Released 28 October 1977, reached number 4, on chart for 24 weeks, achieved Gold status
Album Length 39:20
We Will Rock You | We Are The Champions | Sheer Heart Attack | All Dead, All Dead | Spread Your Wings | Fight From The Inside | Get Down Make Love | Sleeping On The Sidewalk | Who Needs You | It's Late | My Melancholy Blues
The Hollywood Records 1991 remaster also adds We Will Rock You (1991 Remix).
Unreleased Demos
Feelings
Other Tracks
We
Will Rock You (Fast) |
We
Will Rock You (with Five)
| We
Are The Champions (with Robbie Williams) | We Will Rock You (with John Farnham) | We Will Rock You (Pepsi Ad with Britney Spears,
Beyonce Knowles and Pink)
Produced by Queen,
assisted by Mike Stone
Engineered by Mike Stone
Recorded at Basing Street, Wessex, July-September 1977
John Deacon - bass guitar
Brian May - guitar, backing vocals
Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano
Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals
Equipment supervision - John Harris
Coordination - Peter Brown, Paul Prenter
Tour manager - Gerry Stickells
Our thanks to our road crew
Original artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
Layout and sleeve coordination - Cream
Singles: ('We Are The Champions' and 'We Will Rock You' are on Greatest Hits)
'We Are The Champions' and 'We Will Rock You' have been reissued in many countries, most notably the US, Holland, Spain, Belgium and France. These variations are too numerous to mention them all.
Re-recorded Singles:
Re-issued Singles:
Download Singles:
We
Will Rock You
Track 1. Written by Brian May. Album Version 2:00
The track has also been released as a Fast
version, remixed by Rick
Rubin and re-recorded with Five, John
Farnham, and Britney Spears, Beyonce
Knowles and Pink
Brian and Roger performed this song (the intro/finale) at the Foo
Fighters concert in Hyde Park in 2006 - click here for details. A brief part of this track was also
incorporated into the Drum Extravaganza performed by
the SOS All Stars at Live Earth. A short excerpt was also
included in the 2008 track 'Still Burnin'.
Additional
Assistance for 'Party At The Palace' live version:
The Cast of We Will Rock You (vocals) and Phil Collins (drums)
Justin Shirley Smith
(mixing)
Alternate Versions: (The Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. Instrumental Version (2:00) (on the
Japanese Karaoke CD or Video, and on the 'Artitst Karaoke Series'
US CD) (instrumental) (click here for
lyrics)
2. Film Version (2:10) (in the 'A Knight's Tale' film, but not
the soundtrack CD) (same as the album version, but between 5 and
10% faster, with a repeated section, and crowd noise; contains
the sections from 0:09 to 0:47, 1:11 to 1:21, 0:58 to 1:21, 0:34
to 0:56 and 1:20 onwards)
3. Air Guitar Edit (0:15) (on 'The Best Air Guitar Album In The
World Ever' and 'Jewels II', as part of 'Tie Your Mother
Down') (an
instrumental containing the first 6 seconds then 1:52 to 2:01)
4. Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Insert (0:08) (an edit of the
instrumental version from 0:45 to 0:53) (click here for lyrics)
5. DVD Edit (0:18) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' and 'Queen
On Fire: Live At The Bowl' DVD's, as the menus load; an edit of
the instrumental version from 0:12 to 0:30, containing only 'we
will, we will, rock you')
Live
Versions: ('Slow' versions
only)
6. The Eye Version (0:57) (on 'The Eye' disc 1) (derived from the
'Live At Wembley' intro, with commentary over the top)
(click here
for lyrics)
7. Live Version 1 (2:37) (on
'Live Killers', recorded in Europe in 1979) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Version 2 (2:09) (on the 'We Will Rock You' video and the
'Queen Rock Montreal' album/DVD, from Montreal 1981) (click here for lyrics)
9. Live Version 3 (2:17) (on the 'Queen On Fire: Live At The
Bowl' DVD, from Austria 1982) (click here for lyrics)
10. Live Version 4 (2:04) (on 'Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl',
recorded at Milton Keynes 1982) (click here for lyrics)
11. Live Version 5 (2:19) (on the 'Live In Japan' video, from
Tokyo, 1982)
(click here for lyrics)
12. Live Version 6 (2:25)
(on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985)
(click here
for lyrics)
13. Live Version 7 (2:36) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan',
