In 2000, the liner notes of the Freddie Mercury boxset The Solo Collection confirmed that Brian May and Roger Taylor contributed guitar and drums to the track, and many years later, the 2019 compilation Never Boring confirmed that the fourth member of Queen, John Deacon also performed on the song, contributing additional guitar parts.

Queen + Adam Lambert performed the song live for the first time on the North American leg of their tour in 2014 as a ballad.

That version was later reworked by Brian May & Roger Taylor with the original vocals by Mercury for the album Queen Forever in 2014.

A previously unreleased ballad version of the song was reworked by Brian May and Roger Taylor for the compilation Queen Forever.

"Love Kills" was considered for inclusion on the occasion of Queen's eleventh studio album The Works, but was not used.