Queen discography

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Queen discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 15
↙Live albums 5
↙Compilation albums 11
↙Singles 60
↙Video albums 3
↙Soundtracks 1
↙Tribute and cover albums 5
References and footnotes

This is a discography of works by Queen. Since 1973, the British rock band has released a total of fifteen studio albums, five live albums, numerous compilation albums and multiple singles. This article also covers the works of Queen + Paul Rodgers, a collaboration between Queen and Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers.

Contents

[edit] History

Queen were formed by Brian May, Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury from the remains of Smile in 1970. After acquiring John Deacon as their bassist in early 1971, the newly-formed band played numerous gigs throughout the year and recorded several demos, with the help of a friend of May's.[1] The band began showcasing the demos to record companies, to no avail.

“ We had quite a difficult genesis. It was very difficult for us to get a contract, to be accepted in any way. But many groups went through that, and it does engineer a kind of 'backs to the wall' feeling in a band. So we felt very strong together. ”

—Roger Taylor[1]

In 1972, Queen eventually signed with Trident Studios after producers Roy Thomas Baker and John Anthony, impressed by the band's live performances, persuaded their bosses, Norman and Barry Sheffield, to look into the group.[2] Later in their career, Queen signed a record contract with EMI and Elektra in the United States; the band would remain with EMI for the rest of their career. In 1983, the band terminated their contract with Elektra and signed with Capitol Records. In 1990, they once again terminated their U.S. record contract and signed with Hollywood Records. In 1991, Queen's entire catalogue was remastered and released on compact disc in the United States, and thirteen albums (all studio albums up to 'The Works' as well as 'Live Killers' and 'Greatest Hits') were remastered at Abbey Road Studios and released on CD and cassette in the United Kingdom between July 1993 and March 1994.

In 2002 "Pre ordained" was released, a collection of demo material mainly from the period between 1969-1973.

[edit] Studio albums

Queen
Released: July 13, 1973
Chart position(s): #24 United Kingdom (gold), #52 Japan, #77 Australia, #83 United States (gold).
Tracks:

  1. "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 3:46
  2. "Doing All Right" (May and Tim Staffell) – 4:09
  3. "Great King Rat" (Mercury) – 5:41
  4. "My Fairy King" (Mercury) – 4:08
  5. "Liar" (Mercury) – 6:26
  6. "The Night Comes Down" (May) – 4:23
  7. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Taylor) – 1:48
  8. "Son and Daughter" (May) – 3:21
  9. "Jesus" (Mercury) – 3:44
  10. "Seven Seas of Rhye..." (Mercury) – 1:15

Queen II
Released: March 8, 1974
Chart position(s): #5 United Kingdom (gold), #19 Norway, #26 Japan, #49 United States (gold), #79 Australia.
Tracks:

  1. "Procession" (May) – 1:12
  2. "Father to Son" (May) – 6:14
  3. "White Queen (As It Began)" (May) – 4:33
  4. "Some Day One Day" (May) – 4:21
  5. "The Loser In the End" (Taylor) – 4:01
  6. "Ogre Battle" (Mercury) – 4:08
  7. "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" (Mercury) – 2:41
  8. "Nevermore" (Mercury) – 1:17
  9. "The March of the Black Queen" (Mercury) – 6:33
  10. "Funny How Love Is" (Mercury) – 2:48
  11. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Mercury) – 2:48

Sheer Heart Attack
Released: November 8, 1974
Chart position(s): #2 United Kingdom (platinum), #6 Netherlands; #9 Finland, Norway; #12 United States (gold), #19 Australia, #23 Japan.
Tracks:

  1. "Brighton Rock" (May) – 5:08
  2. "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – 2:57
  3. "Tenement Funster" (Taylor) – 2:48
  4. "Flick of the Wrist" (Mercury) – 3:46
  5. "Lily of the Valley" (Mercury) – 1:43
  6. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 4:10
  7. "In the Lap of the Gods" (Mercury) – 3:20
  8. "Stone Cold Crazy" (Deacon/May/Mercury/Taylor) – 2:12
  9. "Dear Friends" (May) – 1:07
  10. "Misfire" (Deacon) – 1:50
  11. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" (Mercury) – 2:13
  12. "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)" (May) – 4:08
  13. "In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited" (Mercury) – 3:42

