List of songs recorded by Queen explained

This is a list of all songs recorded by Queen.

Songs

Title! scope="col"
Original releaseYearWriter(s)Lead vocal(s)
""1975MayMay [1]
"Action This Day"Hot Space1982TaylorTaylor & Mercury[2]
"All Dead, All Dead"News of the World1977MayMay & Mercury[3]
"All God's People"Innuendo1991Queen/Mike Moran
(Mercury/Moran)
Mercury[4]
"Another One Bites the Dust" 1980DeaconMercury[5]
"Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)"Flash Gordon1980DeaconInstrumental[6]
"Back Chat" Hot Space1982DeaconMercury
"Battle Theme"Flash Gordon1980MayInstrumental
"Bicycle Race" Jazz1978MercuryMercury[7]
"Bijou"Innuendo1991Queen
(May/Mercury)
Mercury
"Blurred Vision"B-side of "One Vision"1985QueenMercury
(with May & Taylor)
[8]
"Body Language" Hot Space1982MercuryMercury
"Bohemian Rhapsody" 1975MercuryMercuryTaylor (part of the operatic section)
"Breakthru" 1989Queen
(Taylor/Mercury)
Mercury[9]
"Brighton Rock"Sheer Heart Attack1974MayMercury
May (one line)
[10]
"Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Sheer Heart Attack1974MercuryMercury
"Calling All Girls" Hot Space1982TaylorMercury
"Chinese Torture" (CD edition)1989Queen
(May)
Instrumental
"Coming Soon"1980TaylorTaylor & Mercury
"Cool Cat"Hot Space1982Deacon/MercuryMercury
"Crash Dive On Mingo City"Flash Gordon1980MayInstrumental
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 1979MercuryMercury
"Dancer"Hot Space1982MayMercury
"Dead On Time"Jazz1978MayMercury
"Dear Friends"Sheer Heart Attack1974MayMercury
"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"1975MercuryMercury
"Delilah"Innuendo1991Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"Dog With A Bone"2022QueenTaylor and Mercury
"Doing All Right"Queen1973May, Tim StaffellMercury[11]
"Don't Lose Your Head"1986TaylorTaylor & Mercury[12]
"Don't Stop Me Now" Jazz1978MercuryMercury
"Don't Try So Hard"Innuendo1991Queen
(Mercury/Deacon)
Mercury
"Don't Try Suicide"1980MercuryMercury
""B-side of "A Kind of Magic"1986TaylorInstrumental
"Dragon Attack"1980MayMercury
"Dreamer's Ball"Jazz1978MayMercury
"Drowse"1976TaylorTaylor[13]
"Escape from the Swamp"Flash Gordon1980TaylorInstrumental
"Execution of Flash"Flash Gordon1980DeaconInstrumental
"Face It Alone" 2022QueenMercury
""Queen II1974MercuryMercury[14]
"Fat Bottomed Girls" Jazz1978MayMercury & May
"Father to Son"Queen II1974MayMercury
"Feelings, Feelings"News of the World (2011 Bonus EP)2011MayMercury[15]
"Fight from the Inside"News of the World1977TaylorTaylor
"Flash's Theme" Flash Gordon1980MayMay & Mercury
"Flash to the Rescue"Flash Gordon1980MayInstrumental
(chorus from May, Mercury, Taylor)
"Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)"Flash Gordon1980MayMercury, May, Taylor
"Flick of the Wrist"Sheer Heart Attack1974MercuryMercury
"Football Fight"Flash Gordon1980MercuryInstrumental
"Friends Will Be Friends" 1986Mercury/DeaconMercury
"Fun It"Jazz1978TaylorTaylor & Mercury
"Funny How Love Is"Queen II1974MercuryMercury
"Get Down, Make Love"News of the World1977MercuryMercury
"Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)"1986MayMercury
"God Save the Queen"1975Traditional, MayInstrumental
"Good Company"1975MayMay
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" 1976MercuryMercury & Mike Stone
"Great King Rat"Queen1973MercuryMercury
"Hammer to Fall" 1984MayMercury (verses)
May (chorus)
[16]
"Hang On in There"B-side of "I Want It All"1989Queen
(May)
Mercury[17]
"Headlong" Innuendo1991Queen
(May)
Mercury
"Heaven for Everyone" Made in Heaven1995TaylorMercury[18]
