Best Songs by Queen
Queen are a seminal English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor. Britain’s most successful band of the past three decades, the band rose to prominence during the mid-to-late 1970s and still retain a large international fan base. This is a list of Queen’s all time greatest songs. Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.The Top Ten
+56There is no competition.
"So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye?! "
+52This song expresses a difference of music style and it's great...
+9I think that ALL Queen's songs are bloody amazing but this has to be their best, THE best song of all time! If anyone wants to argue another artist is better then Queen, they're wrong!
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I absolutely love this song - Freddie is in his finest form on this track and you can tell he absolutely loves singing it - he freaking ROCKS it! Lyrically excellent, ahead of it's time (like most Queen songs), timeless and as fresh today as the day the track was laid down - Freddie was a true genius, best voice in the business and this shows it in all it's glory - miss you every day Freddie, so glad you can visit me every time I hear your voice... RIP to the best EVER
This song is amazing. The tune is great, the lyrics are amazing and Freddy's voice is top notch in this epic song. Definetely one of the best ever.
This is my #2 favorite by Queen forever. I can't get sick of it! Amazing vocals, makes you want to dance, awesome instrument stuff, it's mind blowing!
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In my opinion Freddie Mercury's greatest vocals is portrayed in this song. So I vote this up :)
The best song ever is so powerfull you feel and understand the suffering he have but then he try to calm you but is hard to lose someone so talented. we miss you freddy...
Absolutely awesome song! The combination of Freddie's vocals, Brian's Guitar and Roger's drums is just epic!
Nobody, and I mean nobody can sing this except Freddie
I think it has a cool beat and good lyrics.
The classic stadium chant. Between the lyrics and the drums- you'll be sure to be pumped up.
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I love Queen! This is my favorite by them, they are so epic!
jescafish
Song Is brilliant in my case, shame glee had to go and ruin it.
PotBellyPup
Freddie's greatest vocal performance! (And that's saying a lot! )
More comments about Somebody to LoveListen to sampleAmazing power ballad - the way Freddie sings it is with all his feeling. It is an very underrated song and I just adore it
idolangelx13
A Very underrated song, people see it as too much of a novelty song.
This one isn't made for less than top 3! It should be competing for first place with Bohemian Rhapsody! What a Genius Freddie was! We are the champions, my friends, and we'll keep on fighting till the end! We are the champions! We are the champions! No time for losers because we are the champions! At the world
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I love this song it's so catchy and the lyrics are epic. They have so much meaning and I listen to this song all the time. I just hate that vanilla ice messed it up with his very similar song ice ice baby. Now when most people hear the opening they think that I'm playing ice ice baby
It's the best song that I've ever heard in my life. The music world miss you too Freddy!
I get in love with it when I first time heard it, I love the lyric which is so encouraging. the rhythm is so great that I can say I will never get bore with it even listen to it every single minute.
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Amazing song. It's so great, but so underrated. The video was just as a joke, but I adore it anyway!
It is obvious why this song is the best Queen song - because it was written non other than John Deacon. He may have not written that many songs, but most of them were huge!
Really great and underrated song better than most of Queen's works, deserves to be much much higher!
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Coolest beat ever. Such a great song.
"And another one gone, and another one gone, and another one bites the dust!.. "
This song is totally sweet. I mean have you heard the beat 'cause it is rocking'. GO QUEEN!
This record proves that Freddie could sing in any style he chose. The man was a genius.
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Killer queen is a very good song I really like the high notes along with it it flows well that way. Although I do like we are the champions killer queen is my favorite!
It's just great: It has a really good beat and I love to hear it over and over again! Bohemian Rapsody is great too, although I'll be on "Killer Queen"'s side now.
The turning point of Queen was this great song... Just listen to it
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If you like Queen, that's because you're have an excellent taste in music!
If you don't Like it, you can start with this song!
rock2metal
This is an amazin' song. Can't everyone see that! This song should be higher up...
