The Works

Released 27 February 1984, reached no 2, on chart for 93 weeks, achieved Platinum status

Album Length 37:36

The Hollywood Records 1991 remaster also adds I Go Crazy, Radio Ga Ga (Extended Version) and I Want To Break Free (Extended Version).

Non-Album Tracks
I Go Crazy | Thank God It's Christmas

Unreleased Demos
Love Kills | Let Me Live (with Rod Stewart) | Man Made Paradise | There Must Be More To Life Than This

Produced by Queen and Mack
Engineered by Mack with additional engineering in LA by Mike Beiriger. Assistance by Stefan Wissnet and Ed Delana
Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles and Musicland, Munich, August 1983 - January 1984

Thanks to Fred Mandel for rip-roaring piano finale on 'Prowl', synthesiser arrangement and programming on 'Radio Ga Ga'. Also synths on 'Break Free' and candy-floss on 'Hammer To Fall'.
Demolition Fairlight programming on 'Machines' by Mack

Equipment supervision by Peter Hince, Chris Taylor, Brian Zellis and Peter Freestone
Sleeve design by Bill Smith
Photographed by George Hurrell

Singles: (first four singles are on 'Greatest Hits II', 'Thank God It's Christmas' is on 'Greatest Hits III')

Radio Ga Ga / I Go Crazy (no 2, January 1984)
US released February 1984, reached no 16. Japan released February 1984, reached no 89.
I Want To Break Free / Machines (no 3, April 1984) (US reached no 45, Japanese did not chart)
It's A Hard Life / Is This The World We Created? (no 6, July 1984). US reached no 72, Japanese did not chart
Hammer To Fall / Tear It Up (no 13, September 1984) (US released October 1984, did not chart)
Thank God It's Christmas / Man On The Prowl / Keep Passing The Open Windows (no 21, November 1984)

Radio Ga Ga
Track 1. Written by Roger Taylor. Album Version 5:47
A mimed performance (from Montreux, 1984) appears on 'Greatest Video Hits II'.
Additional Musicians:
Fred Mandel (Synthesiser arrangement and programming)
Phil Collins (drums on 'Party At The Palace' live version)
Justin Shirley Smith (mixing of 'Party At The Palace' live version)
Alternate Versions: (The Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. 'Excerpts From The Works' Edit (1:15) (on the Flexidisc only) (a short 'taster' edit of the album version; contains the first 9 seconds, then 3:32 to 4:07 and 5:16 onwards)
2. Instrumental Version (5:56) (on the 12" single only) (instrumental of the album version but replaces the section from 3:31 to 3:51 with trhat from 2:04 to 2:23, and adds 'Radio Ga Ga' twice) (click here for lyrics)
3. Karaoke Version (5:35) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or Video, and on the 'Artitst Karaoke Series' US CD) (instrumental which fades out 12 seconds early) (click here for lyrics)
4. Extended Version (6:51) (on the 12", the '12" Collection' and the US remaster CD) (click here for lyrics)
5. 'The Eye' Excerpt (0:27) (only available within the game) (a short edit of the album version from 1:35 to 2:02) (click here for lyrics)
Live Versions:
6. Live Version 1 (5:42) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 2 (5:36) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan' recorded in Tokyo 1985) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Version 3 Rehearsal (3:50) (on the 'Queen Rock Montreal And Live Aid DVD, recorded in the week before Live Aid) (click here for lyrics)
9. Live Version 3 (3:57) (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)
10. Live Version 3 Excerpt (3:55) (on the 'Live Aid - 20 Years Ago Today' DVD; not really different, it just omits the first 2 seconds of drums)
11. Live Version 4 (2:45) (on the 'Rare Live' video, from Sydney 1985 and Knebworth 1986) (click here for lyrics)
12. Live Version 5 (4:17) (on 'Live Magic', recorded at Knebworth Park, UK, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
13. Live Version 6 (5:46) (on the 'Live In Budapest' video, recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
14. Live Version 7 (5:52) (on 'Live At Wembley', recorded in London, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
15. Live Version 7 Excerpt (0:25) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD song selection screen; an edit of the above version from 1:45 to 2:10) (click here for lyrics)
16. Live Version 8 (5:50) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert', lead vocal by Paul Young) (click here for lyrics)
17. Live Version 9 (6:02) (on the 'SAS Band - The Show' CD and Video) (lead vocal by Roger, backing by the SAS Band) (click here for lyrics)
18. Live Version 10 (6:03) (possibly on the 'Heineken' CD-Rom, recorded in Holland, 2002, with lead vocals by Roger Taylor) (click here for lyrics)
19. Live Version 11 (2:19) (on 'Party At The Palace') (lead vocal by Roger, recorded at Buckingham Palace, 2002) (click here for lyrics)
20. Live Version 12 (2:30) (on the '46664' CD and DVD, with vocals by Roger) (click here for lyrics)
21. Live Version 13 (1:41) (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)
22. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (5:43) (an official download, recorded in Vienna on 13 April 2005; lead vocals by Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
23. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (5:42) (an official download, recorded in Dortmund on 25 April 2005; lead vocals by Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
24. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (5:43) (on 'Return Of The Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005; lead vocals by Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
25. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 (5:37) (on 'Super Live In Japan', recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005; lead vocals by Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
26. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 Edit (4:09) (on the 'Super Live In Japan Highlights' CD/DVD) (click here for lyrics)
27. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 5 (4:36) (an official download, recorded in Milan on 28 September 2008; lead vocals by Paul Rodgers only) (click here for lyrics)
28. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 6 (5:13) (an official download, recorded in Sheffield on 19 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
29. Live Cast Recording 1 (3:33) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album) (click here for lyrics)
30. Live Cast Recording 2 (3:37) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album)
Lyrics: (The 'Excerpts From The Works' edit has only the lyrics in red.)
(Radio)