recorded in Tokyo, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
14. Live Version 7 Menu Edit (0:30) (on the 'Live In Japan 1985 '
DVD reissue of the above video) (click here for lyrics)
15. Live Version 8 (1:15) (on the 'Rare Live' video, the 'Live
Aid' DVD, and on the double DVD 'Queen Rock Montreal And Live
Aid', recorded at Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985) (click here or here for lyrics)
16. Live Version 8 Edit (0:44) (on the 'Live Aid' DVD, on disc 4
during the menu) (an instrumental, containing the first 20
seconds of guitar intro then 23 seconds of the outro)
17. Live Version 9 (2:52) (on the 'Live In Budapest' video,
recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
18. Live Version 10 (2:48) (on 'Live At Wembley', recorded in
London, 12 July 1986) (click here for lyrics)
19. Live Version 10 Excerpt (0:25) (on the 'Live At Wembley
Stadium' DVD song selection screen) (an instrumental excerpt of
the above version from 0:04 to 0:29)
20. Live Version 11 (1:32) (on
'Live Magic', recorded at Knebworth Park, UK, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
21. Live Version 12 (2:29) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute
Concert', lead vocal by Axl Rose) (click here for lyrics)
22. Live Version 12 Excerpt (1:19) (on the reissue DVD in the
'Queen Online' section) (an edit of the above live version,
fading both in and out) (click here for lyrics)
23. Live Version 13 (2:09) (on 'Live At Brixton Academy',
performed by The Brian May Band in London 1993; segues into a
fast version) (click here for lyrics)
24. Live Version 14 (2:29) (possibly on the 'Heineken' CD-Rom,
recorded in Holland, 2002, with lead vocals by Brian May) (click here
for lyrics)
25. Live Version 15 (1:45) (on
'Party At The Palace') (lead vocal by Brian, recorded at
Buckingham Palace, 2002) (click here for lyrics)
26. Live
Version 16 (2:50) (on the '46664' CD and DVD, with vocals by
Anastacia) (click here
for lyrics)
27. Live Version 17 (1:45)
(performed by Queen and the German cast of 'We Will Rock You' on
the German TV programme 'Wetten Dass' as part of a four track
medley, available on the 'We Will Rock You - Around The World'
download EP) (click here for lyrics)
28. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (2:23) (an official
download, recorded in Pesaro on 8 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
29. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (2:31) (an official
download, recorded in Prague on 16 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
30. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live
Version 3 (2:28) (on 'Return Of The Champions', recorded in
Sheffield on 9 May 2005) (click here for lyrics)
31. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live
Version 4 (2:21) (on 'Super Live In Japan', and the Highlights
CD/DVD, recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005) (click here for lyrics)
32. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 5 (2:18) (an official
download, recorded in Riga on 19 September 2008) (click here for lyrics)
33. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 6 (2:33) (an official
download, recorded in Zurich on 29 September 2008) (click here for lyrics)
34. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 7 (2:25) (an official
download, recorded in London on 8 November 2008) (click here for lyrics)
35. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:02)
(on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album) (click here for lyrics)
36. Live Cast Recording 2 (2:05)
(on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
(the Film version is a
re-edit, with additional lyrics in red)
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place
We will, we will, rock you, sing it
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
We will, we will, rock
you, sing it
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place
We will, we will, rock you, sing it
We will, we will, rock you, everybody
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, alright
We
Are The Champions
Track 2. Written by Freddie Mercury. Album Version 3:00
The track was later remixed by Rick Rubin, re-recorded with Robbie Williams, and covered
by Hank
Marvin featuring Brian May.
