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This page is an overview of Queen's live career between 1970 and 1976. The tracks given for each tour reflect the standard setlist, but the actual songs performed varied from night to night. For a more comprehensive list, with exact setlists and details of live recordings, please see the Queen Concerts website. One song mentioned on this page is the unreleased song ' Hangman ', full details and lyrics of which can be found on the Unreleased Songs page.

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5 February 1973 - first BBC session, recorded at Langham One Studio, London - My Fairy King , Keep Yourself Alive , Doing Alright and Liar

25 July 1973 - second BBC session, recorded at Langham One Studio, London - See What A Fool I've Been , Keep Yourself Alive , Liar and Son And Daughter

3 December 1973 - third BBC session, recorded at Langham One Studio, London - Ogre Battle , Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll , Great King Rat and Son And Daughter

3 April 1974 - fourth BBC session, recorded at Langham One Studio, London - Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll , Nevermore and White Queen (As It Began)

16 October 1974 - fifth BBC session, recorded at Maida Vale Studio, London - Now I'm Here , Stone Cold Crazy , Flick Of The Wrist and Tenement Funster

The 50 best Queen songs of all time

The Queen songs the band's fans voted champions of them all

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Queen songs, much like their albums, are the sorts of things which should be celebrated as much as analysed. There's a great scene in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie where Freddie Mercury and the rest of the Queen gang come up with We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions . The idea, they say, is to write songs that songs that the audience can sing back at them; to make their audience part of the song. It's a genius, simple idea, but it clearly worked. It makes you wonder why more bands don't approach songwriting that way. 

To this day, Queen have a bond with their audience that remains strong. For every naysayer who bemoans they work they do with Adam Lambert, there's another ten who queue up to defend the band: it's their legacy, and they can do whatever the hell they like. Most importantly, it's their songs.

Ahh yes, the songs. All 189 of them. From the Baroque-tinged hard rock that formed the bedrock of Queen's sound, to their explorations in funk, prog, opera and pretty well everything in between, when it came to their creativity nothing was off limits. That such an eclectic range of influences and passions were put through the Queen grinder and came out sounding like no other band is just one of the factors that have made them such an enduring and widely-loved proposition. 

With a fanbase as dedicated and engaged as Queen's, we knew exactly where to turn when it came to pulling together the definitive ranking of Queen's best songs. We put each of the band's recorded songs into a giant poll , you voted for them in your thousands (we had close to 50,000 votes – see what we mean about Queen fans?), and we put the results into a vast spreadsheet and performed some calculations. We also called upon some familiar faces to hear about the Queen songs that really make them tick.

Here are the results. There's some surprising choices, and some not-at-all surprising choices. But it's all Queen. And it's all glorious.    

50. Bicycle Race (Jazz, 1978)

Freddie Mercury’s nimble whip though this hard rock tongue-twister presents Queen at their most ludicrously camp. The song itself is a thrilling ride, with references to cocaine, Star Wars , Watergate and John Wayne, and a solo played on bicycle bells. Musically, it's a pretty good representation of the album that housed it: bonkers, scattershot, but above all, genius. 

Having decamped to Switzerland to work on Jazz , this song's inspiration was found from the Tour de France 1978 passing through Montreux , the location of Queen's favoured Mountain Studios. The inspiration for the video, featuring dozens of naked women riding cycles around Wimbledon Stadium was equally clear, and predictably resulted in its being banned in a number of countries. Which, of course, is probably exactly what Queen wanted in the first place.

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“That Queen record  Jazz  had some weird shit on it," Mike Patton told us in 2006. "If you listen to how dense Bicycle Race is, it sounds more dense, more deep, more rich than these ProTools systems that you can record 96 fucking tracks on. So that really impressed me – not to mention the music – but, how the fuck did they do it?”

49. The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke (Queen II, 1974)

Inspired by a Richard Dadd painting of the same name, this Queen II album track is a good example of how Mercury's natural creativity could be boosted by a bit of deft studio know-how. "I did a lot of research on it and it inspired me to write a song about the painting, depicting what I thought I saw in it," he told Radio One in 1977. "It was just because I'd come through art college and I basically like the artist and I like the painting, so I thought I'd like to write a song about it." 