(Radio)
I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly
(Radio)

So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)

All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you

We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
Our music changes through the years

Let's hope you'll never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around 'cos we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)

All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Someone still loves you

(Radio ga ga)
(Radio ga ga)
(Radio ga ga)

You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)

Tear It Up
Track 2. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:26
A mimed performance (from Montreux, 1984) appears on 'Greatest Video Hits II'.
Alternate Versions:
1. Live Version 1 (1:43) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan' recorded in Tokyo 1985) (click here for lyrics)
2. Live Version 2 (2:16) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD, recorded at 'Magic Tour' rehearsals in May/June 1986) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 3 (2:09) (on the 'Live In Budapest' video, recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
4. Live Version 4 (2:12) (on the 'Live At Wembley', recorded in London, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 4 Excerpt (0:25) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD song selection screen; an edit of the above version from 0:15 to 0:40; contains the single word 'hey')
Lyrics:
Are you ready?
Well are you ready?
We gonna tear it up
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me this babe
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Woo, hoo

Hey, give me your mind baby give me your body
Yeah, give me some time baby let's have a party
It ain't no time for sleeping baby
Soon it's round your street I'm creeping
You better be ready

We gonna tear it up
Stir it up, break it up, baby
We gonna tear it up
Shake it up, make it up as you go along
Tear it up, yeah
Square it up, yeah
Wake it up, baby
Tear it up
Stir it up
Stake it out and you can't go wrong

Hey, listen
I love you 'cos you're sweet, I love you 'cos your naughty
Yeah, I love you for your mind baby give me your body
I wanna be a toy at your birthday party
Wind me up
Wind me up
Wind me up, let me go

Yeah
Tear it up
Stir it up
Break it up, let me go
Tear it up
Shake it up
Make it up as you go along
Tear it up, ha, ha, ha
Turn it up
Burn it up, yeah baby

Are you ready? (oh yeah), yeah
Baby, baby, baby, are your ready for me? (oooh, oooh, oooh, oh yeah)
Baby, baby, baby, are your ready for love? (oooh, oooh, oooh, oh yeah)
Are you ready
Are you ready, are you ready for me, yeah (oooh, oooh, oooh, oh yeah)
Alright
Yeah, I love you so near, I love you so far (oooooh)
I gotta tell you baby you're driving me ga ga (oooh, ooooh)

Tear it up, yeah, go, wow
Oh yeah, burn it baby, ha
Yeah, yeah

Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby let's tear it up
Wooh, hoo