Additional
Assistance for 'Party At The Palace' live version:
Will Young (vocals), The Cast of We Will Rock You (vocals) and
Phil Collins (drums)
Justin Shirley Smith (mixing)
Alternate
Versions: (The
Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. Instrumental Version (2:56) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or
Video, and on the 'Artitst Karaoke Series' US CD) (retains some
backing vocals) (click here
for lyrics)
2. George Bush Version (3:09) (on Promo CD's issued after the
Gulf War) (album version, with quotes from a speech by George
Bush) (click here
for lyrics)
Live
Versions:
3. Live Version 1 (3:22) (on 'Live Killers', recorded in Europe
in 1979) (click
here for lyrics)
4. Live Version 2 (3:25) (on the 'We Will Rock You' video and the
'Queen Rock Montreal' album/DVD, from Montreal 1981) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 3 (1:53) (on the 'Rare Live' video, from
Frankfurt 1982 and Knebworth 1986) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 4 (3:23) (on the 'Queen On Fire: Live At The
Bowl' DVD, from Austria 1982) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 5 (3:27) (on 'Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl',
recorded at Milton Keynes 1982) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Version 6 (3:31) (on the 'Live In Japan' video, from
Tokyo, 1982) (click here for lyrics)
9. Live Version 7 (4:02) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in
Rio De Janiero, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
10. Live Version 8 (3:47) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan',
recorded in Tokyo, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
11. Live Version 8 Menu Edit (0:30) (on the 'Live In Japan 1985 '
DVD reissue of the above video) (click here for lyrics)
12. Live Version 9 (3:27) (on the 'Live Aid' DVD, and on the
double DVD 'Queen Rock Montreal And Live Aid', recorded at
Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985) (click here for lyrics)
13. Live Version 10 (0:31) (on the
'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD, recorded
on 11 July 1986; this is the instrumental end of the song only)
14. Live Version 11 (3:59) (on 'Live At Wembley', recorded in
London, 1986) (click here
for lyrics)
15. Live Version 11 Excerpt 1 (0:25) (on 'Live At Wembley
Stadium' DVD song selection screen; this is an edit of the above
version from 0:47 to 1:12) (click here
for lyrics)
16. Live Version 11 Excerpt 2 (0:25) (on 'Live At Wembley
Stadium' DVD song selection screen for 'God Save The Queen'; this
is an instrumental edit of the above version from 3:27 to 3:53)
17. Live Version 12 (3:41) (on
the 'Live In Budapest' video, recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
18. Live Version 13 (1:56) (on 'Live Magic', recorded at
Knebworth Park, UK, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
19. Live Version 14 (4:56) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute
Concert', lead vocal by Liza Minelli) (click here for lyrics)
20. Live Version 14 Excerpt (0:24) (on the reissue DVD, as the
menu loads) (an edit of the above live version, fading both in
and out) (click here for lyrics)
21. Live Version 15 (4:06) (possibly on
the 'Heineken' CD-Rom, recorded in Holland, 2002, with lead
vocals by Trijnte Oosterhuis) (click here for
lyrics)
22. Live Version 16 (2:29) (on
'Party At The Palace') (lead vocal by Will Young, recorded at
Buckingham Palace, 2002) (click here for lyrics)
23. Live Version 17 (2:53) (on
the '46664' CD and DVD, with vocals by Anastacia) (click here for lyrics)
24. Live Version 18 (1:53) (performed by Queen and the German
cast of 'We Will Rock You' on the German TV programme 'Wetten
Dass' as part of a four track medley, available on the 'We Will
Rock You - Around The World' download EP) (click here for lyrics)
25. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (4:13) (an official
download, recorded in Hamburg on 28 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
26. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (4:04) (an official
download, recorded in Cardiff on 7 May 2005) (click here for lyrics)
27. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (4:26) (on 'Return Of The
Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005) (click here for lyrics)
28. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 (4:32) (on 'Super Live In
Japan', recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005) (click here for lyrics)
29. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 Edit (4:20) (on the
'Super Live In Japan Highlights' CD/DVD) (click here for lyrics)
30. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 5 (4:09) (an official
download, recorded in Nottingham on 10 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
31. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 6 (4:09) (an official
download, recorded in Cardiff on 14 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
32. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 7 (4:15) (an official
download, recorded in London on 8 November 2008) (click here for lyrics)
33. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:21) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast
album) (click here
for lyrics)
34. Live Cast Recording 2 (2:51) (on the 'We Will Rock You'
Spanish cast album) (click here for lyrics)
35. Live Cast Recording 3 (2:22) (performed by the German cast,
on the 'We Are The Champions' download EP) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers (ooooh, oooh)
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it, I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers (ooooh, oooh)
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Oh, we are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers (ooooh, oooh)
'Cos we are the champions
Lyrics to the 'George Bush Remix': (Lyrics in Red are spoken by
George Bush (senior))
Our armed forces
fought with honour and valour
Aggression is defeated, the war is over
I've paid my dues (all of us grieve for the victims of war)
Time after time
I've done my sentence (Sadaam
Hussein was the villain)
But committed no crime (Kuwait
the victim)
And bad mistakes
I've made a few (Iraq must
not have access to the instruments of war)
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And I need to go on and on and on and oncrushed)
(Sadaam walks amidst ruin.