All sounds simple enough – though of course, Queen being Queen, it was anything but. Complex enough to stop it ever being performed live, the track comes to life with its layered instrumentals and whimsical tales of fairy expeditions. Dubbed by Mercury as Queen's "biggest studio experiment", its use of multi-tracked harpsichord, piano, castanets and Hendrix -inspired panning has seen it held up as a milestone in Mercury's songwriting career.

48. Dragon Attack (The Game, 1980)

Allegedly John Deacon's favourite Queen song and begrudged by Roger Taylor for being "very hard on the right wrist", this Another One Bites The Dust B-side has become something of a cult favourite among Queen fans over the years. Penned by Brian May, its minimalist disco-funk leanings are easier to understand when you learn it was the product of a drunken jam session which eventually made it onto tape. 

"Roger and John swing convincingly, locking into an infectious groove that they adhere to throughout," writes Georg Purvis in Queen: Complete Works . "[This allows] Brian full rein on some dirty guitar licks while Freddie sings the minimal lyrics, long rumoured to be about his hard partying ways."

47. Liar (Queen, 1973)

The second single to be released from Queen's eponymous debut, this song served as a superbly dramatic vehicle for Queen’s harmony vocals, Brian May’s guitar and the band’s ability to tell stories with their music. This may have been Queen taking baby steps, but the sound of their future is all here: silks, satins, elaborate feathercuts, cod-Zeppelin riffs, wannabe Beach Boys harmonies and a mad gospel breakdown.

“The first song I heard was  Liar ," Paul Stanley told us of this song. "You only get one chance to make a first impression, and that was the song that made it for me. Obviously, they grew into something very different, but I remember hearing that song, and as far as the personality and the sonics of it, it was very impressive to me. Later on, it became something else which was equally impressive for other reasons – the diversity and the ability of everybody in that band to write a No.1 song is unmatched.”

46. The Millionaire Waltz (A Day At The Races, 1976)

This camp and quirky slice of whimsy from the pen of Mr Mercury is light-hearted as hell, but proof of the band’s in-depth talent. Queen's taste for the overblown is given space to luxuriate here, the pointed grandeur of this song leading Taylor to crown it a spiritual successor to Bohemian Rhapsody .

A waltz that revels in the protagonist's high life and riches, this song was actually written about their then manager John Reid, with Mercury telling comedian and DJ Kenny Everett "It's very out of the Queen format, really, and we thought we'd like to do that on every album. I think I went a bit mad on this one. But it's turned out alright I think, it makes people laugh sometimes."

45. Now I'm Here (Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

After a first major hit with a pop song, Killer Queen , the follow-up single was a reaffirmation of the band’s heavy rock credentials. Now I’m Here was built around one of Brian May’s greatest riffs, and for such a kick-ass song, it was a surprisingly big hit, reaching number 11 on the UK chart.

Written by May while he was laid up in hospital after returning from America – understandably keen to rejoin his bandmates who had started work on their next album without him – work began on this track while May was convalescing. Lyrically, it reflected the disconnect between touring the US with Mott The Hoople and his living in a pokey bedsit in West London with his girlfriend. “It came out quite easily,” said the guitarist. “Where I’d been wrestling with it before without getting anywhere.”

The raucous hard rock of  Now I’m Here  made it a great live favourite. “It’s a song that I think they opened with when I saw them circa the  Sheer Heart Attack  album," Porcupine Tree 's Richard Barbieri told us. "Although Freddie camped it up, and much of their material was delicate, when Queen rocked out they easily rivalled Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple. It was one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen."

44. I’m In Love With My Car (A Night At The Opera, 1975)

Roger Taylor didn’t have his own hit song until Radio Ga Ga in 1984, but he certainly made a few quid out of the one he wrote for A Night At The Opera . Famously, when Bohemian Rhapsody was released as a single, I’m In Love With My Car was the B-side, earning Taylor an equal split of the royalties with Mercury: the source of some friction between the two. 

