We are the champions
| We are the champions | |
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| Queen | |
| publication | 7th October 1977 |
| length | 2:59 |
| Genre (s) | Rock music |
| Author (s) | Freddie Mercury |
| album | News of the World |
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We Are the Champions is a song by the rock band Queen . It was released on October 7, 1977 along with We Will Rock You as a double A-side from the News of the World album. Even on later compilation albums , the two songs are usually consecutive. Although it achieved relatively little commercial success when it was first released (No. 13 in Germany, No. 13 in Austria, No. 2 in Great Britain, No. 4 in the USA), it is one of the band's most famous songs.
history
The play was written by Freddie Mercury . It tried to get the audience to sing along. Brian May described it as "very unifying and positive." People loved it because it was so "uplifting."
2001 Brian May and Roger Taylor recorded a version of the song with Robbie Williams for the film Knight from Passion . In 2020 a version with Adam Lambert followed under the title You are the Champions, on the occasion of the corona pandemic.
occupation
- Freddie Mercury : ( background ) vocals , piano
- Brian May : electric guitar , backing vocals
- Roger Taylor : drums , backing vocals
- John Deacon : Bass
reception
In September 2011, a team of scientists from London named the song the “catchiest pop song of all time”. Several thousand test persons were observed for this purpose.
In 2014 the song was used commercially for the Audi A3 commercial .
After complaints arose that American presidential candidate Donald Trump used the song in his election campaign, Brian banned May from using the song in his election campaign. ("We have always resisted using Queen's music as a campaign tool" - Brian May )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
- ^ Entry on "We Are The Champions" / "We Will Rock You". discogs.com, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c We Are the Champions - Information. songfacts.com, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Songwriting Analysis. queensongs.info, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ^ Queen - Ten great hits. Dailymail, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ We are the Champions voted catchiest song of all time. Dailymail, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Brian May forbids Trump to play We are the Champions. Rollingstone Magazine, June 9, 2016, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Queen prohibits Trump from using We are the Champions. faz, June 10, 2016, accessed June 15, 2016 .