This song is masterpiece - very well written, produced and performed. "I Want It All" is my personal favorite song by Queen but I do love everything from this legendary band
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More comments about I Want It AllListen to sampleThis is a masterpiece of human culture and music genius.
Shame not to be among the top three Queen songs.
Innuendo beats Behemian Rhapsody, no doubt! Awesome (spanish) guitarsolo
love the lyrics "You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be"
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More comments about InnuendoListen to sampleBeautiful piano, beautiful guitar... It is really deep and inspiring. It is the most beautiful Queen ballad.
Every Queen song is equal in Greatness, but I am listening to it the first time now and I love it.
This is the first time I heard this song, and I loved it immediately. Its just wonderful. And his voice - its so magical. I heard the live version - and the way he interacts with the audience - is so masterful. He had them in the palm of his hand.
More comments about Love of My LifeListen to sampleVery underrated song from a very underrated album. It's a shame that Bohemian Rhapsody is so well known and this is so under appreciated. :/
This, as part of the quad of songs on Queen II, Fairy Feller's Masterstroke/Nevermore/March Of The Black Queen/Funny How Love Is simply is the best work Queen ever did for me... they show them at their very peak as a hard rock band, and showed glimpses of future songs like Bo Rap in it's layered operatic vocals and instruments... sublime...
Probably one of the best song ever written by Queen... A Masterpiece of inspiration, with smart arrangements and wonderful vocals and backings. Bohemian kinda put some shadow of this song which is nevertheless as good as Rhapsody, and much darker too. Queen rules!
More comments about The March of the Black QueenListen to sampleUmmm... duh? This song is so dramatic and lyrically awesome! Not to mention the delivery is totally rockin'! Listen to it and you will understand the wonders that this song portrays.
With the exception of the greatest rock and roll song of all time (it does not need to be named) this is Queen's best song!
I don't like to use the word epic too many times in one month, but I think it needs to happen for this.
There's a key change in there that makes me glad to be alive!
A great song to clap with. Fantstic music and lyrics. Really good live. Epic.
Musical genius! Wonderful composition and lyrics, a true work of art.
More comments about Radio Ga GaListen to sampleToo many good songs to pick. So I just picked the first that came to mind.
"Ready freddie? "
catchy, old school rock, and a great person in the vocals... a recipe for success!
It is crazy, it's awesome, and yes, it's called love. And yes, I am ready Freddie. Long live Freddie! Only he can write a perfect song in the bathroom. And that is NOT meant as disrespect.
Listen to sampleFAT BOTTOMED GIRLS YOU MAKE THE ROCKIN' WORLD GO ROUND
No matter how old you are men will never get tired of Fat bottom girls!
Please! Get on your bikes and ride!
Definitely, my favorite Queen song!
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More comments about Fat Bottomed GirlsListen to sampleIt is one of the most underrated song. This song is pretty awesome... Should be in at least top ten
This is what started some big 80s bands out there. Very underrated. I voted for it because I wanted to put that out there. I was gonna vote for something else, but I figured this should be higher on the list. Anyway, I only know 1 other kid who knows and loves this song. Thanks Ray.
Long live Queen. Long live Freddie Mercury. Freddie Mercury, we all miss you greatly and wish you were with us today. RIP.
I love this song, way better than the rest of Queen's songs.
Listen to sampleA song straight from Freddie's heart. This is the song that made me fall in love with Queen. It's amazing how Freddie touches hearts. He sings his soul out in this one.
What an incredably great voice did he have! The way he sings this chorus makes me chiver!
I simply love this song! Awesome chorus and singing, and also awesome lyrics and message in it! I actually understood this song and I felt pretty sad and lyk "yea" fred's right from this one. this should be in one of the top ten guys...
Listen to sample“I love this song! we sung it for choral night and we won out of Killer Queen, Dont stop me Now and Bohemian Rhapsody! :)
“I agree this should be in the top 3. It's a classic.
“This song is way better than 13th! Should be in their top 3.
More comments about You're My Best FriendListen to sampleGreatest song never released to radio in the history of music as good as some other songs are by them without a doubt best Queen song in their histor
Most unique, absolutely classic. Vocals achieves peak notes.