His war machine is
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers (ooooh, oooh)
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world
This nation has watched
its sons and daughters with pride
I've taken my bows (with confidence and pride)
And my curtain calls (we
stood our ground)
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it, I thank you all (I thank the American people)
But it's been no bed of roses (to
sacrifice nobly)
No pleasure cruise (all
united against aggression)
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers (ooooh, oooh)
'Cos we are the champions (tonight,
Kuwait is free)
Of the world
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Oh, we are the champions
We are the champions (we're
coming home now)
No time for losers (ooooh, oooh) (proud,
confident)
'Cos we are the champions
It's great to be back!
Sheer
Heart Attack
Track 3. Written by Roger Taylor. Album Version 3:25
Bass and Rhythm guitars by Roger Taylor
This track was intended for the 1974 album of the same name.
Alternate Versions:
1. Video Version (3:11) (on the 'Queen Rocks' video only) (some
of the high pitched section is edited out, from 2:32 to 2:46)
2. Live Version 1 (2:25)
(on the 'Rare Live' video, from Houston 1977 and numerous other
concerts) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 2 (3:14) (on 'Live Killers', recorded in Europe
in 1979) (click here
for lyrics)
4. Live Version 3 (3:51) (on the 'We Will Rock You' video and the
'Queen Rock Montreal' album/DVD, from Montreal 1981) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 4 (3:20) (on 'Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl',
recorded at Milton Keynes 1982) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Well, you're just 17 all you wanna do is disappear
You know what I mean there's a lot of space between our ears
The way that you touch don't feel you nothing
Hey, hey, hey, hey, it was the D.N.A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, that made me this way
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel
Sheer heart attack
Sheer heart attack
Real cardiac
I feel so inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-ticulate
Gotta feeling, gotta feeling, gotta feeling like a paralyse
It ain't no, it ain't no, it ain't no, it ain't no surprise
Turn on the TV let it drip right down in your eyes
Hey, hey, hey, hey, it was the D.N.A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, that made me this way
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel
Sheer heart attack
Sheer heart attack
Real cardiac
I feel so inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-ticulate
Just how I feel
Do you know, do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I
feel
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel
Sheer heart attack
Sheer heart attack
Real cardiac
All
Dead, All Dead
Track 4. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:09
Lead vocals are sung by Brian and Freddie.
The lyric sheet includes additional lyrics at the start of the
track: 'memories, my memories, how long can you stay to haunt my
days'; these were originally going to be sung during the piano
intro but in the end, Brian decided not to.
Lyrics:
She came without a farthing
A babe without a name
So much ado about nothing
Is what she'd try to say
So much ado my lover
So many games we played
Through every fleeted summer
Through every precious day
All dead, all dead
All the dreams we had
And I wonder why I still live on
All dead, all dead
And alone I'm spared
My sweeter half instead
All dead
And gone
All dead
All dead, all dead
At the rainbows end
And still I hear her own sweet song
All dead, all dead
Take me back again
You know my little friend's
All dead
And gone
Her ways are always with me
I wander all the while
But please you must forgive me
I'm old but still a child
All dead, all dead
But I should not grieve
In time it comes to everyone
All dead, all dead
But in hope I breathe (all dead, all dead)
Of course I don't believe (oooh, oooh, oooh)
You're dead
And gone
All dead
And gone
Spread
Your Wings
Track 5. Written by John Deacon. Album Version 4:33
Alternate Versions:
(The
Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. Video Version 1 (3:57) (on 'Greatest Flix') (this version is a
sort of edit, starting at 0:02 and fading 3:52 to 3:59, before
going into 'Bicycle Race')
2. Video Version 2 (4:22) (on 'Greatest Video Hits I' only) (this
simply fades out earlier, from 4:08 to 4:22)
2. Instrumental Version (4:20) (on the
Japanese Karaoke CD or Video only) (instrumental, only lyric is
'Fly with me' at the end; slightly earlier fade than normal)
3. Live Version (4:51) (on 'Live
Killers', recorded in Europe in 1979) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Sammy was low
Just watching the show
Over and over again
Knew it was time
He'd made up his mind
To leave his dead life behind
His boss said to him
'Boy you'd better begin
To get those crazy notions right out of your head
Sammy, who do you think that you are?