It's A Hard Life
Track 3. Written by Freddie Mercury. Album Version 4:08
The original title of this track was 'Hard Life', but this was changed shortly before release
A mimed performance (from Montreux, 1984) appears on 'Greatest Video Hits II'.
Alternate Versions: (The Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. 'Excerpts From The Works' Edit (1:10) (on the Flexidisc only) (a short 'taster' edit of the album version; contains the sections from 0:00 to 0:15, 0:49 to 1:04 and then 3:22 to 4:01)
2. Extended Version (5:04) (on the 12" and the '12" Collection') (click here for lyrics)
3. Instrumental Version (4:00) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or Video only) (instrumental, retaining some backing vocals, and fading slightly earlier) (click here for lyrics)
4. 'The Eye' Excerpt (0:24) (only available within the game) (a short edit of instrumental section from 2:26 to 2:50)
5. Live Version 1 (4:17) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 2 (4:12) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan', recorded in Tokyo, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics: (Lyrics in Red are in the 'Excerpts from The Works' Edit)
I don't want my freedom
(Oooh) there's no reason for ending with a broken heart

This is a tricky situation
I've only got myself to blame
It's just a simple fact of life
It could happen to anyone

You win, you lose
It's a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah, I fell in love
But now you say it's over and I'm falling apart

Yeah, yeah
It's a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts

It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love

I try to mend the broken pieces (oh, ooh)
I try to fight back the tears
They say it's just a state of mind
But it happens to everyone

How it hurts (yeah) deep inside (ooh yeah)
When your love has cut you down to size
Life is tough on your own
Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies (ooooh)
I'm waiting for love (ahhhh)

(Hard life) yes it's a hard life
Two lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts

It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love

Yes it's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching for love in everyway

It's a long hard fight
But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love
(Ooooh) yes I did it for love
(Love) for love
(For love, love) oh, oh, oh, I did it for love

Man On The Prowl
Track 4. Written by Freddie Mercury. Album Version 3:25
Additional Musicians:
Fred Mandel ('Rip-roaring piano finale')
Alternate Versions:
1. Extended Version (6:02) (on the 'Thank God It's Christmas' 12" and the '12" Collection') (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Hey
I'm gonna take a little walk on the wild side
I'm gonna loosen up and get me some gas
I'm gonna get me some action
Go crazy driving in the fast lane
My baby left me alone
She done me dirty and I'm feeling so lonely
So come home, come home
If you don't you're gonna break my heart

Man on the prowl
You better watch out
I'm on the loose and I'm looking for trouble
So look out (yeah, yeah) look out (yeah, yeah)
I'm a man on the prowl

I don't want be a rock and roll steady
I just want to be low down trash
I wanna go to the movies
All I wanna do is sit on my ass
So honey come home (come home, come home)
Don't leave me when I'm feeling so lonely
Come home (yeah, yeah) come home (yeah, yeah)
If you don't you're gonna break my heart

Man on the prowl, yeah
You better watch out
I'm on the loose and I'm looking for trouble
So look out (yeah, yeah) look out (yeah, yeah)
'Cos I'm a man on the prowl

Well I keep dreaming about my baby (ooooh)
But it ain't gonna get me no where (bap, bap), hey
I gotta teach my baby dancing (oooh, bap, bap)
But I am no Fred Astaire

So baby look out
I'm a man on the prowl
Look out
Man on the prowl, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Baby, baby, baby look out, yeah
Man on the prowl

Baby come home
I'm on the loose and I'm looking for trouble
Baby come home, oh yeah
'Cos I'm a man on the prowl

So honey come home, come home
'Cos I'm a man on the prowl, yeah
Man on the prowl, yeah
Hey
Steady babe
Loosen up baby

Wooh
Go baby, go
Wooh
Come on
Yeah

Machines (or 'Back To Humans')
Track 5. Written by Roger Taylor and Brian May. Album Version 5:09
The instrumental version has very short excerpts of 'Ogre Battle', 'Going Back' and 'Flash' mixed into it.
Live versions use a backing track, derived from the Instrumental Version, which finishes with drums which were performed live.
Additional Musicians:
Mack (Demolition Fairlight programming)
Alternate Versions:
1. Instrumental Version (5:07) (on the US single and the '12" Collection' only) (some remixing, and retains some backing vocals) (click here for lyrics)
2. Live Version 1 (0:32) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985, this is a backing track) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 2 (1:30) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan' recorded in Tokyo 1985, this is a backing track) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
(Machines, machines, machines, machines, machines)
(Machines, machines)
(Machines)