For all that, I’m In Love With My Car was a great song in its own right. It was inspired by a Queen roadie who considered his Triumph sports car the love of his life, hence the note in the album credits: ‘Dedicated to Jonathan Harris, boy racer to the end.’ Taylor’s lyrics included much joking on this theme: ' Told my girl I had to forget her/Rather buy me a new carburettor .' 

Indeed, Brian May had dismissed the song as a joke when Taylor first played a demo for him. But the finished article was so good – a supercharged rock’n’roll number, played the way only Queen could, with Taylor the star of the show – that I’m In Love With My Car turned into a genuine Queen anthem.

43. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (A Day At The Races, 1976)

A Day At The Races ' piano-driven finale, this track was written by May as a gesture towards the band's dedicated Japanese fanbase. Having been warmly welcomed during their first visit to the country, May called the song "The result of feeling 'untimely ripped' from our lovely Japanese fans. I had never experienced anything like the love that was showered upon us when we were a young rock group in Japan. So suddenly, I felt I wanted to say on behalf of Queen that I missed them and we would not forget". 

With the lyrics translated by Chika Kujiraoka, Mercury's sweetly evocative vocals made this a treasured fan favourite all over the globe.

42. Stone Cold Crazy (Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

The furious Stone Cold Crazy – an influence on the future members of Metallica, and hence a cornerstone of the thrash metal movement – is as close to true heavy metal as Queen ever came. 

While Mercury’s vocal on the 1974 original (the only Queen song credited to the whole band until the late ‘80s) was rather more playful and camp than Hetfield’s, that ripping machine-gun riff and speedy headbanging tempo still mark this out as an early metal classic. 

“Man, what a chorus," said Whitesnake's Reb Beach of the track. "I love that song because the whole band rocks, then everything stops and Freddie uses that amazing voice of his to express a really wordy verse. Only he could have made that sound the way it did.”

41. I Was Born To Love You (Made In Heaven, 1995)

Originally a Freddie Mercury solo track recorded during one of Queen's creative hiatuses, his disco-tastic version was given the rock treatment by May, Deacon and Taylor on Queen's final album, completed and released following Mercury's death. 

Its disco origins mean it remains one of Queen's poppiest tracks, and its place as one of Queen's enduring favourites is perhaps made all the more curious when you learn Mercury considered it so throwaway that he nearly junked it from his genre-bending solo album Mr Bad Guy before it was released. Still, its heartfelt lyric and irresistible beat has made it a treasured fan favourite.

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How do you pick the best songs of Queen , a group whose enthralling music made them one of the most successful groups in popular music history? Their extraordinary lead singer, Freddie Mercury , was one of the most charismatic performers of the 20th Century and the band are fondly remembered for their superb concert at Live Aid. As well as Mercury, Queen comprised Brian May (guitar and vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums and vocals). In 2018, the group’s story was immortalized in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody . Here, we pick the 20 best Queens songs of all time. Inevitably, you will have other favorites, so let us know in the comments which those are.

Listen to the best of Queen on Apple Music and Spotify , and scroll down to read our picks for the 20 best Queen songs.

20: Father To Son (1974)

There were some fine songs on Queen II , including “Seven Seas Of Rhye” and “Ogre Battle,” but the standout track on the band’s second album is “Father To Son,” which was written by Brian May and features his trademark sizzling guitar work alongside some deft piano playing from Freddie Mercury. This power ballad, which has some edgy lyrics about the responsibility dads have to their sons, is one of the best songs for Father’s Day .

19: Innuendo (1991)

“Innuendo” was the lead single from the album of the same name (and the last album that Freddie Mercury worked on before his death, in 1991). The song, which went straight to No.1 in the UK, began life as a jam session in Switzerland, when Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass player John Deacon played around with a beat. Mercury and Taylor added lyrics and worked on an ambitious orchestrated arrangement for a song that featured a flamenco interlude played by Steve Howe, the guitarist from Yes . “Innuendo” is one of Queen’s most ambitious late-period songs and Mercury’s vocals are immense. The album, incidentally, closed with “The Show Must Go On,” a testament to Mercury’s courage in the face of debilitating illness. He also bravely appeared in the video for the track “These Are the Days Of Our Lives.”

