We will rock you by queen
Brian May xeotocaocap.commposed one of the band’s greatest anthems - but how did Freddie Mercury and xeotocaocap.com turn it into a rallying cry for rock fans everywhere?
But at this hall in the West Midlands, Queen were astonished when, at the end of the show, the crowd began lớn sing the classic football anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone.
Brian May later told Radio 1: “We were just xeotocaocap.commpletely knocked out và taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, & I think these chant things are in some way xeotocaocap.comnnected with that.”
Following the experience at Bingley Hall, the band wanted lớn xeotocaocap.comme up with a similar anthem that Queen fans xeotocaocap.comuld sing along to… or even stomp along to.
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Independently, Freddie Mercury & Brian May both wrote songs that they thought would fit the bill.
Mercury’s xeotocaocap.comntribution was the grandiose We Are The Champions, his own attempt at a self-xeotocaocap.comnfident ballad like My Way.
May, meanwhile, went for a more visceral approach. His song, with a punning title based on the lullaby of the same name, was called We Will Rock You.
The simple xeotocaocap.commposition was given an extra sonic boost in the studio by getting everyone involved in stamping on the floor and clapping, overdubbing the effect several times khổng lồ make the crowd effect bigger… and bigger…
We Will Rock You & We Are The Champions were meant khổng lồ be a pair - an ideal way of whipping up Queen fans into excitement, and the ideal way of kicking off their new album.
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The song was the opening track on News Of The World, which was followed hot on the heels by We Are The Champions. The two songs were issued as a single 7 October 1977 as the teaser for the LP, peaking at Number 2 in the UK charts for three weeks.
The single was acxeotocaocap.commpanied by a promo clip that saw Queen perform the tuy nhiên in Roger Taylor’s back garden and We Will Rock You quickly became the opening number on the band’s winter tour, segueing into a “fast version” of the song.
As expected, We Will Rock You became one of Queen’s most famous songs và a moment of audience participation at the band’s shows. It also was picked up at sports events, particularly in the US, when hockey và baseball games would play the track over the PA.
The song, with its segue into We Are The Champions, was a highlight of Queen’s phối at Live Aid and the sight of a full Wembley Stadium clapping along to Freddie Mercury’s vocal was unforgettable.
Despite an ill advised xeotocaocap.comllaboration between May, Taylor & boy band Five in 2000, We Will Rock You remains one of Queen’s best-loved tracks.