""Flash Gordon1980MayMercury, May & Taylor
"Hijack My Heart"B-side of "The Invisible Man"1989Queen
(Taylor)
Taylor[19]
""Innuendo1991Queen
(Mercury/May)
Mercury
""B-side of "Play the Game"1980TaylorTaylor[20]
"I Can't Live with You"Innuendo1991Queen
(May)
Mercury
"I Go Crazy"B-side of "Radio Ga Ga"1984MayMercury
May (bridge)
[21]
"I Guess We're Falling Out (Demo)"2022MayMercury
"I Want It All" 1989Queen
(May)
May & Mercury
"I Want to Break Free" 1984DeaconMercury
"I Was Born to Love You" Made in Heaven1995MercuryMercury
"If You Can't Beat Them"Jazz1978DeaconMercury
"I'm Going Slightly Mad" Innuendo1991Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"I'm in Love with My Car"1975TaylorTaylor
"Impromptu" (live)Live at Wembley '861992QueenInstrumental[22]
"In Only Seven Days"Jazz1978DeaconMercury
"In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)"Flash Gordon1980TaylorInstrumental
"In the Lap of the Gods"Sheer Heart Attack1974MercuryMercury (lyrics)
Taylor (screaming)
"In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Sheer Heart Attack1974MercuryMercury
"In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)"Flash Gordon1980TaylorInstrumental
"Innuendo" Innuendo1991Queen
(Mercury/Taylor)
Mercury
"" 1989Queen
(Taylor)
Taylor & Mercury
"Is This the World We Created...?"1984Mercury/MayMercury
"It's a Beautiful Day"Made in Heaven1995Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)"Made in Heaven1995Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"It's a Hard Life" 1984MercuryMercury
"It's Late" News of the World1977MayMercury
"Jealousy" Jazz1978MercuryMercury
"Jesus"Queen1973MercuryMercury
"Keep Passing the Open Windows"1984MercuryMercury
"Keep Yourself Alive" Queen1973MayMercury
May (one line)
Taylor (one line)
"Khashoggi's Ship"1989Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"Killer Queen" Sheer Heart Attack1974MercuryMercury
"" 1986TaylorMercury
""Flash Gordon1980MercuryInstrumental
"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" Hot Space1982MayMercury
"Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"1975MercuryMercury
"Leaving Home Ain't Easy"Jazz1978MayMay
"Let Me Entertain You"Jazz1978MercuryMercury
"Let Me in Your Heart Again"Queen Forever2014MayMercury[23]
"Let Me Live" Made in Heaven1995QueenMay, Mercury, Taylor
"Liar" Queen1973MercuryMercury
"Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)"Hot Space1982MercuryMercury
"Lily of the Valley"Sheer Heart Attack1974MercuryMercury
"Long Away" 1976MayMay
""Queen II1974TaylorTaylor
"Lost Opportunity"B-side of "I'm Going Slightly Mad"1991Queen
(May)
May[24]
"Love Kills"Queen Forever2014Mercury
Giorgio Moroder
Mercury
"Love of My Life"1975MercuryMercury
"Machines (or 'Back to Humans')"1984May/TaylorMercury
"Mad the Swine"B-side of "Headlong"1991MercuryMercury[25]
"Made in Heaven"Made in Heaven1995MercuryMercury
"Man on the Prowl"1984MercuryMercury
""Queen II1974MercuryMercury
Taylor (two lines)
"Marriage of Dale & Ming (And Flash Approaching)"Flash Gordon1980May/TaylorInstrumental
""1976MercuryMercury
"Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)"Flash Gordon1980MercuryInstrumental
"" 1989Queen
(Mercury/Deacon)
Mercury
"Misfire"Sheer Heart Attack1974DeaconMercury
"Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"Queen1973TaylorTaylor
"More of That Jazz"Jazz1978TaylorTaylor
"Mother Love"Made in Heaven1995May/MercuryMercury & May
"Mustapha" Jazz1978MercuryMercury
"My Baby Does Me"1989Queen
(Deacon/Mercury)
Mercury
"My Fairy King"Queen1973MercuryMercury
"My Life Has Been Saved"Made in Heaven1995DeaconMercury
