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“We Are the Champions” by Queen
From the album News of the World (1977)
“We Are the Champions” by Queen appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2022. It was first released in 1977 on the album News of the World. Its best result is #16 on the 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,915 alternative song of all time.
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Freddie Mercury wrote "We Are the Champions" for News of the World, Queen's sixth album, in 1977, and he wrote it for the crowd as much as the band: the "we" in the title, he said, is everybody singing along. It's built on Mercury's piano, and Brian May's guitar, John Deacon's bass and Roger Taylor's drums swell it into a hymn for the battered but unbowed. Queen produced it with Mike Stone, who also engineered, and they stacked the backing vocals of Mercury, May and Taylor into a stadium choir. May called it unifying and positive.
The world agreed. It went to number 2 in the UK and 4 on the Hot 100, became a fixture at sporting events including the 1994 World Cup, and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 365 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 201 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 135 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2005 | 39 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) | 100 |
| 2006 | 101 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2022 | 16 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) | 500 |
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