"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 , and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century.
Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo, the song is generally set in a capella form, using only clapping as a rhythmic beat.
This song, and its well known pa...
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"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 , and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century.
Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo, the song is generally set in a capella form, using only clapping as a rhythmic beat.
This song, and its well known partner "We Are the Champions" were written in response to an event occurring in the 1977 British Tour. The band had played a gig at Stafford's Bingley Hall, and, says Brian May
'we did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang 'You'll Never Walk Alone' to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback - it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in someway connected with that'
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One version was used as the opening track on their 1977 album News of the World....
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