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“Somebody to Love” by Queen

From the album A Day at the Races (1976)

“Somebody to Love” by Queen appears on 99 radio countdowns from 31 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1976 on the album A Day at the Races. Its best result is #28 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,092 alternative song of all time.

99countdowns
31stations
#28best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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Freddie Mercury wrote "Somebody to Love" at the piano for Queen's 1976 album A Day at the Races, and it's the band taking the stacked-voice trickery of "Bohemian Rhapsody" to church. Instead of an English choir, this time they wanted gospel, and Mercury's love of Aretha Franklin is written all over it. He, Brian May and Roger Taylor layered their voices over and over until three singers sounded like a choir of a hundred, while John Deacon and Taylor lay down a rolling, swinging groove and May's guitar solo soars out of the rafters.

Underneath the fireworks it's a lonely man's plea, a soul-searching look at a life with no love in it. Queen produced it themselves with Mike Stone engineering, and it proved they could swing as well as they could rock. They kept it in the live set from 1977 to 1985, and after Mercury's death George Michael sang it at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert on 20 April 1992.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 194 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 404 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 445 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 666 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 368 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 504 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 420 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 316 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 271 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 128 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2004 630 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2005 234 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 68 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2006 284 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 575 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2011 254 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 105 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 255 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 143 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 305 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2013 86 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 339 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 124 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 395 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 305 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 184 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 357 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 390 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2015 239 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 403 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 105 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 338 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 719 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2016 484 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 189 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 247 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 134 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 118 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 71 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 434 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 145 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 46 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2018 145 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 376 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 271 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 359 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 211 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 245 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 74 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 276 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 222 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 104 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 398 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 259 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 94 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 122 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 146 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 157 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 146 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 264 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 273 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 310 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 166 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 77 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 343 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 244 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 226 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 171 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 87 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 136 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 204 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 63 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 203 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 121 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 63 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 159 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 256 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 407 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 174 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 141 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 88 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 28 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 201 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 100 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 708 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 292 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 88 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 172 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 115 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 138 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 436 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 198 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 290 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 71 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 239 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 57 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 173 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 199 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 264 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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