A Night at the Opera
Released: November 21, 1975
Chart position(s): #1 Australia, Finland, Netherlands, United Kingdom (platinum); #2 Spain, #4 Norway, United States (3x platinum); #5 German, #9 Austria, Japan, #10 Sweden, #16 France, #23 Portugal.
Tracks:

  1. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (Mercury) – 3:43
  2. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" (Mercury) – 1:07
  3. "I'm in Love with My Car" (Taylor) – 3:05
  4. "You're My Best Friend" (Deacon) – 2:52
  5. "'39" (May) – 3:31
  6. "Sweet Lady" (May) – 4:03
  7. "Seaside Rendezvous" (Mercury) – 2:15
  8. "The Prophet's Song" (May) – 8:21
  9. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 3:39
  10. "Good Company" (May) – 3:23
  11. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:55
  12. "God Save the Queen" (trad.; Arr. May) – 1:18

A Day at the Races
Released: December 10, 1976
Chart position(s): #1 Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom (gold); #3 Norway, #4 Finland, #5 United States (platinum), #8 Australia, Austria, Sweden, #10 Germany.
Tracks:

  1. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 4:47
  2. "You Take My Breath Away" (Mercury) – 5:08
  3. "Long Away" (May) – 3:33
  4. "The Millionaire Waltz" (Mercury) – 4:54
  5. "You and I" (Deacon) – 3:25
  6. "Somebody to Love" (Mercury) – 4:56
  7. "White Man" (May) – 4:59
  8. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Mercury) – 2:54
  9. "Drowse" (Taylor) – 3:45
  10. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (May) – 5:57

News of the World
Released: October 28, 1977
Chart position(s): #1 Canada, France, Netherlands, Portugal; #3 Japan, United States (4x platinum); #4 Norway, United Kingdom (gold); #7 Germany, #8 Australia, #9 Austria, Sweden.
Tracks:

  1. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:01
  2. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 2:59
  3. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:24
  4. "All Dead, All Dead" (May) – 3:09
  5. "Spread Your Wings" (Deacon) – 4:32
  6. "Fight From the Inside" (Taylor) – 3:03
  7. "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 3:51
  8. "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" (May) – 3:07
  9. "Who Needs You" (Deacon) – 3:07
  10. "It's Late" (May) – 6:27
  11. "My Melancholy Blues" (Mercury) – 3:29

Jazz
Released: November 10, 1978
Chart position(s): #1 Portugal, #2 United Kingdom (gold), #4 Netherlands, #5 Germany, Japan; #6 Norway, Sweden, United States (platinum); #7 France, #8 Austria, #15 Australia, #36 Italy.
Tracks:

  1. "Mustapha" (Mercury) – 3:01
  2. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) – 4:16
  3. "Jealousy" (Mercury) – 3:13
  4. "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) – 3:01
  5. "If You Can't Beat Them" (Deacon) – 4:15
  6. "Let Me Entertain You" (Mercury) – 3:01
  7. "Dead On Time" (May) – 3:23
  8. "In Only Seven Days" (Deacon) – 2:30
  9. "Dreamer's Ball" (May) – 3:30
  10. "Fun It" (Taylor) – 3:29
  11. "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" (May) – 3:15
  12. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Mercury) – 3:29
  13. "More of that Jazz" (Taylor) – 4:16

The Game
Released: June 30, 1980
Chart position(s): #1 Argentina, Canada, Portugal, United Kingdom (Gold), United States (4x platinum); #2 Germany, Netherlands, Norway; #5 Austria, Japan; #6 Sweden, Norway, #8 Austria, #11 Australia#, 17 France.
Tracks:

  1. "Play the Game" (Mercury) – 3:32
  2. "Dragon Attack" (May) – 4:15
  3. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) – 3:03
  4. "Need Your Loving Tonight" (Deacon) – 2:48
  5. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 2:44
  6. "Rock It (Prime Jive)" (Taylor) – 4:32
  7. "Don't Try Suicide" (Mercury) – 3:52
  8. "Sail Away Sweet Sister" (May) – 3:32
  9. "Coming Soon" (Taylor) – 2:49
  10. "Save Me" (May) – 3:42

Flash Gordon
Released: December 8, 1980
Chart position(s): #1 Austria, #2 Germany, #10 United Kingdom, #12 Japan, #13 Netherlands, #23 United States, #25 Norway, #29 Australia, Sweden.
Tracks:

