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"We Will Rock You" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1977 album News of the World, written by guitarist Brian May. [3] Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, [4] and the RIAA it placed at number 146 on the Songs of the Century list in 2001.
News of the World is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 October 1977 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. News of the World was the band's second album to be recorded at Sarm and Wessex Sound Studios in London, and engineered by Mike Stone , and was co-produced by ...
Name of song, original release, year of release, writer(s) and lead vocalist Title Original release Year Writer(s) Lead vocal(s) Ref. " '39" A Night at the Opera: 1975 May May [1] "Action This Day" Hot Space: 1982 Taylor Taylor & Mercury [2] "All Dead, All Dead" News of the World: 1977 May May & Mercury [3] "All God's People" Innuendo: 1991 ...
The debut remains the only Queen album that missed the top 10 on the U.K. album charts, but “Liar” shouldn’t be overlooked as the band’s first maximalist epic. 7. The Game (1980)
The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which topped the UK singles chart for nine weeks and helped popularise the music video format. The band's 1977 album News of the World contained "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", which have become anthems at sporting events. By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock ...
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The album features live tracks "Queen Medley: Day-O/Brighton Rock" and "We Will Rock You", the latter featuring Jessie J on lead vocals 2018 Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story The Soundtrack: Various Artists The album includes Queen + David Bowie performances of the songs "All the Young Dudes" and "Heroes" from The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert