We Will Rock You

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 (2,460 views/month, #159 of 19,375).^[2]

Key Facts

• We Will Rock You received the SNEP gold single^[3].
• We Will Rock You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[4].
• We Will Rock You's composer is recorded as Brian May^[5].
• We Will Rock You's genre is arena rock^[6].
• We Will Rock You's genre is rock music^[7].
• We Will Rock You was performed by Queen^[8].
• We Will Rock You was performed by Queen^[9].
• Among the performers on We Will Rock You was Viper^[10].
• We Will Rock You was performed by Linda Ronstadt^[11].
• Among the performers on We Will Rock You was Stan Walker^[12].
• We Will Rock You is part of News of the World^[13].
• We Will Rock You's Commons category is recorded as We Will Rock You (song)^[14].
• We Will Rock You's language of work or name is recorded as English^[15].
• We Will Rock You was published on 1977^[16].
• We Will Rock You's lyricist is recorded as Brian May^[17].
• We Will Rock You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'We Will Rock You'}^[18].
• We Will Rock You's different from is recorded as We Will Rock You^[19].
• We Will Rock You's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise'}^[20].
• We Will Rock You's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'We will, we will rock you'}^[21].
• We Will Rock You's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted^[22].
• We Will Rock You's form of creative work is recorded as song^[23].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[24]

• Genre(s): rock^[25]

• Community tags: rock^[26]

• MusicBrainz ID: 3623f3af-2b21-37ff-8b5a-825b815c6f4f^[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Queen^[8], Viper^[10], Linda Ronstadt^[11], and Stan Walker^[12].

Publication

We Will Rock You was published on 1977^[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[15]. Genres include arena rock^[6] and rock music^[7]. It is part of News of the World^[13].

Reception

We Will Rock You received the SNEP gold single^[3].

Why It Matters

We Will Rock You ranks in the top 0.82% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,460 views/month, #159 of 19,375).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

FAQs

What awards did We Will Rock You receive?

Honors received include SNEP gold single^[3].