  1. "Flash's Theme" 3:30
  2. "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)" 2:43
  3. "Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)" 2:40
  4. "The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)" 0:57
  5. "Football Fight" 1:28
  6. "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)" 2:25
  7. "Execution of Flash" 1:06
  8. "The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)" 1:44
  9. "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)" 1:41
  10. "Escape from the Swamp" 1:43
  11. "Flash to the Rescue" 2:44
  12. "Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)" 1:13
  13. "Battle Theme" 2:18
  14. "The Wedding March" 0:56
  15. "Marriage of Dale and Ming (and Flash Approaching)" 2:04
  16. "Crash Dive on Mingo City" 1:00
  17. "Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)" 1:24
  18. "The Hero" 3:39

Hot Space
Released: May 21, 1982
Chart position(s): #1 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #3 Norway, #4 Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom; #5 Germany, #6 Japan, #7 France, #8 Italy, #15 Australia, #22 United States (gold).
Tracks:

  1. "Staying Power" (Mercury) – 4:10
  2. "Dancer" (May) – 3:46
  3. "Back Chat" (Deacon) – 4:31
  4. "Body Language" (Mercury) – 4:29
  5. "Action This Day" (Taylor) – 3:32
  6. "Put Out the Fire" (May) – 3:18
  7. "Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)" (Mercury) – 3:28
  8. "Calling All Girls" (Taylor) – 3:50
  9. "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" (May) – 4:26
  10. "Cool Cat" (Deacon & Mercury) – 3:26
  11. "Under Pressure" (Queen and David Bowie) – 4:02

The Works
Released: February 27, 1984
Chart position(s): #1 Netherlands, Portugal; #2 Austria, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom; #3 Germany, Switzerland, Sweden; #4 Spain; #7 Japan, #12 Australia, #14 France, #23 United States (gold).
Tracks:

  1. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) – 5:49
  2. "Tear It Up" (May) – 3:28
  3. "It's a Hard Life" (Mercury) – 4:08
  4. "Man On The Prowl" (Mercury) – 3:28
  5. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')" (May/Taylor) – 5:10
  6. "I Want to Break Free" (Deacon) – 3:20
  7. "Keep Passing The Open Windows" (Mercury) – 5:21
  8. "Hammer to Fall" (May) – 4:28
  9. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Mercury/May) – 2:13

A Kind of Magic
Released: June 2, 1986
Chart position(s): #1 United Kingdom (2x platinum); #2 Netherlands, Spain; #3 Austria, Portugal; #4 Germany, Switzerland; #5 Norway; #6 France; #8 Italy; #9 Sweden; #12 Australia; #25 Japan; #46 United States (gold).
Tracks:

  1. "One Vision" (Queen) – 5:10
  2. "A Kind of Magic" (Taylor) – 4:24
  3. "One Year of Love" (Deacon) – 4:26
  4. "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (Deacon/Mercury) – 4:21
  5. "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury/Deacon) – 4:07
  6. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – 5:15
  7. "Gimme the Prize" (May) – 4:34
  8. "Don't Lose Your Head" (Taylor) – 4:38
  9. "Princes of the Universe" (Mercury) – 3:32

The Miracle
Released: May 22, 1989
Chart position(s): #1 Austria, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom (platinum); #2 Norway, #3 Italy, Portugal; #4 Spain, #6 Sweden, #8 Australia, #11 France, #20 Japan, #24 United States.
Tracks:

  1. "Party" (Queen) – 2:24
  2. "Khashoggi's Ship" (Queen) – 2:47
  3. "The Miracle" (Queen) – 5:02
  4. "I Want It All" (Queen) – 4:40
  5. "The Invisible Man" (Queen) – 3:55
  6. "Breakthru" (Queen) – 4:07
  7. "Rain Must Fall" (Queen) – 4:20
  8. "Scandal" (Queen) – 4:42
  9. "My Baby Does Me" (Queen) – 3:22
  10. "Was It All Worth It" (Queen) – 5:45

Innuendo
Released: February 4, 1991
Chart position(s): #1 Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom (platinum); #2 Austria, #8 Norway, #9 Australia, Sweden, France, #17 Japan, #30 United States (gold).
Tracks:

