The Works (Queen album) 19 November 1984, and promotional copies were indeed pressed ("QUEEN 5") and sent out (b/w "Keep Passing the Open Windows"), but the band opted for a Christmas single ("Thank God It's Christmas"). The fifth track on "The Works", "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')", came about as an idea by Taylor, and May collaborated with him and finished it. Producer Reinhold Mack programmed the synth-"demolition" using a Fairlight CMI II Sampler, and the song is sung as a duet between a double-tracked Mercury (singing in harmony with himself), and a robotic Taylor (using a Roland VP330 Vocoder). The instrumental remix of
Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition Mika on "Stasera Casa Mika". The album was also supported by two performances on 9 and 10 December 2016, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of her A Kylie Christmas concert series. On 11 December, was aired a performance of "At Christmas" on "The Jonathan Ross Show" and "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" on "The X Factor UK" final. On December 16, Minogue performed "Night Fever" on "Danse avec les stars". "At Christmas" was released as the lead single for the album. It was announced on 4 November 2016, when the album was made available for pre-order