QUEEN


News Of The World

(1977)



1. We Will Rock You 2'02
(Brian May)
2. We Are The Champions 3'02
(Freddie Mercury)
3. Sheer Heart Attack 3'27
(Roger Taylor)
4. All Dead, All Dead 3'11
(Brian May)
5. Spread Your Wings 4'36
(John Deacon)
6. Fight from the Inside 3'03
(Roger Taylor)
7. Get Down, Make Love 3'52
(Freddie Mercury)
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk 3'08
(Brian May)
9. Who Needs You 3'07
(John Deacon)
10. It's Late 6'27
(Brian May)
11. My Melancholy Blues 3'35
(Freddie Mercury)
12. We Will Rock You
(Bonus Remix) 5'00
(Brian May)
In 1991, record Producer Rick Rubin was enlisted to remaster News Of The World, along with several others of the QUEEN discography. In doing this, Rubin selected one to three songs from each to remix. From News Of The World, he selected the album's lead track "We Will Rock You", which has also been one of QUEEN's most successful songs of their career. Originally, the song was 2:02 in length, however faded out in the middle of a guitar solo by Brian May. With his remix, Rubin re-instated the rest of the guitar solo, however several error occurred and the band was dissatisfied with the remix and rejected it. HOLLYWOOD RECORDS supported its inclusion of the remastered version of the album, so upon the insistance of the band, in its placing on the track listing on the rear cover, it noted "1991 Bonus Remix Ruined by Rick Rubin". This version was more than twice as long as the original version, as it was 5:00 long. The version was heavily electronic, in stark contrast to the original version which was recorded employing more modest recording facilities

Total Time: 44:30


  • Freddie Mercury - Lead Vocals, Piano, Backing Vocals, Cowbell (9), Percussion
  • Brian May - Electric Guitars, Spanish Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals (4, 6, 8), Backing Vocals, Maracas (9), Percussion
  • John Deacon - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Spanish Guitar, Percussion
  • Roger Taylor - Drums, Electric Guitar (3, 6), Bass Guitar (3), Lead Vocals (6), Backing Vocals, Percussion

    Produced by QUEEN
    Assisted by Mike Stone
    Remastering: Kevin Metcalfe
    Artwork: Frank Kelly Freas
    Coordination: Peter Brown

    Recorded July-September 1977
    Released 28 October 1977





    1. We Will Rock You

      Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
      Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
      You got mud on yo' face
      You big disgrace
      Kickin' your can all over the place
      Singin'

      We will we will rock you
      We will we will rock you

      Buddy you're a young man hard man
      Shoutin' in the street gonna take on the world some day
      You got blood on yo' face
      You big disgrace
      Wavin' your banner all over the place
      Singin'

      We will we will rock you
      We will we will rock you

      Buddy you're an old man poor man
      Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
      You got mud on your face
      You big disgrace
      Somebody better put you back in your place

      We will we will rock you
      We will we will rock you

    2. We Are The Champions

      I've paid my duties -
      Time after time -
      I've done my sentence
      But committed no crime
      And bad mistakes
      I've made a few
      I've had my chare of sand
      Kicked in my face
      But I've come through

      We are the champions - my friends
      And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
      We are the champions -
      We are the champions -
      No time for losers
      'Cos we are the champions -
      Of the world

      I've taken my bows
      And my curtain calls
      You brought me fame and fortune
      And everything that goes with it
      I thank you all -
      But it's been no bed of roses
      No pleasure cruise
      I consider it a challenge before
      The whole human race
      And I ain't gonna lose.

      We are the champions - my friends
      And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
      We are the champions -
      We are the champions -
      No time for losers
      'Cos we are the champions -
      Of the world

    3. Sheer Heart Attack

      Well you're just seventeen and you wanna do is disappear
      You know what I mean there's a lot of space between your ears
      The way that you touch don't feel me nothin'

      Hey, hey, hey, hey, it was the DNA
      Hey, hey, hey, hey, that made me this way
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Sheer heart attack
      Sheer heart attack
      Real cardiac

      I feel so inar-ticulate
      Cotta feelin'
      Cotta feelin'
      Cotta feelin' like a paralyze
      It ain't no
      It ain't no
      It ain't no
      It ain't no surprise
      Turn on the TV let it drip right down in your eyes