You should've been sweeping up the Emerald Bar'
Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
'Cos you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man
He spends his evenings alone in his hotel room
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon
Wishing he was miles and miles away
Nothing in this world, nothing, would make him stay
Since he was small
Had no luck at all
Nothing came easy to him
Now it was time
He'd made up his mind
'This could be my last chance'
His boss said to him
'Now listen boy
You're always dreaming
You've got no real ambition, you won't get very far
Sammy boy, don't you know who you are?
Why can't you be happy at the Emerald Bar'
So honey
Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
'Cos you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man
Come on honey
Fly with me
Fight
From The Inside
Track 6. Written by Roger Taylor. Album Version 3:01
Bass Guitar and lead vocal by Roger Taylor. Guitars by Brian May
and Roger Taylor
Alternate Versions:
1. The Eye Version (3:01) (on 'The Eye' disc 1) (a full
instrumental version)
Lyrics:
Hey you boy, hey you
Hey you boy think that you know what you're doing
You think you're gonna set things to rights
You're just another picture on a teenage wall
You're just another sucker ready for a fall
You gotta fight from the inside
Attack from the rear
Fight from the inside
You can't win with your hands tied
Fight from the inside
Ooooh, oooh, oooh
Ooooh, oooh, oooh
Ahhhhhh
Fight from the inside
Right down the line
Hey you boy, hey you
Hey you boy, think that you know what you're doing
You think that out in the streets is all cool
You're just another, money spinner tool
You're just another, fool
You gotta fight from the inside
Attack from the rear
Fight from the inside
You can't win with your hands tied
Fight from the inside
Ooooh, oooh, oooh
Ooooh, oooh, oooh
Ahhhhhh
Fight from the inside
Right down the line
Right down the line
Right down the line
Get
Down Make Love
Track 7. Written by Freddie Mercury. Album Version 3:51
Alternate Versions:
1. The Eye Version (3:47) (on 'The Eye' disc 2) (a full
instrumental version)
2. Live Version 1 (4:24)
(on 'Live Killers', recorded in Europe in 1979) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 2 (4:22) (on the 'We Will Rock You' video and the
'Queen Rock Montreal' album/DVD, from Montreal 1981) (click here for lyrics)
4. Live Version 3 (3:37) (on 'Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl',
recorded at Milton Keynes 1982) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Get down make love
Get down make love
Get down make love
Get down make love
You take my body - I give you heat
You say you hungry - I give you meat
I suck your mind - you blow my head
Make love (make love) inside your bed
Everybody get down make love
Get down make love
Get down make love
Get down make love
Everytime I get hot - you wanna cool down
Everytime I get high - you say you wanna come down
You say its enough - in fact its too much
Everytime I get a
Get down, get down, get down make love
Oooh
Ssssss
Ahhhhh
Get down - I can squeeze
Make love - you can shake me
Get down - I can feel
Make love - when you break me
Get down - come on so heavy - make love
Get down - when you take me - make love
You make love, you make love
Get down - you make love, you make love - make love
You can make everybody
Get down make love
Get down make love
Everytime I get high - you wanna come down
Everytime I get hot - you say you wanna cool down
You say its enough - in fact its too much
Everytime I wanna
Get down, get down, get down
Ahhhh
Oooh, oooh
Make love, make love, make love, make love, make love, make love
Ahhhh
Get down make love
Get down make love
Get down make love
Get down make love
Everytime I get hot - you wanna cool down
Everytime I get high - you say you wanna come down
You say its enough - in fact its just too much
Everytime I wanna
Get down, get down, get down make love
Sleeping
On The Sidewalk
Track 8. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:06
Brian May sings lead vocals
Lyrics:
One, two, three, four
I was nothing but a city boy
My trumpet was my only toy
I've been blowing my horn
Since I knew I was born
But there ain't no nobody wants to know
I've been
Sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don't wanna go home
So round the corner comes a limousine
And the biggest grin I ever seen
'Hey, sonny won't you sign
Right along the dotted line'
What you saying?
Are you playing?
Sure you don't mean me?