  1. "Innuendo" (Queen) – 6:29
  2. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (Queen) – 4:22
  3. "Headlong" (Queen) – 4:37
  4. "I Can't Live with You" (Queen) – 4:34
  5. "Don't Try So Hard" (Queen) – 3:39
  6. "Ride the Wild Wind" (Queen) – 4:41
  7. "All God's People" (Queen/Mike Moran) – 4:19
  8. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Queen) – 4:12
  9. "Delilah" (Queen) – 3:32
  10. "The Hitman" (Queen) – 4:52
  11. "Bijou" (Queen) – 3:36
  12. "The Show Must Go On" (Queen) – 4:24

Made in Heaven
Released: November 6, 1995
Chart position(s): #1 Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom (4x platinum); #2 Norway, France; #10 Japan, #58 United States (gold).
Tracks:

  1. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Queen) – 2:32
  2. "Made in Heaven" (Mercury) – 5:25
  3. "Let Me Live" (Queen) – 4:45
  4. "Mother Love" (May, Mercury) – 4:49
  5. "My Life Has Been Saved" (Queen) – 3:15
  6. "I Was Born to Love You" (Mercury) – 4:49
  7. "Heaven for Everyone" (Taylor) – 5:36
  8. "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (May/Musker/Lamers) – 4:20
  9. "You Don't Fool Me" (Queen) – 5:24
  10. "A Winter's Tale" (Queen) – 3:49
  11. "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)" (Queen) – 3:01
  12. "Yeah" (Queen) – 0:04
  13. "Untitled" (Queen) – 22:32

[edit] Live albums

Live Killers
Released: June 26, 1979
Chart position(s): #3: Austria, United Kingdom (gold); #4 Germany, #9 Japan, #10: Netherlands, Norway; #15 Sweden, #16 United States (2x platinum), #25 Australia, #34 Switzerland.

Live Magic
Released: December 1, 1986
Chart position(s): #3 United Kingdom (platinum), #13 Austria, #17 Netherlands, #26 Switzerland, #49 Japan, #50 Sweden, #51 Australia.

Live at Wembley '86
Released: May 26, 1992
Chart position(s): #1 Italy, #2: Spain, United Kingdom (gold); #6: Austria, Switzerland; #9 The Netherlands, #20 Germany, #29 Sweden, #53 United States (platinum), #81 Japan, #82 Australia, #126 France.

Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl
Released: November 4, 2004
Chart position(s): #9 Portugal, #20 United Kingdom (gold), #23 Austria, #52 Switzerland, #74 Netherlands, #75 France, #85 Japan.

Queen Rock Montreal
Released: October 29, 2007
Chart position(s): #17 Germany, #20 United Kingdom, #21 Portugal, #25 Austria, #27 Switzerland,Italy #54 Netherlands, #70 Japan, #111 France.

[edit] Various artists

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Released: March 30, 1981
Chart position(s): #36 United Kingdom.
Includes "Now I'm Here."

Party at the Palace
Released: July 2, 2002
Includes: "God Save the Queen," "Radio Ga Ga," "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions."

46664 - Parts I, II, III
Released: 2004
Includes: "Say It’s Not True" (w. Dave Stewart), "Invincible Hope," "46664-The Call," "The Show Must Go On," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "I Want It All," "I Want To Break Free," "Radio Ga Ga," "We Will Rock You," "We Are the Champions."

[edit] Compilation albums

Greatest Hits
Released: November 2, 1981
Chart position(s): #1: Austria, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (11x platinum, 5.5 million+ copies[3]), United States (8x platinum); #2 Australia, #3 Finland, #4 France, #5 Switzerland, #9 Japan, #35 Italy until 1998. – Queen's best-selling album, it has sold in excess of 29 million copies and is the United Kingdom's best-selling album.[3]

Greatest Hits II
Released: October 28, 1991
Chart position(s): #1: Argentina, Australia (8xPlatinum), Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (8x platinum); #2: Germany, Sweden; #4 Norway. – Sales to date in excess of 19 million copies worldwide (including Classic queen). In Europe it has sold about 11.5 millions copies and is the seventh best-selling album in the United Kingdom with sales upwards of 3.6 million copies.[3]

The 12" Collection
Released: 1992

Queen Rocks
Released: November 3, 1997
Chart position(s): #7 United Kingdom (platinum), #12 Germany, #16: Austria, Switzerland; #19 Netherlands, #22 Japan.

Greatest Hits III
Released: November 9, 1999
Chart position(s): #2: Austria, Estonia, Italy; #4 Switzerland, #5: Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom (platinum); #8 Netherlands, #25 Japan, #35 Finland.

