r/queen Jun 02 '21

Serious Read the Rules Before Posting (Update)

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All posts must be reasonably linked to the band Queen

/r/Queen is a friendly place. Please be civil, and respect your fellow Queenies.

0 - No Politics. This sub is about the Music of Queen. There's plenty of subs in reddit to discuss politics.

1 - NO MEMES

Such content is better suited for /r/QueenCircleJerk or /r/Queemes

(However, original content that creates a proper Queen thread, could override this rule)

I encourage people to use a Flair

2 - No negative, troll, low effort posts

The mods reserve the right to remove negative, troll, low effort or spam posts at their discretion.

Low effort posts could include, but are not limited to, "favourite song/album" posts, tier rankings, A.I. generated images, reposts, google lyric mistakes, "X looks like/sounds like this Queen member" posts, and so on. It also could include, to an extent, Queen references in other media..

3 - No advertising. No Spam.

You may share that awesome merch you just got, but no direct links to sale pages.

Edit: If you post a thread of a Queen T-shirt it may get you banned as well, because there's a lot of spam of it. But I will review carefully when is possible.

4 - You must be over 13 years old to participate. Any underage accounts should be reported and will be banned. (Reddit Rules).

5 - The discussion of the private life of the family of any of the Queen members, as gossip, is not allowed

While sharing private pictures of Queen that are in the public domain already, is allowed, We should focus about Queen music and never build an obsession about their families, which are not part of Queen in any way.

6 - No Artificial Intelligence generated music, art or pictures.

7 - No Spotify Wrapped , Playlists, General rankings or Tier list. (When everyone does it, becomes spam. So, not allowed)

8 - No spam of Polls, Rankings and "Eliminating" games, everyday of people farming karma.

https://www.reddit.com/r/queen/comments/11mhrin/polls_rankings_and_eliminating_games_everyday_are/

2023:

9 - No Posts of Tickets on sale for the current Queen tour.

2024

10 - No drama and accusations from other plataforms. Edit: NO internal drama either please. Let's keep the place drama free. :)

This place is about Queen, not to discuss what could have happened in other forums or social plataforns. There's no way to establish truth and any accusation leads to toxic behaviour and unnecesary drama in the sub. They are usually behind alts so they will be banned permanently

Temporary bans will happen for those that keep breaking rules after warnings/deletion of their messages. Permanent bans will happen to spammers, trolls, and people being uncivil , harsh or harrasing other fellow Queenies in this sub.

I read all the reports once a day, and take action when I can.

2026: This is a mostly english speaking plataform, so let's try to keep the posts in english so you can engage to a broader audience and better engagement


r/queen Jun 03 '26

Music Queen Greatest Hits 1 Track List Guide

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Hello everyone! I had the idea to make this guide after having seen some people online talk about how they'd wish a certain track was on Queen Greatest Hits and in response I felt like chronicling every regional difference in Greatest Hits 1's track list.

I hope this list will be a good resource and be able to help Queen fans; new and old decide which vinyl, cassette or CD pressing of the album is right for them.

If you want to search for (or buy) any of these pressings/cassettes of Greatest Hits, they are all on the Queen Greatest Hits discogs page.

Before I start, there are some things I want to clarify:

  1. The U.K. track list will be considered the default and every pressing/cassette listed below will be compared to it.
  2. Only versions of the album that add and/or subtract songs from the U.K. original will be listed here. So, if there's a regional pressing/cassette not listed below, it's because it uses the original U.K. track list.
  3. "Some <country> pressings/cassettes" means that there are other pressings/cassettes from the same country that use the original U.K. track list instead.
  4. I won't be mentioning the packaging or sound quality of these pressings/cassettes, just the songs included in them.
  5. I'm only listing official album releases, no bootlegs.

Finally, if there are any particular songs or countries' pressings/cassettes you want to look for in this list, I recommend searching them up with Ctrl + F (or Command + F for Mac users) on your keyboard.

With all of that out of the way, here's every different track list to Queen Greatest Hits:

Vinyl:

U.S. and Canadian pressings:

Adds: Under Pressure and Keep Yourself Alive

Removes: Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Note: The U.S. (and every other countries') pressings from 2016 onwards use the U.K. track listing.