I was
Sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don't wanna go home
Hey, I'll tell you what happened
They took me to a room without a table
Said 'blow your trumpet into here'
I played around as well as I was able
And soon we had the record of the year
I was a legend all through the land
I was blowing to a million fans
Nothing was a missing
All the people want to listen
You'd have thought I was a happy man
And I was
Sleeping like a princess
Never touched the road
I don't get hungry
And I sure don't wanna go home
Have to have some fun
And now they tell me that I ain't so fashionable
And that I owe the man a million bucks a year
So I told him where to stick the fancy label
It's just me and the road from here, yeah
Yeah
Back to playing and laying
I'm back on the game
I was
Sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I sure get hungry
And I sure do wanna go home
Who
Needs You
Track 9. Written by John Deacon. Album Version 3:05
Acoustic Guitars by John Deacon and Brian May
Cowbell - Freddie Mercury, Maracas - Brian May
Please note that Freddie's vocals come through only the right
channel, so the left gives a full instrumental version.
Lyrics:
I make it half past six you come at seven
Always trying to keep me hanging round
You little spoilt thing, girl you kept me waiting
Never contemplating my point of view
This comes as no surprise
I'm a fool for I believed your lies
But now I see through your disguise
Who needs, well I don't need
Who needs you?
Oh, I believed you
Went on my knees to you
How I trusted you
But you turned me down
But its dog eat dog in this rat race
And it leaves you bleeding lying flat on your face
Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand
Where is that helping hand?
Oh, muchachos
I like it, I like it
Um
Who
Well I don't need you
How I was pushed around
Don't let it get you down
You walked all over me
But don't you ever give in
Taking one step forward, slipping two steps back
There's an empty feeling that you can't forget
Reaching out, reaching out
For a helping hand (for a helping hand)
When I met you, you were always charming
Couldn't sleep at night till you were mine
You were oh so, so sophisticated
Never interested in what I'd say
I had to swallow my pride
So naive, you took me for a ride
But now, I'm the one to decide
Who needs, well I don't need
Who needs you?
It's
Late
Track 10. Written by Brian May. Album Version 6:25
Alternate Versions:
1. Single Version (3:48) (on the Japanese 7" single) (an
edit, which omits the sections from 1:31 to 3:00 and 3:29 to
4:35)
2. Queen Rocks Edit (3:47) (on the 'Queen Rocks' video only) (an
edit, which loses the section from 2:37 to 5:15) (click here for lyrics)
3. The Eye Version (1:06) (on 'The Eye' disc 1) (a straight edit
from 1:33 to 2:36, with some changes to the start/end) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics: (Lyrics in
red are edited out of the single version)
You say you love me
And I hardly know your name
And if I say I love you in the candle light
There's no-one but myself to blame
But there's something inside
That's turning my mind away
Woah-oh, how I could love you
If I could let you stay
It's late - and I'm bleeding deep inside
It's late - ooh, is it just my sickly pride
Too late - even now the feeling seems to steal away
So late - though I'm crying I can't help but hear you say
It's late, it's late, it's late
But not too late
Um, yeah
The way you love me
Is the sweetest love around
But after all this time
The more I'm trying
The more I seem to let you down, yeah
Now you tell me you're leaving
And I just can't believe it's true
Oh, you know that I can love you
Though I know I can't be true
Oh, you made me love you
Don't tell me that we're through
It's late - and it's driving me so mad
It's late - yes I know but don't try to tell me that it's
Too late - save our love you can't turn out the light
So late - I've been wrong but I'll learn to be right
It's late, it's late, it's late
But not too late
I've been so long
You've been so long
We've been so long trying to work it out
I ain't got long
You ain't got long
We've gotta know what this life's all about
Oh, tell me
Trying to work it out, yeah
Ooh, too late, yeah, too late, much too late
Ooh, ahhh
You're staring at me
With suspicion in your eye
You say what game are you playing?
What's this that you're saying?
I know that I can't reply
If I take you tonight
Is it making my life a lie?