[edit] Limited releases

Classic Queen
Released: March 3, 1992 (United States only)
Chart position(s): #4 (3x platinum)

In Vision
Released: July 28, 2000 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #7

Gold
Released: June 21, 2002 (Korea only)

Jewels
Released: January 28, 2004 (Japan), March 10, 2005 (Korea)
Chart position(s): #1 (Japan)

Jewels II
Released: January 26, 2005 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #9

Stone Cold Classics
Released: April 11, 2006 (United States only)
Chart position(s): #45

The A-Z of Queen, Volume 1
Released: July 10, 2007 (United States, Wal-Mart only)

[edit] Other albums

At the Beeb
Released: December 4, 1989
Chart position(s): #67 United Kingdom.
Information: Comprised tracks recorded for the BBC Radio 1 program "Sound of the 70s."

[edit] Box sets

The Complete Works


Released: December 5, 1985
Includes: Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz, Live Killers, The Game, Flash Gordon, Hot Space, The Works and Complete Vision.

Box of Tricks


Released: May 1992
NOTE: Limited mail order release.

Greatest Hits I & II
Released: November 7, 1994
Chart position(s): #15 Netherlands, #30 Austria, #37 United Kingdom, United States (platinum).
Includes: Greatest Hits and Greatest Hits II.

Ultimate Queen


Released: November 13, 1995
Includes: Queen, Queen II, Sheet Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz, Live Killers, The Game, Flash Gordon, Hot Space, The Works, A Kind of Magic, Live Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo, Live at Wembley '86 and Made in Heaven.
NOTE: Limited to 15,000 copies (3,000 in UK).

The Crown Jewels
Released: November 24, 1998
Includes: Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz and The Game.

The Platinum Collection
Released: November 13, 2000
Chart position(s): #1: France (on mid price charts), Korea, South Africa; #2: Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom (3x platinum); #3 Italy, #20 Finland, #23 Austria, #41 Switzerland,Australia (Platinum),#48 United States (platinum, highest charting box set in U.S. history[4]).
Includes: Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits II and Greatest Hits III.

[edit] Tributes

Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen
Released: January 21, 1997

The Attack of the Dragons
Released: 1999

Tie Your Mix Down: A Queen Tribute
Released: 2000

Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute
Released: 2001

Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
Released: August 9, 2005
Chart position(s): #104 United States (August 2005), #115 United States (April 2006)

[edit] Singles

1973-1979
Year Title(s) Peak chart position
PEAK (WEEKS AT PEAK) [WEEKS ON CHART]
AT AR AU BE BR CA CH DE ES FI FR GT IE IT JP MX NL NO NZ PL PT UK US ZA
1973 "Keep Yourself Alive"/"Son and Daughter" 89
1974 "Liar"/"Doing All Right"
(The United States and New Zealand only)
1974 "Seven Seas of Rhye"/"See What a Fool I've Been" 10
1974 "Killer Queen"/"Flick of the Wrist" 10 15 12 2 12 3 3 2 12
1975 "Now I'm Here"/"Lily of the Valley" 25 14 32 11
1975 "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"I'm In Love With My Car" 8 1 1 1 4 [24] 7 1 15 1 28 1 4 1 1 9 [17] 1
1976 "You're My Best Friend"/'39" 35 2 3 9 7 16 [11]
1976 "Somebody to Love"/"White Man" 22 5 21 54 6 10 51 1 2 13 [12]
1977 "Tie Your Mother Down"/"You And I" 14 31 49[5]
1977 "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"/"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
(Japan only)		 49
1977 Queen's First EP
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"/"Death on Two Legs"/"Tenement Funster"/"White Queen"		 17
1977 "Long Away"/"You And I"
(Canada, the United States and New Zealand only)
1977 "We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You" 12 11 5 13 1 3 2 7 1 2 4 [17]
1978 "Spread Your Wings"/"Sheer Heart Attack" 29 31 20 34
1978 "It's Late"/"Sheer Heart Attack"
(Canada, Japan, the United States and New Zealand only)		 74[6]
1978 "Fat Bottomed Girls"/"Bicycle Race" 21 17 27 7 10 7 7 11 24 [6]
1979 "Don't Stop Me Now"/"In Only Seven Days" 35 49 10 14 9 86[7]
1979 "Jealousy"/"Fun It"
(Brazil, Canada, Russia, the United States and New Zealand only)
1979 "Mustapha"/"Dead On Time"
(Bolivia, Germany, Spain and Yugoslavia only)
1979 "Love of My Life" (live)/"Now I'm Here" (live) 1 1 63
1979 "We Will Rock You" (live)/"Let Me Entertain You" (live)
(Brazil, Canada, Japan and the United States only)
1979 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"/"We Will Rock You" (live) 9 1 1 5 [8] 13 24 2 1 1 8 1 2 1 (4) [17]

