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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"
Released7 October 1977[1]
StudioWessex Sound, London
GenreArena rock[2]
Length2:02
Label
Songwriter(s)Brian May
Producer(s)
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[3]

  • 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[4]
  • Andrew Turner - backing vocals, hand claps, foot stomping[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[5] 50
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[7] 10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 10
France (SNEP)[9] 2
Germany (Media Control AG)[10] 18
Switzerland (Media Control AG)[11] 16

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Weekly charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[13] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 17
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[15] 4
El Salvador (El Siglo de Torreón)[16] 1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[17] 11
Germany (Media Control AG)[18] 8
Guatemala (El Siglo de Torreón)[16] 10
Iceland (Tonlist)[19] 10
Illegal chart entered Ireland2 6
Italy (FIMI)[20] 35
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 20
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[22] 15
New Zealand (RIANZ)[23] 29
Poland (Music & Media)[24] 5
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[25] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 35
Switzerland (Media Control AG)[27] 18
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[28] 1

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Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[29] 36
France (SNEP)[30] 10
Romania (Romania Top 100)[31] 66
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 57

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Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[33] Platinum 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Silver 200,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notable cover versions

Five + Queen version

"We Will Rock You"
Single by Five + Queen
from Invincible"
B-side
Released17 July 2000 (2000-07-17)[35]
Length3:08
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
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.[36]

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[37]

  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[38]

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

UK cassette single[39]

  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[40]

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

Australian CD single[41]

  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.[42]

Other versions

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Spain.
  2. ↑ *Gaar, Gillian G. (4 December 2012). "Album reviews of Queen's second box set of reissues". Goldmine. http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/album-reviews-of-queens-second-box-set-of-reissues. Retrieved 16 March 2014. 
    • Konow, David (2002). Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal. Three Rivers Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0609807323. Two years later, in 1977, they would practically invent the arena-rock anthem with "We Will Rock You." The song was designed for maximum audience participation, where everyone would stomp and clap along to its beat. Even today, whenever you stomp and clap that thunderous beat at a sporting event, Queen gets royalties.
    • Serwer, Jesse (16 October 2012). "The 77 Best Rock Samples in Rap History – 41. Dame Dash Presents Dream Team f/ Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, Cam'Ron, Young Chris and Twista "We Are the Champions" (2002)". Complex. http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/the-77-best-rock-samples-in-rap-history/dame-dash-we-are-the-champions. Retrieved 16 March 2014. "The distinctive stomp-stomp-clap drum pattern from "We Will Rock You"—the apotheosis of arena rock". 
  3. ↑ Queen. News of the World (Album Notes). EMI. 1977.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "News Of The World". Queen Songs. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "KCPK – We Will Rock You (Remix) Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – KCPK – We Will Rock You (Remix)" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – KCPK – We Will Rock You (Remix)" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  8. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard 115 (24): 65. 14 June 2003. ISSN 0006-2510 . https://books.google.com/books?id=_g0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22we+will+rock+you%22&pg=PA65. 
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – KCPK – We Will Rock You (Remix)" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  11. ↑ "KCPK – We Will Rock You (Remix) swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Five + Queen – We Will Rock You Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You" (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Exitos Discográficos Internacionales". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  17. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media 17 (32): 7. 5 August 2000. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-08-05.pdf. Retrieved 25 June 2020. 
  18. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  19. ↑ "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
  22. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  23. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Major Market Airplay – Week 38/2000". Music & Media 17 (38): 27. 23 September 2000. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-23.pdf. Retrieved 21 January 2023. 
  25. ↑ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. The Official Charts Company.
  26. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Five + Queen – We Will Rock You". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
  27. ↑ "Five + Queen – We Will Rock You swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  28. ↑ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  29. ↑ "Rapports annuels 2003" (in français). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  30. ↑ "Top Singles 2003". SNEP. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  31. ↑ "Topul Anului 2003". Topul Anului 2003. Archived from the original on 22 January 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  32. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003". Hitparade.ch (in Deutsch). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  33. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  34. ↑ "British single certifications – Five & Queen – We Will Rock You". British Phonographic Industry. Enter We Will Rock You in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
  35. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting July 17, 2000: Singles". Music Week: 23. 15 July 2000. 
  36. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  37. ↑ We Will Rock You (UK CD1 liner notes). Five, Queen. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 774 022. 
  38. ↑ We Will Rock You (UK CD2 liner notes). Five, Queen. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 774 032. 
  39. ↑ We Will Rock You (UK cassette single sleeve). Five, Queen. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 774 024. 
  40. ↑ We Will Rock You (European CD single liner notes). Five, Queen. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 776 552. 
  41. ↑ We Will Rock You (Australian CD single liner notes). Five, Queen. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 78012 2. 
  42. ↑ "We Will Rock You 2003 editions". Queencollector.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004.
  43. ↑ Stone, Doug. "Original Soundtrack – Gladiator [1992 Original Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  44. ↑ "Warrant – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013.
  45. ↑ "Britney Spears Beyonce Pink-We will rock you". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010.
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