THIS is the first power metal song ever and everything is superb especially Brian May's guitar work and the canon section in the middle with overdubbed vocals by Freddie.
Listen to samplejust so underrated! beautiful song
sixsixone
This is the cutest song ever i love it along with every other one of there songs lol queen is by far one of the best bands there was and probably ever will be! Freddie Mercury was a genius when it came to singing and writing the songs!Everyone knows the words to at least one of Queen's songs , im only 16 and i no the words to about 50 of them lol like i said there awsome and thers never gonna be another band like them!!!
The song with the most heart and soul. Even though the song was not for saying goodbye to the fans, it was a heartfelt goodbye and extremely sad knowing that freddie died shortly afterward
Listen to sampleI love every song by Queen, especially Somebody to Love, but at this point this gets my vote. They mix the classic music, and the rock kinda style. The singing is so perfect, I just love it. And this is exactly how a lot of us "boys" feel.
"HEY BOY" gives me chills, I wish I could travel back in time and give Freddie the cure for aids, or bring him back to life today.
I love it because the lyrics are awesome. Sing this, I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things
We can do the tango just for two
I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings
Be your valentino just for you
Ooh love - ooh loverboy
What're you doing' tonight, hey boy
Set my alarm, turn on my charm
That's because I'm a good old-fashioned lover boy
Ooh let me feel your heartbeat (Grow faster, faster)
Ooh ooh can you feel my love heat
Come on and sit on my hot-seat of love
And tell me how do you feel right after-all
I'd like for you and I to go romancing
Say the word - your wish is my command
Ooh love - ooh loverboy
What're you doing' tonight, hey boy
Write my letter
Feel much better
And use my fancy patter on the telephone
When I'm not with you
I think of you always
(I miss those long hot summer nights)
I miss you
When I'm not with you
Think of me always
Love you - love you
Hey boy where do you get it from
Hey boy where did you go?
I learned my passion in the good old
Fashioned school of loverboys
Dining at the Ritz we'll meet at nine precisely
One two three four five six seven eight nine o' clock
I will pay the bill, you taste the wine
Driving back in style, in my saloon will do quite nicely
Just take me back to yours that will be fine (Come on and get it)
Ooh love, (There he goes again just like a good old-fashioned lover boy)
Ooh loverboy
What're you doing' tonight, hey boy
Everything's all right
Just hold on tight
That's because I'm a good old-fashioned fashioned lover boy
This song rings the bell to my childhood memory when I used to hear this song in a car listening from my dad's queen collection.. Such a sweet song
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Its just BRILLIANT!
Only freddie can do the live concerts and make them sound so good
I love this song
in we will rock you the musical, killer queen and karshaggi are amazing! 2nd is killer quee
Just a plain great rock song. The guitar, the drums, the bass... and the vocals not to forget! it's just really awesome.
Great rocking' tune, I play it all the time at the pool table. Good message too, brings you into the moment. LIVE for today!
Listen to sampleI love this song! I should be higher for sure, canÂ't believe it's not even top 20!
I remember listening to it, nonstop when I was a little girl, brings great memories back.
A great song. A recent discovery for me, but I consider it a classic in my playlist. The guitar solo at the end always moves me. LISTEN TO IT NOW!
Another classic. Great guitar. A really nice ballad with great lyrics.
Listen to sampleThe thing I like about Queen is each of their songs tells a story thats greater than most blockbuster movies, without telling you EXACTLY whats gonna happen... youre allowed to like write your own story while listening and 39' is the perfect example of this and one of the most underrated song not just by Queen but by any band...
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Phenomenal song! It has a great story behind it, and it's beautifully written. I have no idea how it's so unpopular.
Don't Stop Me Now and We Will Rock You are so overrated.
Simply the most beautiful and uplifting Brian May vocals/composition ever. Give it a listen, it's on A Night At The Opera. Should've been a single...
Listen to sample+1This is the best Queen song. Highlander Theme song!
