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 NotesQueen. News of the World (Album Notes).   EMI.   1977.

 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

Weekly charts
YearChart Peakposition19771978France (IFOP)11992Australia (ARIA)81US Billboard Hot 1005220032006US Billboard Hot Digital Songs362008Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Singles)5620112012Japan Hot 100 Singles9520172018Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Songs)13Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)1520192024Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)51

Year-end charts
Chart (1978)PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)  (Double-A sided single with "We Are the Champions")57

Chart (2018)PositionUS Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)68
Chart (2019)PositionUS Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)22

Certifications

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

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

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

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

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

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2000)PeakpositionEl Salvador (El Siglo de Torreón)1Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)11Guatemala (El Siglo de Torreón)10Iceland (Tonlist)10Poland (Music & Media)5

Year-end charts
Chart (2000)PositionAustralia (ARIA)34Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)20Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)81Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)65Germany (Official German Charts)58Ireland (IRMA)54Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)70UK Singles (OCC)45

Certifications

 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)PeakpositionEurope (Eurochart Hot 100)10

 Year-end charts 
Chart (2003)PositionBelgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)36France (SNEP)10Romania (Romania Top 100)66Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)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.

References

Category:Queen (band) songs
Category:1977 songs
Category:Arena rock songs
Category:John Farnham songs
Category:Five (group) songs
Category:Warrant songs