18: Fat Bottomed Girls (1978)

Queen pushed the boundaries with some of the songs on 1978’s Jazz . “Fat Bottomed Girls,” a bluesy rock romp, is sung with gusto by Mercury and proved to be a natural crowd-pleaser. The song was released as single accompanying “Bicycle Race,” which featured a controversial video of naked models riding round Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium. “Bicycle Race” was written by Mercury after seeing the Tour De France contest.

17: I Want To Break Free (1984)

John Deacon’s catchy pop song “I Want To Break Free” was caught in a controversy surrounding its promotional video. All the band members dressed in drag for the clip, a concept proposed by Taylor to parody the long-running British television soap series Coronation Street . May said they were hit by an unexpected backlash in the US that included MTV banning the video.

16: A Kind Of Magic (1986)

“A Kind of Magic” was issued as a single ahead of the album of the same name and demonstrated that Roger Taylor was on a hot streak of writing, following “Radio Ga Ga” a year earlier and “Don’t Lose Your Head” (also for the A Kind Of Magic album). The catchy hit was penned for the soundtrack of the movie Highlander (the line “It’s a kind of magic” is uttered in the film by Christopher Lambert’s character), while its memorable lyrics are helped by clever pop arrangements from Mercury. The music video for the song was directed by Highlander director Russell Mulcahy.

15: Tie Your Mother Down (1977)

Brian May wrote numerous interesting songs for Queen – John Deacon said his favorite was the funky “Dragon Attack” – and one of the most popular was “Tie Your Mother Down.” Queen were well on their way to becoming one of the biggest rock bands in the world when they recorded their fifth album, A Day At The Races (which, like A Night At The Opera , was named in tribute to the Marx Brothers), and the rollicking “Tie Your Mother Down” became a staple at Queen’s live gigs. Mercury joked that May must have been “in one of his vicious moods” when he came up with the song’s main lyric line.

14: One Vision (1986)

Among the strong offerings on A Kind Of Magic were the title track and the songs “Who Wants To Live Forever” and “Friends Will Be Friends.” But what marked the album as a true return to form was the song “One Vision,” which bubbles with the confidence and shows the renewed unity the band had following their Live Aid triumph in July 1985. “One Vision” peaked at No.7 in the UK charts.

13: I Want It All (1989)

Brian May’s marriage had broken up and he was in a relationship with actress Anita Dobson when he wrote “I Want It All” in 1989. EastEnders star Dobson used to say, “I want it all and I want it now,” and May wrote a powerful anthem around those words. The song seemed to capture the greed and ambition of some sections of the country in the 80s. May sings and duets with Mercury, and the lyrics, such as “I’m a man with a one-track mind/So much to do in one lifetime”, struck a chord with the public. The song reached No.3 in the UK charts.

12: You’re My Best Friend (1976)

The sublime love song “You’re My Best Friend,” written by Deacon for his wife, Veronica Tetzlaff, was a chart hit in 1976. Deacon played a Wurlitzer electric piano on the recording, despite Mercury quipping that it was “a horrible instrument”. After Mercury’s death, Deacon moved out of the public spotlight and continued to live a quiet life with his wife and their children in a London suburb.

11: Hammer To Fall (1984)

“Hammer To Fall” was the third song Queen performed at their stunning Live Aid concert. The powerful rocker, written by guitarist Brian May during a time of renewed Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and an America led by Ronald Reagan, references nuclear tensions with a line about growing up “in the shadow of the mushroom cloud.”

10: Don’t Stop Me Now (1979)

The lavish “Don’t Stop Me Now” showed off Mercury’s versatility and skill as a vocalist. The song, which was written for the album Jazz , was a Top 10 hit in 1979. The album was recorded in France, where Mercury enjoyed the social life. This track shows a frontman full of confidence, reveling in singing his own joyous lyrics: “They call me Mr. Fahrenheit/I’m traveling at the speed of light.” The song was Mercury’s unfettered celebration of pleasure-seeking.