"I am Immortal! "
Freak_Show1
Listen to sampleThis song is very underrated, but it's a truely amazing song. I encourage anyone to listen to it. It's a great early Queen song, it has great lyrics, good music, and it's an all around great song. Early Queen songs are very underrated, but they're great, if you want to hear the best of early Queen, start here.
Listen to sampleIl love this song! The guitar solo is so amazing!
The music, the voice! I love this song
Breakthru is definitely one of their best songs! I really love it.. this song gives you a boost! :-)
Shocked this song scores so lowly! Definitely one of their best songs, brilliant beat ^^ vocals by Freddie!
Listen to sampleAmazing song launching Queen as a quality band. Glam enough to fit the era; distinct by all means. Truly amazing.
Freddie's piano riff automatically deserves a top ten spot!
Absolutely amazing song... One of their best hits, in my opionion.
This song is one of the few songs by queen that utilizes the instrumental side of music. Nearly all other queen songs are strictly vocal. The beat and composition of this song is revolutionary and seems to me like a Cheap Trick inspiration.
The whole song is amazing. It really showcases Brian's ability on the guitar
One of the best examples of how Queen was ahead of their time... unique, dynamic and catchy.
Listen to sampleEven though in album version I think that there are other better songs from Queen, this one on live stage is just SICK! Seriously: Montreal 81, Sao Paulo 81, go take a look. Super vocals.
Listen to sampleBeautiful and optimistic song
Why this song isn't in top 20?
Because they only like queen before freddie died.
Can't you see that? The guitar solo?
a true classic rock ballad, beautifully music style changings during this song.
This song is mind blowingly good! How can you not love it. It has everything you want and need in a perfect song. Amazing
Listen to sampleIn mu humble opinion: Top Underrated Queen song by far. Should be in top 20 of 'Most underrated songs of all times' Not surprising though; Queen has sufficient great creations, so another exceptional one could be left outside the mass hysteria
Freddie's voice sounds great in this one. Great ballad with a really powerful chorus. It also has a great meaning and they do an amazing job with it live.
Love when every one sings to it but Freddie still sounds perfect when he hits the high notes
Listen to sample“great song, you cannot beat this one if you were looking for a good rock song with a danceable beet
mscott1
Listen to sampleWhat a awesome song. Shame nobody knows about it.
Definitely in the top 10. Absolutely fantastic. How do you fit all their songs in the top 10. There are too many great ones to choose from. The Greatest band in the world. Too bad I'll never see them live.
Love most of their songs, however, I believe this is queens true master piece. Just give it a listen if you havn't heard it before.
Listen to sampleBrilliant vocals from Mercury, Taylor and May. I think it should be in the top 10 as it is just such an amazing song, and it is one
Listen to sampleDefiently Queen's funkiest song, just listen to the bass solo, drum solo and guitar solo, this song is amazing!
Hey it should not be ranked #47, it is the coolest song of Queen with mind blowing funk. It should be among the top five. It is even better than "Another one bites the Dust". In fact it should be ranked after Bohemian Rhapsody.
Whoa, only 61?! Liar is at least top 10, no joke! It was the crown jewel of Queen I and their best live song for their first few years of touring. Queen's first two albums clearly are seriously overlooked if Liar can't be considered one of their best.
Song from Queen I. didn't have much commersial success but one of theire best effors behind Bohemian Rhapsody and Somebody to Love
Listen to sample+1Dude if you listen to it you realise how awesome it is
bacara50
One of their very best songs from the 80s
idolangelx13
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A Roger Taylor song (not Freddie) but still amazing. Really nice piano and drums- and of course a great chorus.
This really is such a fantastic Queen song, but I find that it's so under-rated, a wonderful song that reminds me so much of those summer days spent by the sea and for me it's a perfect reflection of my childhood.
Listen to sample“The Who meets Led Zeppelin and Queen become Progressive Rock in this Heavy Classic Rock epic
Listen to sampleOne of the first rock songs to use the finger tap guitar technique. Yes, even before Van Halen.
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