Album · Queen
Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
Sheer Heart Attack is an album by Queen, released in 1974. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 96 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Killer Queen”, on 89 lists with a best position of #15.
Sheer Heart Attack, Queen's third album, came out on EMI on 8 November 1974 (Elektra had it in America), and it's where the band shook off the prog-rock fantasy of the first two records and started writing like they wanted to be heard on the radio. They produced it with Roy Thomas Baker, and the results are brash, flashy and tight: Freddie Mercury's voice swooping out front, Brian May stacking up guitars, Roger Taylor and John Deacon keeping the whole glam-rock circus moving.
"Killer Queen", a slinky, dressed-up parlor song, was the first single; it went to number 2 in Britain and gave them their first top-20 hit in the States. "Stone Cold Crazy" is a hard-rock blast fast enough to make you duck. The album followed "Killer Queen" into the US top 20 in 1975, and Queen were suddenly famous well beyond home.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sheer Heart Attack on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killer Queen#221 of all time | 89 | #15 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Stone Cold Crazy | 7 | #292 | – | 1990–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.