9: Was It All Worth It? (1989)

Queen’s 1989 album, The Miracle , included the moving song ‘Was It All Worth it?’, an introspective reflection on the life of a rock’n’roll star. After the recording was completed, Mercury told the band that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. Taylor recalled Mercury saying: “I don’t want to talk about it. I just want to get on and work until I f__king well drop. I’d like you to support me in this.”

8: Somebody To Love (1976)

“Somebody To Love” demonstrates Queen’s ability to deliver brilliant soulful, gospel-flavored pop. Mercury’s lyrics, about the search for salvation and spiritual redemption, was the ideal opening single from the A Day At The Races album and shot to No.2 in the charts. Mercury’s respect for soul music legend Aretha Franklin was a major inspiration behind the song.

7: We Are The Champions (1977)

Mercury’s “We Are The Champions,” from the 1977 album News Of The World , is one of the most instantly recognized rock anthems in the world. In a poll in 2005, it was even voted the world’s favorite song. It is sung regularly by sports fans and was also the official theme song for the 1994 World Cup. “The song is a celebration,” said drummer Taylor. “We Are The Champions” is meant to be ‘we’, as in ‘all of us’, collectively, not us the band.” The video for the song was shot in a theatre in Drury Lane in London, with more than a thousand people from Queen’s fan club. Taylor said they did 50 exhausting takes.

6: Another One Bites The Dust (1980)

After going to see a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson went backstage and suggested that Deacon’s song “Another One Bites The Dust,” which was from the band’s eighth album, The Game , was ideal for the pop charts. The single came out in October 1980 and stayed at No.1 for three weeks. “I always thought there was an instant where we were the biggest thing in the world. “Another One Bites The Dust” sort of clinched it, because it suddenly crossed over to the black R&B market,” said May.

5: Under Pressure (1981)

This mighty duet featuring Freddie Mercury and David Bowie evolved during an impromptu jam session at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. Mercury and Bowie teased each other about whose vocals should be loudest. Deacon provided a pulsating bassline and the spontaneity, including Mercury’s scat singing, is infectious. Bowie insisted that he and Mercury should not be able to hear what the other had sung, swapping verses blind, to add to the improvisation. “We felt our way through a backing track all together as an ensemble,” recalled Brian May. “When the backing track was done, David said, ‘OK, let’s each of us go in the vocal booth and sing how we think the melody should go – just off the top of our heads – and we’ll compile a vocal out of that.’” This stunning pop song went to No.1 in the UK, and it became the basis for another indelible hit, Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” Bowie performed it at a tribute concert to Mercury in 1992.

4: Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1980)

“Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” a song written while Mercury was taking a bubble bath at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel, in Munich, proved a monster hit. “I’m a loving person. Love was the inspiration for the song,” Mercury said. It’s vintage Queen fun and proved a popular song for other musicians to cover. Robert Plant , Dwight Yoakam, Diana Ross , Michael Bublé and Showaddywaddy have all recorded versions of it.

3: Killer Queen (1974)

A flamboyant song about a high-class prostitute, “Killer Queen” appeared on the album Sheer Heart Attack and shows off Queen’s breathtaking ability to create closely harmonized music. The single reached No.2 in October 1974 and gave Queen their first US hit. The track possessed all the energy for which Queen became celebrated. “You almost expect Noël Coward to sing it,” joked Mercury. May thought the album marked a “turning point” in discovering the sound the band wanted. The song has a multi-layered guitar part that includes 12 overdubs, and contains one of May’s great guitar solos.

2: We Will Rock You (1977)

“We Are The Champions” and “We Will Rock You” have become anthem-like cultural landmarks. Taken from the News Of The World album, they were released together as a double-A-side single, reaching No.2 in the UK and No.4 in the US. In 2000, the song was covered by boy band 5ive, featuring guest spots from Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums, and went all the way to No.1. “We Will Rock You” is when we established ourselves as a rock anthem band,” May said. “We should have done an album called Anthems , really.”

