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We Will Rock You

musical
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q1051695
We Will Rock You

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
dramatico-musical work
Award received
Laurence Olivier Awards[2]
Genre
jukebox musical[6]
Language of work or name
English[9]
Official website
www.wewillrockyou.co.uk[19]
Screenwriter
Ben Elton[3]
Characters
Galileo Figaro, Scaramouche, Killer Queen, Brit, Meat, Commander Khashoggi, Pop, Other Bohemians[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Composer
Queen[4]
Date of first performance
April 26, 2002[20]
Different from
We Will Rock You[21]
Form of creative work
musical play[22]
Librettist
Ben Elton[5]
Lyricist
Queen[18]
Soundtrack release
We Will Rock You – Original London Cast Recording, We Will Rock You: Australasian Edition[7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en We Will Rock You de We Will Rock You- Musical ja ウィ・ウィル・ロック・ユー nl We Will Rock You (musical)
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Described at URL
www.carteleramusicales.es
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
we_will_rock_you
Freebase ID
/m/086fdp
Internet Broadway Database show ID
505301
LyricsTranslate ID
we-will-rock-you-musical-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz work ID
01058179-a28f-4e0d-96be-0678e3d5e053, 2e223348-d263-4253-8fbb-6b0f9d353526, 3bc30f3c-dd6d-4d20-b368-2253afc050fe
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
217685
MyCast talent ID
we-will-rock-you-musical
TV Tropes ID
Theatre/WeWillRockYou
Theatricalia play ID
9p4
WikiKids ID
We_Will_Rock_You_(musical)
Zhihu topic ID
19998329

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🔗 Connections
Mb:included works 23
Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You, Radio Ga Ga, Somebody to Love, Another One Bites the Dust, Killer Queen, Under Pressure +15 more
← Mb:composer 2
Queen, Queen
← Mb:librettist 2
Ben Elton, Ben Elton
← Mb:lyricist 2
Queen, Queen
Award received 1
Laurence Olivier Awards
Composer 1
Queen
Different from 1
We Will Rock You
Form of creative work 1
musical play
Language of work or name 1
English
Librettist 1
Ben Elton
Lyricist 1
Queen
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Summary

We Will Rock You is a dramatico-musical work[1].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Musical[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 01058179-a28f-4e0d-96be-0678e3d5e053[24]

FAQs

What awards did We Will Rock You receive?

Honors received include Laurence Olivier Awards[2].

Related Entities

Queen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Musical Dome Cologne 2005-04-11a.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: We Will Rock You (musical Tokyo).jpg, Removing [[:c:File:We_Will_Rock_You_(musical_Tokyo).jpg|We_Will_Rock_You_(musical_Tokyo).jpg]], it has been delet"
  2. 8w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Screenwriter → Ben Elton
    WikiKids ID → We_Will_Rock_You_(musical)
    Genre → jukebox musical
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ MediaWiki page ID: 172189, Add qualifier to WikiKids ID `We_Will_Rock_You_(musical)`"
  3. 8w ago · Mbch331 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    MyCast talent ID → we-will-rock-you-musical
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ MyCast talent ID: we-will-rock-you-musical, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/211864497|We Will Rock You (musical) (#211864497)]] for {{P|13661}}"
  4. 15w ago · Unaizp · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
    Form of creative work → musical play
    Composer → Queen
    Librettist → Ben Elton
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at URL: https://www.carteleramusicales.es/we-will-rock-you"
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