left"|[[Luciano Pavarotti|Pavarotti]] and Friends
|align="left"|"[[Too Much Love Will Kill You]]", "[[La donna è mobile]]"
|align="left"|(recorded live in [[Modena]] on 27 September 1992)
|align="left"|
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| style="text-align:center;"|2005
|align="left"|The Strat Pack
|align="left"|"[[Peggy Sue (song)|Peggy Sue]]", "Maybe Baby", "[[I Fought the Law]]", "Oh Boy!", "[[That'll Be the Day]]" (with [[The Crickets]] and [[Albert Lee]]); "[[All Right Now]]" (with Paul Rodgers)
|align="left"|''[[The Strat Pack|The Strat Pack: Live in Concert]]'' <small>(DVD; recorded live at the concert from the 50th Anniversary of the [[Fender Stratocaster]] guitar, 24 September 2004)</small>
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|}

== Computer games ==
*1994: ''[[Rise of the Robots]]'' (contains reworked tracks from the 1992 album ''[[Back to the Light]]'')
*1996: ''[[Rise 2: Resurrection]]'' (contains "Cyborg"; in 1998 released on the album ''[[Another World (Brian May album)|Another World]]'')

== References ==

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[[Category:Brian May|Discography]]
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