<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Who Wants to Live Forever" (1986) </Td> <Td> "I Want It All" (1989) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Who Wants to Live Forever" (1986) </Td> <Td> "I Want It All" (1989) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the British rock band Queen . It is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander . The song peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts . </P> <P> The song is used to frame the scenes in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather MacLeod growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, remains forever young . (It was later used in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", "Line of Fire", and "Leader of the Pack" of the Highlander television series). </P>

When did queen write who wants to live forever