It's a machines world
Don't tell me I ain't got no soul
When the machines take over
It ain't no place for rock and roll

They tell me I don't care
But deep inside I'm just a man
They freeze me, they burn me
They squeeze me, they stress me
With smoke-blackened pistons of steel they compress me
But no-one, but no-one, but no-one can wrest me away
Back to humans

(We have no disease, no troubles of mind
We are fighting for peace, no regard for the time
We never cry, we never retreat
We have no conception of love or defeat)

It's that machine noise
It's bytes and megachips for tea
It's that machine, boys
With random access memory
Never worry, never mind
Not for money, not for gold

Yeah, it's software, it's hardware
It's hard beat, it's time share
It's midwife's a disk drive
It's sex life is quantised
It's self-perpetuating a parahumanoidarianised

Back to humans
Back to humans
(Back to machines)
(Machines, machines) woooohh (machines, machines)

Living in a new world
Thinking in the past (humans)
Living in a new world
How you gonna last
Machine world (humans)

It's a machines world (humans)
Thinking in the past (back to humans)
Living in a new world
How you gonna last
Machine world

Machine world
Machine world
Yeah
Yeah
Machine world, wooh

Get up and go baby, yeah, yeah
Wooh
Back to humans, hey, hey
Back to humans

Back to humans
Living in a new world how you gonna last
Machine world
It's a machines world

I Want To Break Free
Track 6. Written by John Deacon. Album Version 3:19
The 12" version has a 'remix of the LP' at the end, consisting of excerpts of most album tracks.
A mimed performance of the single version (from Montreux, 1984) appears on 'Greatest Video Hits II'.
Additional Musicians:
Fred Mandel (Synthesisers)
Alternate Versions: (The Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. 'Excerpts From The Works' Edit (0:55) (on the Flexidisc only) (a short 'taster' edit of the album version; a straight edit from 0:38 to 1:33)
2. Single Version (4:20) (on all singles and 'Greatest Hits II') (the first 8 seconds are replaced by a 36 second instrumental containing keyboards and then guitars. It is then the same as the album version from 0:08 to 2:00, when a 34 second keyboard solo begins, before it continues from 2:00 onwards. It fades out a fraction earlier)
3. Extended Version (7:17) (on the 12", the '12" Collection' and the US remaster CD) (click here for lyrics)
4. Instrumental Version (4:08) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or Video, and on 'Greatest Video Hits II' disc 2 on the 'A Kind Of Magic' menu) (instrumental version of the single version, with no lyrics at all; fades in slightly later than normal)
Live Versions:
5. Live Version 1 (3:23) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 2 (3:18) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan' recorded in Tokyo 1985) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 3 (0:53) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD, recorded at 'Magic Tour' rehearsals in May/June 1986; this is a severely edited version) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Version 4 (2:35) (on 'Live Magic', recorded at Knebworth Park, UK, 1986) (an edit of the live version) (click here for lyrics)
9. Live Version 5 (2:53) (on the 'Live In Budapest' video, recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
10. Live Version 6 (3:25) (on 'Live At Wembley', recorded in London, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
11. Live Version 6 Excerpt (0:25) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD song selection screen; an edit of the above version from 0:28 to 0:53) (click here for lyrics)
12. Live Version 7 (3:48) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert', lead vocal by Lisa Stansfield) (click here for lyrics)
13. Live Version 8 (3:50) (on the 'Happiness' CD single, performed by Roger Taylor in London 1994) (click here for lyrics)
14. Live Version 9 (1:29) (on the '46664' CD and DVD, with vocals by Thandiswa Mazwai) (click here for lyrics)
15. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (3:44) (an official download, recorded in Madrid on 1 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
16. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (3:50) (an official download, recorded in Milan on 5 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
17. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (3:48) (an official download, recorded in Prague on 16 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
18. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 (3:45) (on 'Return Of The Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005) (click here for lyrics)
19. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 5 (3:21) (an official download, recorded in Rome on 26 September 2008) (click here for lyrics)
20. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 6 (3:25) (an official download, recorded in Sheffield on 19 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
21. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:33) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album, lead vocal by Gallileo) (click here for lyrics)
22. Live Cast Recording 2 (0:32) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album, lead vocal by Scaramouche) (click here for lyrics)
23. Live Cast Recording 3 (2:36) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album, lead vocal by Gallileo)
24. Live Cast Recording 4 (0:31) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album, lead vocal by Scaramouche)
25. Live Version 10 (3:37) (on the 'Band Du Lac - One Night Only Live' DVD, performed by Roger with the Band Du Lac in Surrey, 2005) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics: (lyrics in red are present in the 'Excerpts From The Works' edit; the single version loses the lyrics in blue)
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love