      Hey, hey, hey, hey, it was the DNA
      Hey, hey, hey, hey, that made me this way
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Sheer heart attack
      Sheer heart attack
      Real cardiac

      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Sheer heart attack
      Sheer heart attack
      Real cardiac

      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know
      Do you know just how I feel
      Sheer heart attack
      Sheer heart attack
      Real cardiac

    4. All Dead, All Dead

      Memories, my memories
      How long can you stay
      To haunt my days
      She came without a farthing
      A babe without a name
      So much ado about nothing
      As what she'd try to say
      So much ado my lover
      So many games we played
      Through every fleeted summer
      Through every precious day
      All dead all dead
      All the dreams we had
      And I wonder why I still live on
      All dead all dead
      And Alone I'm spared
      My sweeter half instead
      All dead
      And gone
      And dead ...
      All dead all dead
      At the rainbow's end
      And still I sing her own sweet song
      All dead all dead
      Take me back again
      You know my little friend's
      All dead and gone
      All dead and gone
      Her ways are always with me
      I wonder all the while
      But please you must forgive me
      I'm old but still a child
      All dead all dead
      But in hope I breathe
      Of course I don't believe
      You're dead
      And gone
      All dead
      And gone

    5. Spread Your Wings

      Sammy was low
      Just watching the show
      Over and over again
      Knew it was time
      He'd made up his mind
      To leave his dead life behind
      His boss said to him
      "Boy you'd better begin,
      To get those crazy notions right out of your head
      Sammy who do you think that you are?
      You should've been sweeping up the Emerald Bar"

      Spread your wings and fly away
      Fly away, far away
      Spread your little wings and fly away
      Fly away, far away
      Pull yourself together
      'Cos you know you should do better
      That's because you're a free man

      He spends his evening alone in his hotel room
      Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon
      Wish he was miles and miles away
      Nothing in this world, nothing would make him stay

      Since he was small
      Had no luck at all
      Nothing came easy to him
      Now it was time
      He'd made up his mind
      "This could be my last chance"

      His boss said to him, "Now listen boy:
      You're always dreaming
      You've got no real ambitions, you won't get very far
      Sammy boy don't you know who you are?
      Why can't you be happy at the Emerald Bar?"

      So honey
      Spread your wings and fly away
      Fly away, far away
      Spread your little wings and fly away
      Fly away, far away
      Pull yourself together
      'Cos you know you should do better
      That's because you're a free man

    6. Fight From The Inside

      Hey you boy, think that you know what you're doing
      You think you're gonna set wings so right
      You're just another picture on a teenage wall
      You're just another sucker ready for a fall
      You gotta Fight from the inside
      Attack from the rear
      Fight from the inside
      You can't win with your hands tied
      Fight from the inside
      Fight from the inside
      Right down the line -
      Hey you boy, think that you know what you're doing
      You think that out in the street's all free
      You're just another money-spinner tool
      You're just another fool
      You gotta Fight from the inside
      Attack from the rear
      Fight from the rear
      You can't win with your hands tied
      Fight from the inside
      Fight from the inside
      Right down the line -

    7. Get Down, Make Love

      Get down, make love
      Get down, make love
      Get down, make love
      Get down, make love
      You take my body -
      I give you heat
      You say you're hungry
      I give you meat
      I suck your mind
      You blow my head
      Make love -
      Inside your bed - everybody get down, make love
      Get down, make love
      Get down, make love
      Get down, make love
      Every time I get hot
      You wanna cool down
      Every time I get high
      You say you wanna come down
      You say it's enough
      In fact it's too much
      Everytime I get a - Get down,
      Get down, make love
      I can squeeze - You can shake me
      I can feel - you can break me
      Come on so heavy - when you take me
      You make love
      You make love
      You make love
      You make love
      You can make everybody get down,
      Make love
      Everytime I get high
      You wanna come down
      Everytime I get hot
      You say you wanna cool down
      You say it's enough
      In fact it's too much
      Everytime I wanna get down
      Get down
      Get down
      Get down, make love