"My Melancholy Blues"News of the World1977MercuryMercury
"Need Your Loving Tonight" 1980DeaconMercury
"Nevermore"Queen II1974MercuryMercury
""Queen1973MayMercury
"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" Queen Rocks1997MayMay & Taylor[26]
"Now I'm Here" Sheer Heart Attack1974MayMercury
"Ogre Battle"Queen II1974MercuryMercury
"One Vision" 1985Queen
(Taylor)
Mercury
"One Year of Love" 1986DeaconMercury
"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" 1986Mercury/DeaconMercury
"Party"1989Queen
(Mercury/Deacon/May)
Mercury
"Play the Game" 1980MercuryMercury
"Princes of the Universe" 1986MercuryMercury
"Procession"Queen II1974MayInstrumental
""1975MayMercury
"Put Out the Fire"Hot Space1982MayMercury & May
"Radio Ga Ga" 1984TaylorMercury & Taylor
"Rain Must Fall"1989Queen
(Deacon/Mercury)
Mercury
"Ride the Wild Wind"Innuendo1991Queen
(Taylor)
Mercury
""Flash Gordon1980MercuryInstrumental
"Rock It (Prime Jive)"1980TaylorTaylor & Mercury
"Sail Away, Sweet Sister"1980MayMay & Mercury
"Save Me" 1980MayMercury
"Scandal" 1989Queen
(May)
Mercury
"Seaside Rendezvous"1975MercuryMercury
"See What a Fool I've Been"B-side of "Seven Seas of Rhye"1974MayMercury[27]
"Seven Seas of Rhye" Queen / Queen II1973
1974
MercuryMercury
"She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)"Sheer Heart Attack1974MayMay
"Sheer Heart Attack"News of the World1977TaylorMercury (verses)
Taylor (chorus)
"" Innuendo1991Queen
(May)
Mercury
"Sleeping on the Sidewalk"News of the World1977MayMay
"Some Day, One Day"Queen II1974MayMay
"Somebody to Love" 1976MercuryMercury
"Son And Daughter”Queen1973MayMercury
"Soul Brother"B-side of "Under Pressure"1981QueenMercury[28]
"Spread Your Wings" News of the World1977DeaconMercury
"Staying Power" Hot Space1982MercuryMercury
"Stealin'"B-side of "Breakthru"1989QueenMercury[29]
"Stone Cold Crazy"Sheer Heart Attack1974QueenMercury
"Sweet Lady"1975MayMercury
"Tavaszi szél vizet áraszt"Hungarian Rhapsody2012TraditionalMercury
"Tear It Up"1984MayMercury
"Tenement Funster"Sheer Heart Attack1974TaylorTaylor
"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" 1976MayMercury
"Thank God It's Christmas" 1985Taylor/MayMercury[30]
"There Must Be More to Life Than This"
(Queen & Michael Jackson)
Queen Forever2014MercuryMercury
"These Are the Days of Our Lives" Innuendo1991Queen
(Taylor)
Mercury
"Tie Your Mother Down" 1976MayMercury
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" Made in Heaven1995May
Frank Musker
Elizabeth Lamers
Mercury
"Track 13"Made in Heaven (CD edition)1995Queen
(David Richards, Taylor, May)
Mercury
"Under Pressure"
(Queen & David Bowie)
1981Queen/David BowieMercury & David Bowie[31]
"Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)"Flash Gordon1980MercuryInstrumental
"Was It All Worth It"1989Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"Water (Demo)"2022MayMay
"We Are the Champions" News of the World1977MercuryMercury
"We Will Rock You" News of the World1977MayMercury
""Flash Gordon1980Arr. MayInstrumental
"When Love Breaks Up (Demo)"2022MercuryMercury
"White Man"1976MayMercury
"White Queen (As It Began)"Queen II1974MayMercury
"Who Needs You"News of the World1977DeaconMercury
"Who Wants to Live Forever" 1986MayMay & Mercury
""Made in Heaven1995Queen
(Mercury)
Mercury
"Yeah"Made in Heaven1995QueenMercury (spoken)
"You And I"1976DeaconMercury
(with Taylor)
"You Don't Fool Me" Made in Heaven1995Queen
(Mercury/Taylor)
Mercury
"You Know You Belong to Me"2022MayMay
"You Take My Breath Away"1976MercuryMercury
"You're My Best Friend" 1975DeaconMercury