1980-1989
Year Title(s) AT AR AU BE BR CA CH DE ES FI FR GT IE IT JP MX NL NO NZ PL PT UK US ZA
1980 "Save Me"/"Let Me Entertain You" (live) 32 42 8 10 5 7 11
1980 "Play the Game"/"A Human Body" 19 8 [6] 40 41 9 15 6 14 42[8]
1980 "Another One Bites the Dust"/"Dragon Attack" 6 1 5 1 8 [9] 6 1 22 1 4 10 14 7 1 (3) [21]
1980 "Need Your Loving Tonight"/"Rock It"
(Argentina, Canada, Japan, the United States and New Zealand only)		 36 44
1980 "Flash"/"Football Fight" 1 13 19 3 11 10 18 10 42[9]
1981 "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie)/"Soul Brother" 10 1 7 3 10 [4] 22 50 2 1 5 6 1 29 [8]
1982 "Body Language"/"Life is Real" 11 28 3 27 5 58 13 6 6 25 11 [8]
1982 "Las Palabras de Amor"/"Cool Cat" 13 [2] 68 10 26 1 17
1982 "Calling All Girls"/"Put Out the Fire"
(Australia, Canada, the United States and New Zealand only)		 33 60[10]
1982 "Staying Power"/"Calling All Girls"
(Japan only)
1982 "Back Chat"/"Staying Power" 69 19 40
1984 "Radio Ga Ga"/"I Go Crazy" 1 2 3 1 11 3 [12] 2 6 24 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 16 [8] 4
1984 "I Want to Break Free"/"Machines (or Back to Humans)" 1 9 1 26 2 [16] 4 5 9 2 1 3 45[11] 1
1984 "It's a Hard Life"/"Is This the World We Created?" 26 2 6 27[12]
1984 "Hammer to Fall"/"Tear It Up" 10 13
1984 "Thank God It's Christmas"/"Man on the Prowl"/"Keep Passing the Open Windows" 21 57 8 21
1985 "One Vision"/"Blurred Vision" 10 24 [2] 26 5 21 7 61[13]
1986 "Princes of the Universe"/"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling"
(Australia, Japan and the United States only)		 32
1986 "A Kind of Magic"/"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" (Europe)/"Gimme the Prize" (US) 11 10 4 [15] 6 6 5 4 4 3 42[14]
1986 "Friends Will Be Friends"/"Seven Seas of Rhye" 19 [5] 20 4 17 14
1986 "Who Wants to Live Forever"/"Killer Queen" 36 [2] 52 15 24
1986 "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure"/"Don't Lose Your Head" 57 26
1986 "One Year of Love"/"Gimme the Prize"
(France and Spain only)		 57
1989 "I Want It All"/"Hang on in There" 11 10 36 8 [14] 9 46 3 4 2 4 3 50[15]
1989 "Breakthru"/"Stealin' 28 [4] 24 6 4 7
1989 "The Invisible Man"/"Hijack My Heart" 30 [1] 31 10 4 12
1989 "Scandal"/"My Life Has Been Saved" 14 16 25
1989 "The Miracle"/"Stone Cold Crazy" (live) 78 23 20 21

1990-1999
Year Title(s) AT AR AU BE BR CA CH DE ES FI FR GT IE IT JP MX NL NO NZ PL PT UK US ZA
1991 "Innuendo"/"Bijou" 12 28 3 [12] 5 83 4 4 4 1 1 1
1991 "I'm Going Slightly Mad"/"The Hitman" 42 19 13 22
1991 "Headlong"/"All God's People" 20 24 25 14
1991 "The Show Must Go On"/"Keep Yourself Alive" 11 [11] 7 1 17 6 7 3 16
1991 "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are the Days of Our Lives" 8 5 18 1 1 1 1 1 2
1992 "The Show Must Go On"/"Bohemian Rhapsody" 18 2
1993 Five Live
(EP with George Michael and Lisa Stansfield)		 2 21 1 22 1 5 5 1 30
1995 "Heaven for Everyone"/"It's a Beautiful Day" 4 1 15 4 9 [15] 15 5 7 7 4 3 18 25 2
1995 "A Winter's Tale"/"Thank God It's Christmas"/"Rock in Rio Blues" 23 28 [7] 62 23 16 6
1996 "Too Much Love Will Kill You"/"We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions" 19 23 15
1996 "Let Me Live"/"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" 67 36 9
1996 "You Don't Fool Me" 23 27 [16] 26 7 23 1 21 1 17
1998 "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" 75 26 13
1998 "Another One Bites the Dust"
(with Wyclef Jean featuring Pras and Free)		 23 35 [5] 7 [1] 11 21 5
1999 "Under Pressure"
(Rah Mix, with David Bowie)		 19 14