    8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk

      I was nothin' but a city boy
      My trumpet was my only toy
      I've blowin' my horn
      Since I knew I was born
      But there ain't nobody wants to know
      I've been
      Sleepin' on the sidewalk
      Rollin' down the road
      I may get hungry
      But I sure don't want to get home
      So round the corner comes a limousine
      And the biggest grin I ever seen
      Come on sonny won't you sigh
      Right along the dotted line
      What you sayin' are you playin'
      Sure you don't mean me?
      Sleepin' on the sidewalk
      Rollin' down the road
      I may get hungry
      But I sure don't want to get home
      (tell you what happened)
      They took me to a room without a table
      They said "Blow you trumpet into here"
      I played around as well as I was able
      And soon we had a record of the year
      I was legend all through the land
      I was blowin' to a million fans
      Nothin' was a-missin'
      All the people want to listen
      You'd have thought I was a happy man
      And I was
      Sleepin' like a princess
      Never touch the road
      I don't hungry
      And I sure don't want to go home
      (have to have some fun)
      Now they tell me what I ain't so fashionable
      An'I owe the man a million bucks a year
      So I told'em where to stick the fancy label
      It's just me and the road from here
      Back to playin' and layin'
      I'm back on the game
      Sleepin' on the sidewalk
      Rollin' down the road
      I sure get hungry
      I sure do wanna go home (yeah)

    9. Who Needs You

      I make it half pas six you come at seven
      Always trying to keep me hanging round
      You little spoilt things, girl you kept me waiting
      Never contemplating my point of view
      This comes as no surprise
      I am fool, for I believed your lies
      But now I've seen through your disguise
      Who needs, well I don't need, who needs you?
      Oh I believed you
      Went on my knees to you
      How I trusted you
      But you turned me down
      But it's dog eat dog in this rat race
      And it leaves you bleeding lying on your face
      Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand
      Where is that helping hand
      How I was pushed around
      Don't let it get you down
      You walked all over me
      Talking one step forward, sleeping two steps back
      There's an empty feeling that you can't forget
      Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand
      When I met you, you were always charming
      Couldn't sleep at nigh 'till you were mine
      You were oh so so sophisticated
      Never interested in what I'd say
      I had to swallow my pride
      So naive, you took me for a ride
      But now I'm the one to decide
      Who needs you, well I don't need, who needs you

    10. It's Late

      You say you love me
      And I hardly know your name
      And If I say I love you in candle light
      There's no one but my self to blame
      But there's something inside
      That's turning my mind away
      Oh how I could let you stay

      It's late - and I feeling deep inside
      It's late - is it just my sickly pride
      Too late - even now the feeling seems to slip away
      So late - though I'm crying I can help but hear you say
      It's late
      It's late
      It's late
      But not too late

      The way you love me
      Is the sweetest love around
      But after all this time
      The more I'm trying
      The more I seem to let you down
      Now you tell me you're leaving
      And I just can't believe it's true
      Oh you know that I can love you
      Though you know I can't be true
      Oh you made me love you
      Don't tell me that we're through

      It's late - and it's driving me so mad
      It's late - but don't try to tell me it's
      Too late - save our love you can't turn out the light
      So late - I've been wrong but I'll learn to be right
      It's late
      But not too late
      - I've been so long
      - You've been so long
      - We've been so long tryin' to work it out
      - I ain't got long
      - you ain't got long
      - We gotta know what this life's all about

      You're string at me
      With suspicions in your eye
      You say what game are you playing?
      What's this that you're saying?
      I know that I can give no reply
      If I take you tonight
      Is it make my life a lie
      Oh you make me wonder
      Did I live my life all right

      It's late - but it's time to set me free
      It's late - but there's no way it has to be
      Too late - so let the fire take our bodies this night
      So late - so let the waters take our guilt in the tide
      It's late
      It's late
      It's late
      It's late
      It's late
      It's late
      It's late
      It's all too late

    11. My melancholy blues

      Another party's over -
      And I'm left could sober -
      My baby left me for somebody new -
      I don't wanna talk about it
      Want to forget about it
      Wanna be intoxicated with that special brew
      So come and get me
      Let me -
      Get in that sinking feeling
      That says my heart is on an all time low - so
      Don't expect me -
      To behave perfectly
      And wear that sunny smile
      My guess is I'm in for a cloudy and overcast
      Don't try and stop me
      'Cos I'm heading for that stormy weather soon
      I'm causing a mild sensation
      With this new occupation
      I'm permanently glued
      To this extraordinary mood, so now move over
      And let me take over
      With my melancholy blues
      I'm causing a mild sensation
      With this new occupation
      I'm in the news
      Just getting used to my this new explosure
      So come into my enclosure
      And meet my -
      Melancholy blues -