1: Bohemian Rhapsody (1977)

The six-minute epic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” written by Mercury for the album A Night At The Opera , is a masterpiece of modern music. Mercury sings his inventive song with real verve, and overdubbed his voice until it sounded like a choir, with the words “mamma mia”, “Galileo” and “Figaro” bouncing up and down the octaves. Björn Ulvaeus, of ABBA , said: “I was green with envy when I heard “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It was a piece of sheer originality that took rock and pop away from the normal path.” The brilliant video for the song, with its eye-catching multi-angle shots, was directed by Bruce Gowers.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” is the only song to have made it to Christmas No.1 twice. It first topped the Christmas charts in 1975 and got there again 16 years later, after Mercury’s death. More than 2.6 million copies of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ have been bought since 1977, and in December 2018 it was officially recognized as the most-streamed song from the 20th Century .

Think we missed a tune? Wish we had included something from Flash Gordon or Made in Heaven like “Too Much Love Will Kill You”? Let us know in the comments below.

29 Comments

Martin wellsted

July 11, 2019 at 12:18 pm

Hard to believe that I’ve been listening to this wonderful band for 48years still play shear heart attack on a regular basis and as I’ve just suffered one it’s a bit poignant

Julia Shelton

July 14, 2019 at 12:22 am

Love of my Life and Death on Two Legs would make my list.

Richard Bernardo

July 17, 2019 at 4:43 pm

Agree with Death on two legs, also Good Old Fashioned Lover boy, should be on list.

Cristiano Santos

July 14, 2019 at 12:58 pm

I would change the order of some songs and include “Spread Your Wings”, maybe in the place of “Was It All Worth It?”, despite its representativeness… But I like your list.

July 14, 2019 at 2:56 pm

bohemian rhapsody was in 75 not 77

May 25, 2020 at 9:01 am

Ill add Seven seas of rhye and LOVE if my life

Gary Kruger

July 17, 2019 at 2:47 pm

For me, the percussion in “Who wants to live forever” makes it on this list, I listen to it all the time.

July 17, 2019 at 8:23 pm

All great choices and so difficult to condense into just 20 tracks, but I would have to include Brighton Rock with May’s outstanding Red Special coming to the fore in the middle, and The Prophet’s Song – a pure gem, dripping in harmonies, with Mercury’s powerful and astounding vocals, and again May’s gutsy guitaring

August 11, 2019 at 12:29 pm

One of my faves is one you never hear & never hear about: The Prophet’s Song. Wonderful a cappella round singing in the middle section.

August 11, 2019 at 1:55 pm

Keep Yourself Alive Liar Now I’m Here Flick of the Wrist Tenement Funstser It’s Late Long Away. I could go on!

Jerry Mather

August 12, 2019 at 1:30 am

No way. Fight from the inside turned up to 20 is one of the best queen songs ever….

Aris Kopoulos

August 12, 2019 at 3:11 pm

not a list I would pick, that’s for sure. I don’t think Save Me, Under Pressure, Crazy little thing called love, Innuendo, Was it all worth it, and Don’t Stop Me Now would be on my list. Too many great songs on Albums Queen I thru Day at the Races to leave out. Liar, Brighton Rock, Now I’m Here, Love of My Life, March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle, Death on Two Legs to name a few. This is more like a greatest hits

August 16, 2019 at 8:47 am

No Radio Ga Ga!? WTAF?

May 24, 2020 at 1:34 pm

No Top 20 is incomplete without Radio Ga Ga!! It’s actually my fave Queen song. Who Wants To Live Forever & The Show Must Go On should be included too.

May 24, 2020 at 1:36 pm

Oops! I meant a Top 20 is incomplete without Radio Ga Ga!!

August 16, 2019 at 9:28 am

IMHO this is the first top 20 Queen hits most appreciated, others will forced included pop commercials songs like radio Gaga, friends will be friends, now i’m Here , who wants to live …etc. Don’t misunderstand me I love it too this songs but maybe they done something more than only this popular songs . Maybe in this top 20 I will drop killer Queen , a kind of magic, I want to break free , you’re my best friend and put in it others great songs like love of my life, prophets song (a raw work before the masterpiece bo rhapsody) spread your wings , princes of the universe, liar

September 4, 2019 at 5:47 pm

I would include Spread your wings, You & I. Melancholy Blues & Lily of the Valley. A top 100 would do them more justice.