2000-
Year Title(s) AT AR AU BE BR CA CH DE ES FI FR GT IE IT JP MX NL NO NZ PL PT UK US ZA
2000 "We Will Rock You"
(with 5ive)		 2 3 17 18 [19] 6 20 23 1
2003 "Flash"
(with Vanguard)		 44 17 15
2004 "I Was Born To Love You 1
2005 "Reaching Out" (live)/"Tie Your Mother Down" (live)/"Fat Bottomed Girls" (live)
(Queen + Paul Rodgers)		 27 12
2006 "Another One Bites the Dust"
(Queen vs. The Miami Project)		 3 [6] 31
2007 "Say It's Not True"
(Queen + Paul Rodgers)		 82 5 62 90
= Limited release.

[edit] Unreleased songs

Besides the common album tracks and the B-sides there are also some unreleased songs that are either unfinished because they weren't good enough, Queen didn't have any time left to record them or due to the fact that they had to choose which track should be left off an album for any reason.

  • A New Life Is Born (which eventually became the intro to Breakthru)
  • Assassin
  • Dog With A Bone
  • Face It Alone
  • Feel Like
  • Feelings Feelings
  • Freedom Train
  • Hangman
  • I Guess We're Falling Out
  • Keep On Smilin' (composed for a kid by the name of Colin Preston, who fell into a coma and eventually died; the only existing tape was buried with him. It was later reprised for the 1987 Freddie Mercury/Mike Moran song titled "I Can't Dance/Keep Smilin'".)
  • Love Kills
  • Man Made Paradise
  • My Secret Fantasy
  • New York
  • Polar Bear
  • Robbery
  • Sandbox
  • Self Made Man
  • Silver Salmon
  • There Must Be More To Life Than This
  • Victory


[edit] Statistics

[edit] Chart positions

  • Number One: 18 albums and 20 singles.
  • Top Ten: 26 albums and 41 singles.
  • Top Twenty: 29 albums and 47 singles.
  • Top Thirty: 30 albums and 51 singles.
  • Top Forty: 31 albums and 57 singles.

[edit] Chart time

  • United Kingdom: 1,322 weeks (More than that of any other artist).[16]
  • Germany: 197 weeks in the top 10 (Second band with the most time).[17]

[edit] Sales

  • Worldwide: 300 million albums.[18]
  • United States: 32.5 million albums.[19]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Queenzone, Queen Biography 1971, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  2. ^ Queenzone, Queen Biography 1972, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  3. ^ a b c The British Broadcasting Corporation, Queen head all-time sales chart, 2006-11-16, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  4. ^ Queen honoured with Hollywood star, BBC, 2002-10-18, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2339131.stm> 
  5. ^ Queen Online, Tie Your Mother Down, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  6. ^ Queen Online, It's Late, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  7. ^ Queen Online, Don't Stop Me Now, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  8. ^ Queen Online, Play the Game, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  9. ^ Queen Online, Flash, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  10. ^ Queen Online, Calling All Girls, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  11. ^ Queen Online, I Want To Break Free, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  12. ^ Queen Online, It's a Hard Life, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  13. ^ Queen Online, One Vision, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  14. ^ Queen Online, Princes of the Universe, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  15. ^ Queen Online, I Want It All, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  16. ^ The British Broadcasting Corporation, Queen top UK album charts league, 2005-07-04, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  17. ^ Brian May, Queen News, March 2006, retrieved 2007-02-24.
  18. ^ OhmyNews, Queen Proves There's Life After Freddie, 2006-01-25, retrieved 2007-02-15.
  19. ^ Recording Industry Association of America, Top Selling Artists, retrieved 2007-09-16.
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