Queen

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Queen, one of the most successful and dynamic bands in rock history, had their beginnings in 1967 when guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor met at Imperial College, London and joined heavy rock psychedelic band Smile. When singer Tim Staffell quit, May and Taylor recruited the flamboyant Freddie Mercury, then front man with a band called Wreckage, to replace him. Their first UK hit single, Seven Seas Of Rhye, in 1974 triggered a phenomenal run of success, peaking with Bohemian Rhapsody which, uniquely, has been a UK chart-topper in four different years and is the third biggest-selling British single of all time. Killer Queen reached number two in the UK but broke the band into America claiming the number one spot on the Billboard 100. In 1976 Queen performed their history-making free concert in London's Hyde Park, with an audience of more than 150,000 people turning out to see them perform. 1981 saw the band release Under Pressure as a collaborative single with David Bowie. The same year, Queen released their Greatest Hits album which is the best-selling album in UK Chart history, spending 450 weeks in the UK Albums Chart. In 1985 Queen took their place as part of the charity concert Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium. The concert made record viewing figures for the TV broadcast, peaking at 1.9 billion viewers. 1986 saw the release of A Kind Of Magic, an album which featured Who Wants To Live Forever, Friends Will Be Friends and the title track A Kind Of Magic. Freddie Mercury's final tour with the band was in the summer of 1986, of which the Wembley leg resulted in the platinum-selling album Queen At Wembley. In 1991 the band confirmed public suspicions that Mercury was ill with a statement saying that he was suffering from AIDS, three years after fans started commenting on his gaunt appearance. Within 24 hours Mercury died. The band released the final album featuring Mercury four years after his death. Made In Heaven reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart, quickly going four-times platinum. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) was released as a tribute single in 1997, with May and Taylor sharing the vocals. After this release, May and Taylor, determined to keep the Queen name alive, performed at several charity concerts with guest vocalists named as Queen +. In 2002, the first performance of We Will Rock You, a musical based on the music of Queen, was held at the Dominion Theatre in London. The show went on to tour around the world, bringing the music of Queen to the masses like never before.