March 1, 2020 at 5:25 pm

Ooooohw ….what a beautiful BILLBOARD Radio list…. sooo nice. Ahhh_? … this is ROCK Cellar list? …ROCK? ….nooooo.

QUEEN’s best work was made out of musicianship and very hard work (all in the 70s). This, as said above, is a consumer easy listening Greatest Hits list.

By now, QUEEN HAS forgotten how to make great transcendental albums as they did in the 70s, and without Freddie’s guiding the torch and voice, I see it difficult the Queen will regain the throne again.

They must be truly frightened to rock their extraordinary 70s appeal…. The Cosmos Rocks boys!

May 9, 2020 at 8:51 pm

bruh Queens last album was in 1991, so i dont know what you are talking about, by the way your comment makes no sence

May 9, 2020 at 8:56 pm

how can you put you are my best friend on the list but not include the masterpiece The March of The Black Queen, which is superior to bohemian in many ways and worse in many ways so i would say for me Bohemian is prob not in my top 5 even, which would be #1: The March of The Black Queen, #2 Under Pressure, #3 Another one bites the dust #4 Good old Fashioned Lover boy (specifically the ToTP live version but the album version is great) #5 Hammer to Fall

May 24, 2020 at 12:06 pm

Well,I like “march of the balck Queen” most.In this song they showed theyre possibilitys in opera style rock and playing with stereo effects.A first step to the later Bohemian Rhapsody.

May 24, 2020 at 4:35 pm

I prefer “March of the black Queen” and “Tenement Funster”..

Peter Dickinson

May 24, 2020 at 9:39 pm

Seven Seas of Rye? My personal fave.Mays guitar work just outstanding.

May 25, 2020 at 11:29 am

Two favourites you never hear on the radio – The Prophet’s Song & White Man. The former has a brilliant round form a cappella mid section. So many great songs!

September 13, 2022 at 9:19 pm

You did not provide a Bohemian Rhapsity video.

July 21, 2023 at 8:10 am

‘Don’t Try Suicide’ from the Game

Chris Mitchell

November 28, 2023 at 10:36 am

The ‘Choir’ in many Queen Song’s – Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love and the many, many other songs using multi-layered vocal harmonies were in fact NOT all Freddie Mercury; Freddie’s voice was said to be so perfect that it would blend rather than layer. Whilst he did sing lines in multiple keys and octaves to create some layering, it was the diversity of Roger Taylor and Brian May that created depth and breadth to the choir; Taylor’s filling space with both ferocious and husky vocals not unlike Rod Stewart or David Coverdale; and also adding the E6 falsettos – whilst Brian’s warm, smooth vocal also provided a very solid foundation to the Choir. Often overlooked is that Roger and Brian also sang LEAD Vocal on at least 1 track on each album up until 1982 – with Roger leading or sharing lead vocal on at least 14 songs, whilst Brian May did the same on at least 11. Check out Roger’s 3 Albums as Lead Vocalist for The Cross and 6 Solo Albums; and Brian as Lead Vocalist on 3 Solo Albums and a number of other Single realeases and you will understand the true diversity of their ‘Choir.’

Linda Randl

January 12, 2024 at 11:28 pm

Love all of Queen!!!! Yes there are some I listen to more than others. The genius, creativity and joy that made up Queen will hopefully last forever.

January 13, 2024 at 3:47 pm

No show must go on is a insult to this perfect band

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Queen would return the very next year to Tokyo in support of their 1976 album A Day at the Races and were photographed hanging out with Sumo wrestlers, drinking sake and greeting a group of fascinated Japanese children who likely had no idea what to make of Freddie Mercury dressed in a multi-colored knit coat sporting long hair and dark sunglasses. The photos are as charming as they are gorgeous to look at. I’ve also included fantastic footage from Queen’s very first press conference in Tokyo (that includes lots of other footage such as their arrival at the airport and the ceremony in front of the Tokyo Tower) as well as a stellar performance of the single from Sheer Heart Attack “Now I’m Here” from the band’s debut show at Budokan that is going to blow your socks off .