Oh, you make me wonder
Did I live my life right
It's late - ooh, but it's time to set me
free
It's late - ooh yes I know but there's no way it has to be
Too late - so let the fire take our bodies this night
So late - let the waters take our guilt in the tide now
It's late, it's late, it's late, it's late, it's late, it's late,
it's late
Oh, it's all too late
Wow, oh, to me, come on
Um, late, too late, oh yeah
'Queen
Rocks' Edit Lyrics:
You say you love me
And I hardly know your name
And if I say I love you in the candle light
There's no-one but myself to blame
But there's something inside
That's turning my mind away
Woah-oh, how I could love you
If I could let you stay
It's late - and I'm bleeding deep inside
It's late - ooh, is it just my sickly pride
Too late - even now the feeling seems to steal away
So late - though I'm crying I can't help but hear you say
It's late, it's late, it's late
But not too late
Um, yeah
The way you love me
Is the sweetest love around
But after all this time
The more I'm trying
The more I seem to let you down, yeah
Now you tell me you're leaving
And I just can't believe it's true
Oh, you know that I can love you
Though I know I can't be true
Oh, you made me love you
Don't tell me that we're through
It's late - ooh, but it's time to set me free
It's late - ooh yes I know but there's no way it has to be
Too late - so let the fire take our bodies this night
So late - let the waters take our guilt in the tide now
It's late, it's late, it's late, it's late, it's late, it's late,
it's late
Oh, it's all too late
Wow, oh, to me, come on
Um, late, too late, oh yeah
My
Melancholy Blues
Track 11. Written by Freddie Mercury. Album Version 3:29
Alternate Versions:
1. Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Insert (1:14) (an edited
version; contains the sections from 0:08 to 1:15 and 3:04 to
3:10, fading out from 3:07 onwards) (click here for lyrics)
2. Live Version 1 Edit (2:48) (on the 'Rare Live' video, recorded
in Houston 1977) (an edit of the other live version) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 1 Full (3:43) (on 'The Miracle' CD and 12",
recorded in Houston 1977) (the full length live version) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics: (Lyrics in
Red are in the Documentary Edit)
Another party's over
And I'm left cold sober
Baby left me for somebody new, oooh, oooh
I don't wanna talk about it
Want to forget about it
Wanna be intoxicated with that special brew
So come and get me
Let me
Get in that sinking feeling
That says my heart is on an all time low, so
Don't expect me
To behave perfectly
And wear that sunny smile
My guess is I'm in for a cloudy and overcast
Don't try and stop me
Cause I'm heading for that stormy weather soon
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm permanently glued
To this extraordinary mood
So now move over
And let me take over
With my
Melancholy blues
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm in the news
I'm just getting used to my new exposure
Come into my enclosure
And meet my
Melancholy blues
We Will
Rock You (Fast)
Written by Brian May.
This is a fast version of the normal version above.
Available Versions:
1. BBC Fast Version (2:44)
(only on 'The Sun' 3 track CD) (recorded live at the BBC, 1977)
2. Live Version 1 (2:15) (on 'Greatest Flix', recorded in
Houston, 1977) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 2 (3:01) (on 'Live Killers', recorded in Europe
in 1979) (click here
for lyrics)
4. Live Version 3 (2:54) (on the 'We Will Rock You' video and the
'Queen Rock Montreal' album/DVD, from Montreal 1981) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 4 (2:48) (on 'Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl',
recorded at Milton Keynes 1982) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 5 Edit (1:40) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
album only, performed by The Brian May Band in London 1993)
(segues from the slow version) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 5 Full (2:23) (on the 'Last Horizon' CD and 'Live
At Brixton Academy' video) (full version, with a longer outro)
(click here
for lyrics)
8. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:17) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast
album) (click here
for lyrics)
9. Live Cast Recording 2 (1:06) (on the 'We Will Rock You'
Spanish cast album; this is the end of the track) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Oooh, oooh, yeah
Yeah, come on
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
Blood on your face
Big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place
Sing it
We will, we will, rock you, oh yes ah
We will, we will, rock
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We will, we will, rock you, yes
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
We will, we will, rock you, come on
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock
Oh, rock you
Right on
We
Will Rock You (with Five)
Non-Album Track. Written by Brian May. Radio Edit 3:07
This track is a re-recorded version, see the original entry above
Additional raps written by J Brown and R Breen
Available on the CD singles and the Five album 'Invincible'
Brian May plays all guitars and bass
Production Notes:
Produced by Richard Stannard, Julian Gallacher and Brian May
Recorded at the Windmill Lane Studio, Dublin
Recorded by Adrian Rushby and Ash Howes
Mixed by Ash Howes, with additional engineering by Justin Shirley
Smith
Additional
Musicians:
Andy Caine (Backing Vocals)
Biff & Jules (all other instruments)
Mista Dexta (Turntablist)
Jake Davies and David McCraken (Protools)
Alternate Versions:
1. Enhanced CD Edit (0:14) (on both CD's as the disc loads) (an
edit of the normal version, from 0:09 to 0:14 twice, then 0:09 to
0:12; has no vocals at all)
