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We Will Rock You - Remastered...by Queen
We Will Rock You - Remastered 2011
Queen
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Last Spin
- Sep 26, 2024
9:11 AM#216-counting down the Best Opening Songs, as voted by YOU! Thank you so much for your support! www.kexp.orgJohn Richards - Aug 23, 2024
8:18 AMA selection from 8-year-old Maia! -- Other than the last 30 seconds, which contains a guitar solo by songwriter Brian May, the song is generally set in a cappella form, using only stomping and clapping as a rhythmic body percussion beat. In 1977, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were issued together as a worldwide top 10 single. - Oct 16, 2023
9:25 AMWith an opening track like this, you gotta back it up and Queen did with the album 'New of the World'! Does KEXP rock you? Then donate now! www.kexp.org - Mar 15, 2023
9:44 AM“stomp, stomp, clap, pause” twice per 4/4 measure! From Queen's sixth studio album, released in 1977. - queenonline.com --- Donate now to power KEXP & the music you love! - www.kexp.org - Feb 22, 2022
8:11 AMBy listener request! One of Queen’s biggest songs worldwide and a staple of arena and stadium sports everywhere. It was a conscious decision by Brian May to make the song simple and anthemic (“stomp, stomp, clap, pause” twice per 4/4 measure), to get their live audiences more involved in their shows. - Feb 9, 2022
7:43 AMIt's my 40th birthday! Could you play any Bowie or Queen from the year of the week please! Noah in Everett - May 10, 2018
8:56 AMAnd (naturally) here is Queen's "We Will Rock You!" PHEW. Yes, we're working our way back to Chuck D somehow.... - Oct 6, 2017
17:49 PMThis request comes from Jackie, who writes: "I would love for you to play We are the Champions/We will rock you in honor of KEXP being so amazing but also for my late father Kenny Buttice, the Bulldog is what they called him who was a also a radio pioneer and an A&R man in the 70s. In fact it was his marketing idea, to combine both songs to make it a radio friendly hit. He worked at Elektra Asylum records when Queen presented him with both songs and since they didn’t fit into the normal 3 min radio friendly format, he decided to combine both songs to create one. He also said Queen were some of the smartest musicians he ever knew, I think that is evident now and I know he is rocking with Freddy out in the ether." Thank you for sharing this incredible story, Jackie, and for your Dad's contribution to music history!