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.

## 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

### Weekly charts

|Year|Chart|Peak position|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|||||
|1978|France (IFOP)|align="center"|1||
|rowspan="4"|1992|Australia (ARIA)|align="center"|81|
|US _Billboard_ Hot 100|align="center"|52|||
|rowspan="4"|2003||||
|2006|US _Billboard_ Hot Digital Songs|align="center"|36||
|2008|Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Singles)|align="center"|56||
|2011|||||
|2012|Japan Hot 100 Singles|align="center"|95||
|2017|||||
|rowspan="5"|2018|Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Songs)|align="center"|13|
|Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)|align="center"|15|||
|2019|||||
|2024|Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)|align="center"|51||

### Year-end charts

|Chart (1978)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Australia (Kent Music Report) (Double-A sided single with "We Are the Champions")|style="text-align:center;"|57|

|Chart (2018)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|US Hot Rock Songs (_Billboard_)|align="center"|68|
|Chart (2019)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|US Hot Rock Songs (_Billboard_)|align="center"|22|

### Five + Queen version

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

**UK CD2**
1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
1. "Megamix" – 4:19
1. "Megamix" video (enhanced track)

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

**European CD single**
1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
1. "Megamix" – 4:19

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

##### Weekly charts

|Chart (2000)|Peak position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|El Salvador (_El Siglo de Torreón_)|align="center"|1|
|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)|align="center"|11|
|Guatemala (_El Siglo de Torreón_)|align="center"|10|
|Iceland (Tonlist)|align="center"|10|
|Poland (_Music & Media_)|style="text-align:center;"|5|

##### Year-end charts

|Chart (2000)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Australia (ARIA)|align="center"|34|
|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)|align="center"|20|
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)|align="center"|81|
|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)|align="center"|65|
|Germany (Official German Charts)|align="center"|58|
|Ireland (IRMA)|align="center"|54|
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)|align="center"|70|
|UK Singles (OCC)|align="center"|45|

### 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.

#### Chart performance

|Chart (2003)|Peak position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)|align="center"|10|

#### Year-end charts

|Chart (2003)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)|align="center"|36|
|France (SNEP)|align="center"|10|
|Romania (Romania Top 100)|align="center"|66|
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)|align="center"|57|

### 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.

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: We Will Rock You
- **caption**: One of the French single picture sleeves
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Queen (band), Queen
- **album**: News of the World (album), News of the World
- **b-side**: We Are the Champions
- **released**: 7 October 1977
- **studio**: Wessex Sound Studios, Wessex Sound, London
- **genre**: Arena rock
- **length**: 2:02
- **label**: *EMI Records, EMI (UK)
*Elektra Records, Elektra (US)
- **writer**: Brian May
- **producer**: *Queen
*Mike Stone (record producer), Mike Stone
- **prev title**: Long Away
- **prev year**: 1977
- **title**: We Are the Champions
- **title2**: We Will Rock You
- **next title**: Spread Your Wings
- **next year**: 1978


## Infobox (song)

- **name**: We Will Rock You
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Five (group), Five + Queen (band), Queen
- **album**: Invincible (Five album), Invincible
- **length**: 3:08
- **chronology**: Five (group), Five
- **prev title**: Don't Wanna Let You Go
- **prev year**: 2000
- **next title**: Let's Dance (Five song), Let's Dance
- **next year**: 2001