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“Hammer to Fall” by Queen
From the album The Works (1984)
“Hammer to Fall” by Queen appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2006. It was first released in 1984 on the album The Works. Its best result is #496 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,679 alternative song of all time.
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Brian May wrote "Hammer to Fall" for The Works, Queen's 1984 album, and it sits eighth in the running order as a throwback to the band's early days, built on a riff that's all hard angles and muscle. May plays guitar, John Deacon bass and Roger Taylor drums, Freddie Mercury sings lead with May and Taylor behind him, and Queen produced it with Mack, who engineered and recorded it too.
It went out as the album's fourth and final single, trimmed by thirty seconds, and reached 13 in the UK. Highlander used it, a film the band had written tie-in songs for, and the video was shot in Brussels on The Works Tour, with Taylor sporting an outsized "Choose Life" T-shirt. At Live Aid in 1985, it was the third song they played.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 496 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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