We Will Rock You - The Music

The Band | The Songs

The Band

All songs in the musical are performed live by the band, who are situated to the left and right of the stage in the scaffolding backdrop (the orchestra pit is used for special effects).

Original (2002) London Band:
Piano : Mike Dixon
Keyboards : Spike Edney and Andy Smith
Keyboard / Synthesiser Programming : Jeff Leach
Guitars : Laurie Wisefield and Alan Darby
Bass : Neil Murray
Drums : Tony Bourke
Percussion : Julian Poole
Orchestrator: Steve Sidwell

2009 Touring Production:
Musical Director : David Beer
Assistant Musical Director : Jim Henson
Keyboard : Irvin Duguid
Guitars : Simon Croft and James Barber
Bass : Nathan Welch
Drums : Rufus Taylor
Percussion : Matt McLaughlin

The Songs
Click here for details of the 2002 London Cast Album. The tracks below which appear in Red were not released on the album.

Act One

  1. Innuendo (Instrumental, with original recorded vocals by Freddie Mercury and backing vocals by cast)
  2. Radio Ga Ga (The Ga Ga Kids)
  3. I Want To Break Free (Gallileo)
  4. I Want To Break Free (Scaramouche)
  5. Somebody To Love (Scaramouche)
  6. Killer Queen (The Killer Queen)
  7. Play The Game (The Killer Queen)
  8. Death On Two Legs (Instrumental)
  9. Under Pressure (Gallileo & Scaramouche)
  10. A Kind Of Magic (The Killer Queen & Khashoggi)
  11. I Want It All (Britney & Meat)
  12. Headlong (Gallileo, Scaramouche, Britney & Meat)
  13. No-One But You (Meat)
  14. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Gallileo, Scaramouche, Britney & Meat)
  15. Ogre Battle (Instrumental)

Act Two

  1. One Vision (The Ga Ga Kids)
  2. Who Wants To Live Forever (Gallileo & Scaramouche)
  3. Flash (The Ga Ga Cops & Captive Bohemians)
  4. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Khashoggi)
  5. Fat Bottomed Girls (The Killer Queen & Yuppies)
  6. Don't Stop Me Now (The Killer Queen)
  7. Another One Bites The Dust (The Killer Queen)
  8. Hammer To Fall (Gallileo & Scaramouche)
  9. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Pop)
  10. We Are The Champions (The Bohemians)
  11. Bicycle Race (The Bohemians)
  12. Headlong (Gallileo, Scaramouche & Pop)
  13. We Will Rock You (Gallileo)
  14. We Are The Champions (Gallileo)
  15. We Will Rock You (Fast) (Mostly Instrumental, vocals by All)
  16. Bohemian Rhapsody (Gallileo, Scaramouche, Khashoggi & The Killer Queen)

When I saw the touring production in Birmingham, July 2009 there were two changes - after 'Flash', there was an instrumental reprise featuring the drums/keyboard from the 'just a man with a man's courage' section. Towards the end of the show it also included a short keyboard version of 'Love Of My Life'.

'We Will Rock You (Fast)' is performed during the bows, and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is performed as an encore.

A CD was also released of the Spanish production in 2004. This contained the same tracks as the London CD (with most tracks in Spanish), but featured an additional track 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', and bonus material on a second disc. Click here for full details.

Aside from the cast albums, a number of tracks have also been released which feature members of the various productions - click here for full details.