We Will Rock You by Queen

Genre: Arena Rock
Year: 1977

"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen. One version was used as the opening track on their 1977 album News of the World. This version consists of a stamping-clapping beat, and a power chorus, being somewhat of an anthem. The stamping effects were created by the band overdubbed the sounds of themselves stomping and clapping many times and adding delay effects to create a sound like many people were participating. When performed live, this version is usually followed by "We Are the Champions", another of the albums hits, as they were both made to lead into each other. On the 45 of the songs original vinyl record release, the song was actually the flip side of "We Are the Champions" in England, however the American record company requested to Read full article at wikipedia.org

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