It's strange but it's true, hey
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh, how I want to be free, baby
Oh, how I want to be free
Oh, how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without
Living without, living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free

I've got to break free
I want to break free, yeah
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free

Oooh, yeah
I want to break, yeah, yeah, yeah, I want to break free

Keep Passing The Open Windows
Track 7. Written by Freddie Mercury. Album Version 5:21
Alternate Versions:
1. Extended Version (6:39) (on the 'Thank God It's Christmas' 12" only) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
This is the only life for me, yeah
Surround myself around my own fantasy
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cos love is all you need
Love is all you need

Do you know what it's like to be alone in this world
When you're down and out on your luck and you're a failure
Wake up screaming in the middle of the night
You think it's all been a waste of time
It's been a bad year
You start believing everything's gonna be alright
Next minute your down and you're flat on your back
A brand new day's beginning
Get that sunny feeling and you're on your way

Just believe, just keep passing the open windows
Just believe, just keep passing the open windows

Do you know how it feels when you don't have a friend
Without a job and no money to spend, you're a stranger
All you think about is suicide
One of these days you're gonna lose the fight
You better keep out of danger, yeah
That same old feeling just keeps burning deep inside
You keep telling yourself it's gonna be the end
Ooh, get yourself together
Things are looking better everyday

Just believe, just keep passing the open windows
Just believe, just keep passing the open windows

This is the only life for me, yeah (oooh, oooh, oooh)
Surround myself around my own fantasy
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cos love is all you need

Just believe, just keep passing the open windows
Just believe, just keep passing the open windows

You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cos love is all you need, yeah
Love is all you need, baby
Love is all you need

Just believe, just keep passing the open windows
Just believe, just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows

Hammer To Fall
Track 8. Written by Brian May. Album Version 4:26
The promo video features some audience noise, but has the standard single version dubbed over the top. A mimed performance (from Montreux, 1986) appears on 'Greatest Video Hits II', but this is also the single version.
Additional Musicians:
Fred Mandel (Candy-floss)
Brian Malouf ('Malouf Mix' remixing)
Alternate Versions: (The Surround Sound Mix details can be found here)
1. 'Excerpts From The Works' Edit (1:21) (on the Flexidisc only) (a short 'taster' edit of the album version; equivalent to approximately 0:00 to 0:04, 0:52 to 2:05 and finally 4:17 to 4:19) (click here for lyrics)
2. Single Version (3:36) (on all singles, 'Greatest Hits II' and 'Classic Queen') (an edit, which contains: 0:00 to 1:56, 2:33 to 3:55, 3:53 to 3:55, 4:05 to 4:17 and 4:21 onwards)
3. Extended Version (5:22) (on the 12" single and the '12" Collection') (click here for lyrics)
4. Instrumental Version (3:37) (on the Japanese Karaoke CD or Video, and on the 'Artitst Karaoke Series' US CD) (instrumental of single version) (click here for lyrics)
5. The Eye Version (4:20) (on 'The Eye' disc 2 and disc 5) (an instrumental version of the album version, with no lyrics, but has some additional percussion and more prominent bass)
6. Film Version (0:37) (only in the film 'Highlander') (a very short, slightly accelerated edit, from 0:15 to 0:54)
7. 'Queen Rocks' Video (3:47) (on the video only) (a unique edit of the album version, losing the instrumental section from 1:56 to 2:33)
8. Malouf Mix (4:08) (on a US promo CD only) (the drums are remixed and there are some other slight changes)
9. Malouf Mix Edit (3:40) (on a US promo CD only) (an edit of the above mix)
Live Versions:
10. Live Version 1 (4:50) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
11. Live Version 2 (5:04) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan' recorded in Tokyo 1985) (click here for lyrics)
12. Live Version 3 Rehearsal Excerpt (0:42) (on the 'Queen Rock Montreal And Live Aid DVD, recorded in the week before Live Aid) (click here for lyrics)
13. Live Version 3 (3:57) (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)
14. Live Version 4 (3:57) (on the 'Live In Budapest' video, recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
15. Live Version 5 (5:14) (on the 'Live Magic' CD, 'Live At Wembley', and 'Rare Live', recorded in London, 1986) (click here, here, or here for lyrics)
16. Live Version 5 Edit (4:18) (on the 'Live Magic' LP/Cassette only) (an edit of the CD version, losing a number of sections) (click here for lyrics)
17. Live Version 5 Excerpt (0:25) (on 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD song selection screen; an edit of the above version from 0:20 to 0:45) (click here for lyrics)
18. Live Version 6 (4:33) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert', lead vocal by Gary Cherone) (click here for lyrics)
19. Live Version 7 Edit (5:15) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' album only, performed by The Brian May Band in London 1993) (click here for lyrics)
20. Live Version 7 Full (5:59) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' video only) (this is the full live version with extra instrumental) (click here for lyrics)
21. Live Version 8 (8:32) (recorded in Paris 1998 by The Brian May Band, available on 'Red Special' Japanese CD only) (click here for lyrics)
22. Live Version 9 (7:44) (possibly on the 'Heineken' CD-Rom, recorded in Holland, 2002, with lead vocals by Brian May) (click here for lyrics)
23. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (6:33) (an official download, recorded in Antwerp on 20 April 2005; lead vocals by Brian May and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
24. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (6:51) (an official download, recorded in Dortmund on 25 April 2005; lead vocals by Brian May and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
25. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (6:30) (on 'Return Of The Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005; lead vocals by Brian May and Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
26. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 4 (3:42) (on 'Super Live In Japan', recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005; the 'fast version' only, lead vocals by Paul Rodgers) (click here for lyrics)
27. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 5 (1:59) (an official download, recorded in Glasgow on 11 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
28. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 6 (1:59) (an official download, recorded in London on 13 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
29. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 7 (2:01) (an official download, recorded in Belgrade on 29 October 2008) (click here for lyrics)
30. Live Cast Recording 1 (2:57) (on the 'We Will Rock You' cast album) (click here for lyrics)
31. Live Cast Recording 2 (3:01) (on the 'We Will Rock You' Spanish cast album)
Lyrics: (The film version retains the first two verses, upto 'For the hammer to fall, yeah'. The Single Version adds the lyrics in Red but loses those in Blue.)
Yeah

Here we stand or here we fall
History won't care at all
Make the bed, light the light
Lady Mercy won't be home tonight, yeah

You don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
Comes to you as to us all, yeah
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall, yeah

Oh every night, and every day
A little piece of you is falling away
But lift your face, the western way, baby
Build your muscles as your body decays, yeah

Toe your line and play their game
Yeah, let the anaesthetic cover it all
Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the hammer to fall, yeah

Rich or poor or famous for
Your truth it's all the same, yeah baby (oh no, oh no)
Oh, lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane, yeah (oh no)
Baby now your struggle's all in vain, yeah, yeah

For he who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just want to scream it louder and louder and louder

What the hell we fighting for?
Yeah, just surrender and it won't hurt at all, baby
Just got time to say your prayers, hey
While your waiting for the hammer to, hammer to fall

Hey, yes, it's gonna fall, right
Hammer, you know it
Yeah, hammer to fall
Woooohh
Hey, yeah
Wow, wow
Ha
Ha
Ey, eh
Waiting for the hammer to fall, hey, baby
Yeah, yeah
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall

Give it to me one more time

Lyrics for 'Excerpts From The Works' Edit
Oh every night, and every day
A little piece of you is falling away
But lift your face, the western way, baby
Build your muscles as your body decays, yeah

Toe your line and play their game, yeah
Let the anaesthetic cover it all
Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the hammer to fall, baby

Rich or poor or famous for
Your truth it's all the same (oh no, oh no)
Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane (oh no, oh no)
Baby now your struggle's all vain