2. Five Megamix Edit (0:12) (on the cassette, second CD, and on
the first CD as a video) (an edit which features drums and two
bursts of 'we will, we will rock you', with some vocals from
other songs over the top)
Lyrics:
We're causing utter devastation
When we step into the place and better believe that you can see
We're gonna rock and never stop and here we go again
Hit you with the flow again, kick it up the second time around
We'll bring it on again, shout it out
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got blood on your face, come on
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place, singing
We will, we will, rock you, ha, ha
We will, we will, rock you, come on
How about a little something
Get you in the mood know what I mean
Watch you back - we got Queen on this track
Bring the feedback, and let it drop
As long as Five bring the funk
Queen bring the rock and it don't stop, come on
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace, yeah
Waving your banner all over the place, come on, singing
We will, we will, rock you - we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
you, baby
We will, we will, rock you - we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock,
we're gonna rock, yeah
We will, we will, rock you - we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
you, baby
We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face, come on
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place, singing
We will, we will, rock you - we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
you, baby, come on, come on
We will, we will, rock you - yeah, wow
We will, we will, rock you - we're gonna rock you, baby
We will, we will, rock you - we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
you, baby
We will, we will, rock you - yeah, we're gonna rock you
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
We
Are The Champions (with
Robbie Williams)
Non Album Track. Written by Freddie Mercury. Original Version
3:52
This track is a re-recorded version, see the original entry above
From the film 'A Knight's Tale'. Original Version only available
on the soundtrack CD.
Re-recorded music by Roger Taylor and Brian May (not John
Deacon).
Production Notes:
Produced by Guy Chambers, Steve Power and Queen
Engineered by Richard Flack and Justin Shirley Smith
Mixed by Steve Power
Recorded at the Air Studios in London
Alternate Versions:
1. Film Version (2:56) (in the 'A Knight's Tale' film, but not
soundtrack CD) (has some of Brian's guitar, and a verse, edited
out; loses 0:00 to 0:11, 2:08 to 2:41 and 3:17 to 3:25, and fades
slightly earlier)
Lyrics: (the lyrics
in red are missing from the film version)
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it, I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
That I ain't gonna lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my
friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
We
Will Rock You (with John
Farnham)
Non-Album Track. Written by Brian May. Length 3:06
This track is a re-recorded version, see the original entry above.
Only available on the 'True Colours - The Official Album Of The
Rugby World Cup 2003' CD.
The start of the track is derived from the instrumental version
of 'We Will Rock You', (it loses a verse and a chorus), and
contains one word sung by Freddie ('alright'). At around 1:31,
new guitars kick in. There is then a much heavier section, and a
new ending. The chorus vocals towards the end seem to be taken
from the version recorded with Five.
Production Notes:
Produced by Brian May and Justin Shirley Smith
John Farnham's vocals recorded by Doug Brady and produced by Ross
Fraser.
Lyrics:
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
Yeah, buddy you're a young man, hard man
Fighting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace
Waving that banner all over the place
We will, we will, rock you, oh yeah
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, oh
We will, we will, rock you
Alright
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
There's mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody gonna put you back into your place
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you (I'm gonna rock you)
We will, we will, rock you (gonna rock, gonna rock, gonna rock
you, yeah)
We will, we will, rock you (yeah, we're gonna rock you baby)
Yeah, yeah
Yeah
I'm gonna rock you, rock you
We're gonna rock you
We
Will Rock You (Pepsi
Advert)
Non-Album Track. Written by Brian May. Length 2:29.
The track begins with the crowd practising the tune; this is not
included in the above time.
This track is a re-recorded version, see the original entry above.
Recorded for a Pepsi advert set during a Gladiator tournament in
Rome
Produced by Brian and Roger
Featuring vocals by Britney Spears, Beyonce Knowles and Pink
The advert was premiered on Monday 26 January 2004, and also
features Enrique Iglesias.
It was subsequently released only on Promo CD's in Austria.
Lyrics:
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, yeah
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you, ah, I said
We will, we will, rock you, ooh yeah
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Fighting in the street gonna take on the world some day
Blood on your face
Big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place, yeah
We will, we will, rock you, we will rock you, yeah
We will, we will, rock you, oh yeah
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face
Big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
We will, we will, rock you, we're gonna, we're gonna
We will, we will, rock you, sing it, come on
We will, we will, rock you, yeah, yeah
We will, we will, rock you
(Crowd) We will, we will, rock you
(Crowd) We will, we will, rock you