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We Are the Champions

song written and composed by Freddie Mercury; originally recorded by Queen and released in 1977
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q238564
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We Are the Champions is a visual artwork classified within the soft rock genre.

Key Facts

  • Award received: SNEP gold single[3]
  • Composer: Freddie Mercury[4]
  • Genre: soft rock[5]
  • Performer: Queen[6]
  • Part of: News of the World[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Publication date: October 1977[9]
  • Lyricist: Freddie Mercury[10]
  • Title: We Are the Champions[11]
  • Different from: We Are the Champions[12]
  • Musical bars shown: 2[13]
  • Form of creative work: song[14]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • Community tags: covered by glee[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0b3da969-5466-3cef-8cbb-bfc882ba9fcf[17]

Why It Matters

We Are the Champions has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What awards did We Are the Champions receive?

Honors received include SNEP gold single[3].

Related Entities

Freddie Mercury News of the World Queen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Queen
    Form of creative work → song
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