Did you know there's an official 'fast' version of 'We Will Rock You'?
The live version was always different from the iconic song we all know well.
You've heard Queen's 1977 hit song "We Will Rock You" before. But if you ever went to a Queen concert, the song they played sounded a little different to the iconic version that we're all familiar with. That's because "We Will Rock You" is very much a studio song, thanks to repetitive clapping and stomping by band-members dubbed over the bare track to help create the percussive notes that are known the world over.
When Queen went on stage, they usually performed a very different version, which tended to be known as the 'fast' We Will Rock You. Yet for fans of that version, there hasn't been a clean recording – beyond a few unofficial copies on YouTube. Until now.
The band is releasing a 2-disc set called Queen On Air: The Complete BBC Sessions (out on November 4), which has what many fans have been waiting for with bated breath – the up-tempo version from 1977 which Freddie Mercury and his gang recorded for DJ John Peel.
"We Will Rock You' – profundity or just another teenage anthem!?" Peel was quoted as saying after he played the track on the air back then. "I've never seen them live. I must admit I'd like to – a band that sounds like nutters, actually, and I like that because I like rock music to sound a little out of control."
