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We Will Rock You

song written and composed by Brian May, originally recorded by Queen in 1977
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Summary

We Will Rock You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,532 views/month, #159 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: SNEP gold single[3]
  • Composer: Brian May[4]
  • Genre: arena rock[5], rock music[6]
  • Performer: Queen[7], Viper[8], Linda Ronstadt[9], Stan Walker[10]
  • Part of: News of the World[11]
  • Commons category: We Will Rock You (song)[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13]
  • Publication date: 1977[14]
  • Lyricist: Brian May[15]
  • Title: We Will Rock You[16]
  • Different from: We Will Rock You[17]
  • First line: Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise[18]
  • Last line: We will, we will rock you[19]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[20]
  • Form of creative work: song[21]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[22]

  • Genre(s): rock[23]

  • Community tags: rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3623f3af-2b21-37ff-8b5a-825b815c6f4f[25]

Why It Matters

We Will Rock You has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

What awards did We Will Rock You receive?

Honors received include SNEP gold single[3].

Related Entities

Brian May Linda Ronstadt News of the World Queen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Queen, Queen, Viper +2
    Form of creative work → song
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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