Unreleased songs

Title! scope="col"
Year recordedWriter(s)Lead vocal(s)Intended releaseNotes
"46664 – The Call"2003May
"Affairs"1989MercuryInnuendoOriginates from between The Miracle and Innuendo sessions
"Assassin"1990InnuendoRecorded in the Innuendo sessions
"Back To Storm/Little Boogie"1984, 1985 or 1986MercuryThe Works or A Kind of MagicPossibly recorded just after The Works sessions, or during the A Kind of Magic sessions
"Battle Scene"1986InstrumentalA Kind of MagicMade for Highlander
"Batteries Not Included"1977Deacon or MayNews of the WorldPossibly exists
"Brother Of Mine"1988 or 1989The MiraclePossibly exists
"Feel Like"1981QueenMercuryHot SpaceLater became "Under Pressure"
"Friends In Pain"DeaconA Kind of Magic
"Grand Dame"1989QueenInstrumentalInnuendoRecorded in Innuendo sessions although some believe it was recorded for The Miracle
"Hangman"Mercury/MayMercuryQueenThis song was played live in 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976 and was recorded in studio, but was never released.
"Let's Make Love"1986MercuryMercuryA Kind of MagicOnly a 50 second clip exists. Recorded at the A Kind of Magic sessions, but never released.
"My Secret Fantasy"1990Queen (Deacon)MercuryInnuendoRecorded in the Innuendo sessions
"Polar Bear"1971–1973Mercury Queen
"Robbery"1990Queen (Taylor)MercuryInnuendoRecorded in the Innuendo sessions
"Sandbox"1979InstrumentalThe GameRecorded during The Game sessions
"Self Made Man"1990MayMay and MercuryInnuendoRecorded in the Innuendo sessions
"Silver Salmon"1972, 1973, 1974 or 1977Tim StaffellMercuryQueenWritten between 1968 and 1970 during the days of Smile, possibly recorded for Queen, Queen II or News of the World
"Victory"Mercury and Michael JacksonHot Space
"Woe"A Night at the Opera or A Day at the RacesPossibly exists
"You Are The Only One"1985 or 1986Mercury

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Notes and References

  1. A Night at the Opera. Queen. 1975. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMTC 103.
  2. Hot Space. Queen. 1982. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMA 797.
  3. News of the World. Queen. 1977. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMA 784.
  4. Innuendo. Queen. 1991. Parlophone. United Kingdom. CD liner notes. CDP 79 5887 2.
  5. The Game. Queen. 1980. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMA 795.
  6. Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music). Queen. 1980. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMC 3351.
  7. Jazz. Queen. 1978. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMA 788.
  8. One Vision. Queen. 1985. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. QUEEN 6.
  9. The Miracle. Queen. 1989. Parlophone. United Kingdom. CD liner notes. CDP 79 2357 2.
  10. Sheer Heart Attack. Queen. 1974. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMC 3061.
  11. Queen. Queen. 1973. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMC 3006.
  12. A Kind of Magic. Queen. 1986. EMI. United Kingdom. CD liner notes. CDP 7 46267 2.
  13. A Day at the Races. Queen. 1976. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMTC 104.
  14. Queen II. Queen. 1974. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMA 767.
  15. News of the World. Queen. 2011. Hollywood Records. United States. CD Bonus EP liner notes. D001410102.
  16. The Works. Queen. 1984. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMC 24 0014 1.
  17. I Want It All. Queen. 1989. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. QUEEN 11.
  18. Made in Heaven. Queen. 1995. Parlophone. United Kingdom. CD liner notes. 7243 8 36088 2 9.
  19. The Invisible Man. Queen. 1989. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. Queen 12.
  20. Play the Game. Queen. 1980. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMI 5076.
  21. Radio Ga Ga. Queen. 1984. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. QUEEN 1.
  22. Live at Wembley '86. Queen. 1992. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. 0777 7 99594 2 6.
  23. Queen Forever. Queen. 2014. Virgin EMI Records. Europe. liner notes. 0602547040855.
  24. I'm Going Slightly Mad. Queen. 1991. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. 12 QUEENG 17.
  25. Headlong. Queen. 1991. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. 12 QUEEN 18.
  26. Queen Rocks. Queen. 1997. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. 7243 8 23091 1 6.
  27. Seven Seas of Rhye. Queen. 1974. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMI 2121.
  28. Under Pressure. Queen. 1981. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMI 5250.
  29. Breakthru. Queen. 1989. Parlophone. United Kingdom. liner notes. QUEEN 11.
  30. Thank God It's Christmas. Queen. 1984. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. QUEEN 5.
  31. Under Pressure. Queen & David Bowie. 1981. EMI. United Kingdom. liner notes. EMI 5250.