Is This The World We Created?
Track 9. Written by Freddie Mercury and Brian May. Album Version 2:12
This track originally featured piano, but this was removed (or lost) for the final release.
Alternate Versions:
1. Live Version 1 (2:23) (on the 'Live In Rio' video, recorded in Rio De Janiero, 1985) (click here for lyrics)
2. Live Version 2 (2:38) (on the 'Final Concert Live In Japan' recorded in Tokyo 1985) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 3 (2:26) (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)
4. Live Version 4 (1:23) (on 'Live Magic', recorded at Wembley Stadium, 1986) (different to the other 'Wembley' version) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 5 (2:16) (on the 'Live In Budapest' video, recorded in Budapest, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 6 (2:40) (on 'Live At Wembley', recorded in London, 1986) (click here for lyrics)
7. Live Version 6 Excerpt (0:25) (on the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' DVD song selection screen; an edit of the above version from 0:19 to 0:44) (click here for lyrics)
8. Live Version 7 (2:18) (on the '46664' CD and DVD, a duet between Brian and Andrea Corr) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need

Is this the world we created, what did we do it for
Is this the world we invaded, against the law
So it seems in the end is this what we're all living for today
The world that we created

You know that everyday a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by

Ooh, oh, oh, is this the world we created, we made it on our own
Is this the world we devastated, right to the bone
If there's a God in the sky looking down
What can he think of what we've done
To the world that he created

I Go Crazy
Non-Album Track. Written by Brian May. Original Version 3:41
Only available on the 'Radio Ga Ga' single, the 'Complete Vision' boxed-set LP, and the US remaster CD.
Lyrics:
Yeah yeah
Ha, ha
Let's go, let's go, let's go

Yeah, I took my baby dancing
To see a heavy band
I never saw my baby till the encore
She had the singer by the hand

I didn't wanna cry 'cos I had to be cool
I didn't wanna tell you that you're much too cruel
Did you have to run off with that dog-gone fool

All I gotta do is think about you
Every night and day I go crazy
All I gotta do is get my hands on you
You better stay away from me baby

Hey, I wouldn't mind the postman
If the neighbours didn't know
Or the gas man, electric man, the man who fixed the car
I'd have to let it go

But you had to bring me down for a rock 'n' roll clone
Leave me like a sucker standing all alone
You just had to run off with that rolling stone

Go ahead fool

All I gotta do is think about you
Every night and day I go crazy
All I gotta do is get my hands on you
You better stay away from me baby

So I ain't gonna go and see the Rolling Stones no more, no more
I don't wanna go to see Queen no more, no more
I ain't gonna go and see the Rolling Stones no more, no more
I don't wanna go and see Queen no more, no more

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, crazy
Wow
Yeah
Crazy, crazy

I don't wanna hurt you
But you've been a hurting me
But you know that I'll be watching
Rolling on the floor next time you're on the TV

Had enough of your pretending that you know where it's at
Come on to all the boys like a real small brat
You think I'd nearly let you get away with all that
No way baby

All I gotta do is think about you
Every night and day I go crazy, crazy
All I gotta do is get my hands on you
Better stay away from me baby

Ooh, you got to, got to, got to
Got to stay away from me baby

Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, yeah
Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, wooooh
Crazy, yeah
Crazy

Thank God It's Christmas
Non-Album Track. Written by Roger Taylor and Brian May. Original Version 4:18
Most commonly available on 'Greatest Hits III', but on various other releases as well.
Alternate Versions:
1. "Extended" Version (4:25) (on the 'Queen Talks' CD in the US 'Queen Collection' Box Set) (identical to normal but contains a seven second drum intro)
Lyrics:
Oh, my love, we've had our share of tears
Oh, my friends, we've had our hopes and fears
Oh, my friends, it's been a long hard year
But now it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas

The moon and stars seem awful cold and bright
Let's hope the snow will make this Christmas proud
My friends, the world will share this special night
Because it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
For one night

Thank God it's Christmas, yeah
Thank God it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas (oooh)
Can it be Christmas (oooh)
Let it be Christmas
Every day

Oh, my love, we live in troubled days
Oh, my friend, we have the strangest ways
Oh, my friends, all this, one day, all days
Thank God it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
For one day

Thank God it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
Ooooh, yeah
Thank God it's Christmas
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
For one day

Christmas
And a very merry Christmas to you all