THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
126-Queen-We Will Rock You.
1977-Has never been released as a official single ‘A’ side in the UK,but reached Number 2 as the ‘B’ side of We Are the Champions(see also best songs 208.)
Best Bit-At 1.37.’It does exactly what it says on the tin.’
‘We Will Rock You’ was written by Brian May and appears on Queen’s sixth studio Album ‘News of the World.’Brian May wanted to create a song that the audience could participate in,he remembered a concert where Queen had just come off the stage and the crowd were singing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’May has said,’I went to bed thinking,what could you ask them to do,they can clap their hands,they can stamp their feet and they can sing.In the morning I woke up and had the idea in my head for ‘We Will Rock You.’
Along with ‘We are the Champions'(see also best songs 918-615 and 208) the song has been adopted by sporting events for celebratory moments,but the songs meaning has nothing to do with sport or success. In fact the song is about three stages of a mans life,the first verse tells of a young boy dreaming of being a big man one day,the second he is a young man taking on the world,’waving his banner’ and finally as an old man realising he has failed to change things for the better.The ‘We’ in we will rock you being society,have your dreams but ‘We’ will rock you.
‘Buddy your a young man hard man shouting in the street gonna take on the world someday.’
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This is the third highest placed Queen song on this countdown.