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Top tracks

07	Bohemian Rhapsody (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	05:58
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
12	Another One Bites The Dust (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	03:37
	Composers: John Deacon
14	Under Pressure	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:07
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor - David Bowie
07	Don't Stop Me Now	Queen	Discover More Classic Rock	03:29
	Writer: Brian May - Freddie Mercury / Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury
09	Crazy Little Thing Called Love (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	02:44
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
03	Radio Ga Ga (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	05:47
	Composers: Roger Taylor
02	Somebody To Love (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:58
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
17	We Are The Champions (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:06
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
05	I Want To Break Free (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:19
	Composers: John Richard Deacon
04	Fat Bottomed Girls (Single Version / Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:22
	Composers: Brian May
05	Killer Queen (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	03:02
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
06	You're My Best Friend (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	02:57
	Composers: John Deacon
04	I Want It All (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:02
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
05	Bicycle Race (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:04
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
06	I Want To Break Free (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Works	03:21
	Composers: John Richard Deacon
13	Princes Of The Universe (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:33
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
01	A Kind Of Magic (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:23
	Composers: Roger Meddows-Taylor
06	Love Of My Life (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Forever	03:39
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
02	Fat Bottomed Girls (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Jazz (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:15
	Composers: Brian May
22	The Show Must Go On (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:36
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
15	Seven Seas Of Rhye (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	02:50
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
21	Don't Stop Me Now (…revisited)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	03:37
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
09	Who Wants To Live Forever (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:57
	Composers: Brian May
10	Cool Cat (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Hot Space (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:29
	Composers: John Deacon - Freddie Mercury
15	Who Wants To Live Forever (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	05:16
	Composers: Brian May
06	Innuendo (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	06:28
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
13	Play The Game (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:33
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
14	Hammer To Fall (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:41
	Composers: Brian May
13	I Want To Break Free	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	03:43
	Composers: John Richard Deacon
11	We Will Rock You (Movie Mix)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	02:09
	Composers: Brian May
17	One Vision (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:03
	Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor - John Richard Deacon
06	Fat Bottomed Girls (Live in Paris)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:38
	Composers: Brian May
06	You Don't Fool Me (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	05:25
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
17	Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:06
	Composers: Roger Taylor
14	Flash (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	02:48
	Composers: Brian May
12	Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	02:56
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
15	Somebody to Love	George Michael	Ladies & Gentlemen	05:19
	Writer: Frederick Mercury / Composers: Frederick Mercury
11	Now I'm Here (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:15
	Composers: Brian May
16	These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:16
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
09	Who Needs You (Remastered 2011)	Queen	News Of The World (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:07
	Composers: John Deacon
08	Breakthru (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:09
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
10	I Want To Break Free (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	03:34
07	Bohemian Rhapsody (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	05:50
16	Bohemian Rhapsody (Live Aid)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	02:28
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
04	I Want It All (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Miracle (Collector's Edition)	04:41
	Writer: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor / Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
09	Who Wants To Live Forever (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	05:16
08	Hammer To Fall (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Works (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:27
	Composers: Brian May
02	Dragon Attack (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Game (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:19
	Writer: Brian May / Composers: Brian May
07	It's A Hard Life (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:07
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
06	Bohemian Rhapsody (Live)	Queen	On Fire: Live At The Bowl	05:38
	Writer: Freddie Mercury / Composers: Freddie Mercury
10	Headlong (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:33
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
02	I'm Going Slightly Mad (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Innuendo (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:22
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
07	Under Pressure (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	03:41
	Composers: David Bowie - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - John Richard Deacon - Roger Taylor
08	Save Me (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:49
	Composers: Brian May
19	Hammer To Fall (Live Aid)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:04
	Composers: Brian May
01	Brighton Rock (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Sheer Heart Attack	05:10
	Composers: Brian May
02	Stone Cold Crazy (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Heavy	02:17
	Writer: Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor - John Richard Deacon / Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor - John Richard Deacon
01	Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...) (Remastered 2011)	Queen	A Night At The Opera	03:43
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
07	Seaside Rendezvous (Remastered 2011)	Queen	A Night At The Opera	02:15
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
07	Heaven For Everyone (Remastered 2011 / Single Version)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:37
	Composers: Roger Taylor
07	Heaven For Everyone (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Made in Heaven (Deluxe Remastered Version)	05:36
	Composers: Roger Taylor
06	I Was Born To Love You (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Made in Heaven (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:50
	Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury
05	'39 (Remastered 2011)	Queen	A Night At The Opera	03:31
	Composers: Brian May
15	Friends Will Be Friends (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:09
	Composers: John Deacon - Freddie Mercury
03	Back Chat (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Hot Space (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:36
	Composers: John Deacon
06	A Kind Of Magic (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	08:41
	Composers: Roger Taylor
02	Dancer (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Hot Space (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:50
	Composers: Brian May
03	Jealousy (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Jazz (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:14
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
12	We Will Rock You (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	02:46
	Composers: Brian May
04	Keep Yourself Alive (2024 Mix)	Queen	Riffs	03:46
	Writer: Brian May / Composers: Brian May
13	The Invisible Man (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	03:59
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
11	My Melancholy Blues (Remastered 2011)	Queen	News Of The World (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:31
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
07	Don't Try Suicide (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Game (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:53
	Writer: Freddie Mercury / Composers: Freddie Mercury
01	One Vision (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	05:50
	Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury - John Richard Deacon - Roger Taylor
02	One Vision (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Riffs	05:11
	Writer: Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor - John Richard Deacon / Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor - John Richard Deacon
07	Tie Your Mother Down (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Riffs	04:48
	Writer: Brian May / Composers: Brian May
08	Another One Bites The Dust (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	04:53
	Composers: John Richard Deacon
03	In The Lap Of The Gods (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	02:43
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
20	We Are The Champions (Live Aid)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	03:57
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
04	Mother Love (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Made in Heaven (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:46
	Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury
09	Is This The World We Created...? (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Works (Deluxe Remastered Version)	02:16
	Composers: Brian May - Freddie Mercury
11	Radio Ga Ga (Live at Wembley '86)	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	05:57
13	Love Of My Life (Live)	Queen	Queen Rock Montreal	03:54
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
04	Too Much Love Will Kill You (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:20
	Composers: Brian May - Elizabeth Lambers - Frank Musker
11	We Are The Champions (Live)	Queen	On Fire: Live At The Bowl	03:29
	Writer: Freddie Mercury / Composers: Freddie Mercury
08	Another One Bites The Dust (Live)	Queen	On Fire: Live At The Bowl	03:49
	Writer: John Richard Deacon / Composers: John Richard Deacon
01	Bohemian Rhapsody / Radio Ga Ga (Live at Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)	Queen	Queen at Live Aid (Live at Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)	06:30
	Writer: Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor / Composers: Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
09	Dreamer's Ball (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Jazz (Deluxe Remastered Version)	03:31
	Composers: Brian May
03	One Year Of Love (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set Vol. 3	04:27
	Composers: John Deacon
11	The Miracle (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:55
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
04	I Was Born To Love You (Vocals & Piano Version / Remastered 2011)	Queen	Made in Heaven (Deluxe Remastered Version)	02:55
	Composers: Freddie Mercury - Brian May
05	Spread Your Wings (Remastered 2011)	Queen	News Of The World (Deluxe Remastered Version)	04:35
	Composers: John Richard Deacon
02	Made In Heaven (2011 Remaster)	Queen	Made in Heaven (Deluxe Remastered Version)	05:25
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
01	It's A Beautiful Day (Remastered 2011)	Queen	Made in Heaven (Deluxe Remastered Version)	02:33
	Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
01	Face It Alone	Queen	Face It Alone	04:08
	Writer: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor / Composers: John Deacon - Brian May - Freddie Mercury - Roger Taylor
04	Keep Yourself Alive (Live at The Rainbow)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	03:56
	Composers: Brian May
12	I'm Going Slightly Mad (Remastered 2011)	Queen	The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III - 2011 Remaster)	04:09
	Composers: Queen
08	Now I'm Here (Live at The Hammersmith Odeon)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)	04:26
	Composers: Brian May
09	Bohemian Rhapsody (Live)	Queen	Queen Rock Montreal	05:28
	Composers: Freddie Mercury
08	The Prophet's Song (Remastered 2011)	Queen	A Night At The Opera	08:21
	Composers: Brian May

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