Footage of Queen’s first trip to Japan including their arrival at the airport, a press conference and a ceremony on the grass in front of the Tokyo Tower in 1975.  

Insane footage of Queen performing ‘Now I’m Here’ at their first gig in Japan at Budokan in 1975. 

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Queen + Adam Lambert Unveil North American ‘Rhapsody’ Tour Dates: ‘These Are New Glory Days’

By Katherine Turman

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“These are kind of new glory days for us,” said Queen guitarist and founding member Brian May, who was literally knighted by King Charles III earlier this month. “It’s nice to think that hopefully there will be the demand for that.” 

But the guitarist, along with founding drummer Roger Taylor and singer Adam Lambert , was on the other side of the Atlantic in Thursday, in New York to announce the group’s 14-show North American leg of its “Rhapsody” tour — its first since 2019 — which runs from Oct. 4 through Nov. 11.

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Shows on the overseas “Rhapsody” tour dates featured around 25 songs plus four encore numbers, and included the hits “Killer Queen,” “Fat Bottomed Girls, “Another One Bites the Dust, “We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions” and the song with more than 2 billion Spotify streams that lent its title to a film and this tour, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Queen promises some deeper cuts on this jaunt. Lambert says, “I’m not sure exactly what we’ll pull out for this one. Look, I would be happy just to show up and do what I was told if that was how it was. But I’ve been really fortunate to work with these two gentlemen who are very collaborative, and we get to all throw ideas in and work things out. I’m really grateful for that it makes me even more invested in it.

It’s been a decade since the group’s first live American concert, though the first time they performed was in 2009 when May and Taylor were guests on the eighth season of “Idol.” May remembers the first actual American concert in Las Vegas in 2013 for the iHeart Music Festival: “It felt so good both internally and from the [crowd] reaction that we thought, ‘My God, this is something we shouldn’t be letting go.’ I think we foresaw some kind of future, didn’t we? But not quite as big as it actually happened. It’s been colossal.” 

Lambert agreed, “I don’t think I would have imagined that it would have been the gift that keeps on giving.”

The current Rhapsody tour features Queen + Adam Lambert’s regular band members, longtime keyboard player and musical director Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren. Founding bassist John Deacon left the band and effectively retired from music following Freddie Mercury’s 1991 death, and chose not to be present at Queen’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Despite a 30-year-plus age difference between Lambert, 41, and May, 75 and Taylor, 73, the three have an easy camaraderie that’s evident both onstage and off. Lambert was only three when Queen’s iconic 1985 Live Aid performance rocked the world, but it was something he got to recreate at the Fire Fight fundraiser concert in Sydney, Australia in February 2020, a month before Covid shut down the world.

 As a fan growing up, Lambert was familiar with Queen’s Live Aid footage. “But when it came time to first join the band on stage, I was like, ‘I have to know my stuff’ so I watched as much as I could. Besides Live Aid, one of my favorite things was Montreal concert where Freddie was running around in a pair of itty bitty white shorts and no shoes,” Lambert says. “I just I remember seeing that and going ‘This guy’s amazing.’ He was so free and ridiculous and just full of joy and I’ve been so inspired by that spirit. I try to approach shows with that same humor…”

“And shorts?” Taylor quipped.

“Not the shorts for me — Freddie had much better legs,” Lambert concluded.

A general on sale date for the Queen + Adam Lambert  U.S. tour is March 31, and in light of exorbitant ticket prices and “dynamic pricing,” the band stated in a release that “In an effort to help minimize resale and keep ticket prices at face value for fans, the band are collaborating with the venues’ ticketing partners to restrict the ability to transfer tickets for the Rhapsody tour so that they may only be transferred between fans at the original price.”

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT THE RHAPSODY TOUR 2023 DATES:

Wed Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Sun Oct 08 – Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena

Tue Oct 10 — Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Thu Oct 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Wed Oct 18 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Mon Oct 23 — Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

Wed Oct 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Fri Oct 27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Mon Oct 30 — Chicago, IL – United Center

Thu Nov 02 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

Sun Nov 05 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Wed Nov 08 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

Sat Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium

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