We Will Rock You

"We Will Rock You" is a song by the band Queen. It is one of their most famous songs. It is used at a lot of sports events. The main song has the band stamping their feet twice, and clapping once. At the end, a short guitar part is played.

"We Will Rock You"
Single by Queen
from News of the World"
B-side	"We Are the Champions"
Released	7 October 1977
Studio	Wessex Sound, London
Genre	Arena rock
Length	2:02
Label	EMI (UK) Elektra (US)
Songwriter(s)	Brian May
Producer(s)	Queen Mike Stone
Queen singles chronology
""Long Away" (1977) We Will Rock You ""Spread Your Wings" (1978)
"We Will Rock You" at YouTube

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes

• Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping
• Brian May – electric guitar, backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping
• Roger Taylor – backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping
• John Deacon – hand claps, foot stamping
• Elizabeth Edwards - backing vocals, hand claps, foot stomping
• Andrew Turner - backing vocals, hand claps, foot stomping

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)	50
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)	3
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)	10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	10
France (SNEP)	2
Germany (Media Control AG)	18
Switzerland (Media Control AG)	16

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Weekly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	17
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)	4
El Salvador (El Siglo de Torreón)	1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	11
Germany (Media Control AG)	8
Guatemala (El Siglo de Torreón)	10
Iceland (Tonlist)	10
Illegal chart entered Ireland2	6
Italy (FIMI)	35
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	20
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)	15
New Zealand (RIANZ)	29
Poland (Music & Media)	5
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)	2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	35
Switzerland (Media Control AG)	18
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	1

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Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)	36
France (SNEP)	10
Romania (Romania Top 100)	66
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	57

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Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum	70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	200,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Five + Queen version

"We Will Rock You"
Single by Five + Queen
from Invincible"
B-side	"Megamix" "Keep On Movin'" (The Five-A-Side Mix)
Released	17 July 2000 (2000-07-17)
Length	3:08
Label	RCA BMG
Songwriter(s)	Brian May Richard "Abs" Breen Jason "J" Brown
Producer(s)	Richard Stannard Julian Gallagher
Five singles chronology
""Don't Wanna Let You Go" (2000) We Will Rock You ""Let's Dance" (2001)
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"We Will Rock You" at YouTube

British boy band Five released a cover of "We Will Rock You" on 17 July 2000. It was the fourth single from their second studio album, Invincible (1999). The song has rapping from Five's members Jason "J" Brown and Richard "Abs" Breen, and has two members of Queen: Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums. Freddie Mercury had died in November 1991, nearly a decade before this version's release, and John Deacon had retired from public life three years before the release of the Five cover.

The song charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, making it Five's second number-one single, and their ninth top-ten hit.

Track listings

"Megamix" consists of four songs by Five: "Don't Wanna Let You Go", "If Ya Gettin' Down", "Keep On Movin'", and "We Will Rock You".

UK CD1

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Keep On Movin'" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32
3. "We Will Rock You" (video—enhanced track)

UK CD2

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Megamix" – 4:19
3. "Megamix" video (enhanced track)

UK cassette single

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Keep On Movin'" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32
3. "Megamix" – 4:19

European CD single

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Megamix" – 4:19

Australian CD single

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Megamix" – 4:19
3. "Keep On Movin'" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32
4. "We Will Rock You" (video—enhanced track)

Charts

KCPK version A remix by KCPK, sung by a chorus of children under the name Forever Young, was released in a series of animated Evian adverts which aired in France, Germany and Belgium. The remix was later released as a single and entered the local charts. Other versions 1992: American glam metal band Warrant covered the song for the film Gladiator. The song charted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2004: American pop singers Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink used this song in an international commercial Pepsi campaign along with Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias, and the song was released on the Pepsi Music 2004: (Dare for More) CD. References