Credits

• Written by: Brian May
• Produced by: Queen, assisted by Mike Stone
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, handclaps, footstomps

Brian May - guitar, backing vocals, handclaps, footstomps

John Deacon - handclaps, footstomps

Roger Taylor - backing vocals, handclaps, footstomps

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Discography

Albums:

	News Of The World, 1977
	Greatest Hits, 1981
	Queen Rocks, 1998

Singles:

	We Are The Champions, 1977 UK B-side
	We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You, 1977 US double A-side
	We Will Rock You (live), 1979 live US and Japanese A-side
	Crazy Little Thing Called Love, 1979 live UK B-side
	We Are The Champions, 1988 UK CD single track
	We Are The Champions, c. 1991 Hollywood Records CD single track
	We Will Rock You (Ruined by Rick Rubin), c. 1991 Hollywood Records CD single
	We Are The Champions, 1992 French and Dutch CD single (recorded live at Wembley Stadium, 1986)
	Too Much Love Will Kill You, 1995 CD single track
	No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young), 1998 "ruined by Rick Rubin remix" CD single track
	We Are The Champions, 1998 French CD single
	We Will Rock You, 2003 German CD single
	We Will Rock You, 2003 French CD single
	We Will Rock You, 2003 French CD single
	We Will Rock You, 2005 Japanese CD single
	One Vision, 2005 French CD single

Compilations:

Power Rock, CD, 1992, 7986722

Stadium Rock, CD, 1995, R2 72213

The Best Seventies Album in the World ...Ever!, CD, 1997, 7243 8 44774 2 4

The Best Rock Anthems...Ever!, CD, UK, 1998, VTDCD 215

Alternate Versions:

• "Fast" version (no studio version exists)
• Karaoke Instrumental - Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
• 1991 CDS Rick Ruben 5:00 Remix - Hollywood Basic HB-66573-2
• 1991 CDS Ruined Instrumental - Hollywood Basic HB-66573-2
• 1991 CDS Big Beat A cappella - Hollywood Basic HB-66573-2
• 1991 CDS Zulu Scratch A cappella - Hollywood Basic HB-66573-2
• 1991 12” Effects Instrumental - Hollywood Basic ED 5529
• 1991 12” Clap A cappella 1:59 - Hollywood Basic ED 5529
• 1991 12” Effects A cappella - Hollywood Basic ED 5529
• 1998 eYe “57 Commentary - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
• Solo Drum Track - Unreleased
• True A cappella - Unreleased

Soundtracks:

• FM, 1978
• Breaking the Rules (featured in the movie, but not on the soundtrack album)
• D2: The Mighty Ducks
• A Knight's Tale, 2001

Covers

Cover Versions

Chords & Tabs

• chords

Lyrics

Queen Talks

"'We Will Rock You' was a response to a particular phase in Queen's career, when the audience was becoming a bigger part of the show than we were. They would sing all the songs. And in a place like Birmingham, they'd be so vociferous that we'd have to stop the show and let them sing to us. So, both Freddie and I thought it would be an interesting experiment to write a song with audience participation specifically in mind. My feeling was that everyone can stamp and clap and sing a simple motif, so 'We Will Rock You' was based on that. We recorded it at [Basing Street] Wessex, which is an old converted church that has a natural good sound to it. There are no drums on the track. It's just us clapping and stamping on boards, overdubbed many times over with many primitive delay machines. A bit of singing, a bit of guitar playing, and that's it. The amazing thing is to go to football [soccer] matches or sports events in general and hear people do it. It's very gratifying to find that it has become part of folklore, sort of. I'll die happy because of that."

Brian May - 18/10/2002, Guitar World