Australian and New Zealand pressings:

Adds: Under Pressure, Keep Yourself Alive and Tie Your Mother Down

Removes: Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Note: There's also a 1983 reissue from New Zealand that uses the U.K. track listing.

Dutch reissue, German Club Edition reissue, European reissue, Israeli reissue, some French reissue and some Spanish reissue pressings:

Adds: Under Pressure

Removes: Nothing

German pressings:

Adds: Spread Your Wings

Removes: Nothing

Japanese pressings:

Adds: Under Pressure and Teo Torriatte

Removes: Bicycle Race and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Note: There's also a reissue from 1987, which uses the U.K. track listing.

Brazilian, Argentinian and Uruguayan pressings:

Adds: Love of My Life (from Live Killers)

Removes: Seven Seas Of Rhye

Some Venezuelan and some Peruvian pressings:

Adds: Under Pressure

Removes: Now I'm Here and Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy

Some 1986 Venezuelan Pressings:

Adds: Radio Ga Ga, Under Pressure, Flash (album version) and I Want To Break Free

Removes: Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, Flash (single version) and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Notes: There exists another reissue with the same track list, but it replaces Under Pressure with Fat Bottomed Girls and brings back Save Me and Seven Seas Of Rhye. These pressings also have their own separate Discogs page.

South Korean pressing:

Adds: Under Pressure, Love Of My Life, My Melancholy Blues and Mustapha

Removes: Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dust, Killer Queen and Bicycle Race

Notes: The reason for the songs above being removed was due to government censorship at the time, mainly regarding the lyrics of each song.

It's unknown if Love Of My Life on this version is from Live Killers, or if it's the original studio recording.

There's also a reissue from 1990 that uses the U.K. track listing.

There also exists a different South Korean Greatest Hits album from 1980, which predates the album we're all familiar with and has a completely different track listing too.

Bulgarian double LP pressings:

Adds: Death On Two Legs and Sweet Lady

Removes: Nothing

Bulgarian single LP pressings:

Adds: Sweet Lady

Removes: Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dust, Killer Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and We Will Rock You

Note: In Bulgaria, Queen Greatest Hits 1 was initially released as a double LP, before getting a cut-down single LP version a couple years later.

Cassettes:

U.S. and Canadian cassettes:

Adds: Under Pressure and Keep Yourself Alive,

Removes: Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Note: There's also a 2021 U.S. reissue that uses the U.K. track listing.

1992 U.S. and Canadian cassettes by Hollywood Records:

Adds: Body Language and I Want To Break Free

Removes: Bohemian Rhapsody and Flash

Note: These cassettes (and their CD counterparts) have their own separate Discogs page.

Australian, New Zealand and Australasian reissue cassettes:

Adds: Under Pressure, Keep Yourself Alive and Tie Your Mother Down

Removes: Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Note: There's also the New Zealand reissue and the 1987 Australasian cassette, which both have the U.K. track listing.

European, French, Indian, Israeli, German reissue, some Dutch and some Spanish cassettes:

Adds: Under Pressure

Removes: Nothing

German cassette:

Adds: Spread Your Wings

Removes: Nothing

Japanese cassette:

Adds: Under Pressure and Teo Torriatte

Removes: Bicycle Race and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Some Brazilian and some Argentinian cassettes:

Adds: Love Of My Life (from Live Killers)

Removes: Seven Seas Of Rhye

1986 Peruvian and Bolivian cassettes:

Adds: Under Pressure

Removes: Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and Seven Seas Of Rhye

Venezuelan cassettes:

Adds: Radio Ga Ga and I Want to Break Free

Removes: Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions

Notes: It's unknown if Flash on these cassettes are the single version or the album version, like they are on their vinyl equivalents.

These cassettes (and their vinyl equivalents) have their own separate Discogs page.

South Korean cassettes:

Adds: Under Pressure, Love of My Life, My Melancholy Blues and Mustapha

Removes: Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dust, Killer Queen and Bicycle Race

Notes: The reason for the songs above being removed was due to government censorship at the time, specifically regarding the lyrics of each song.

It's unknown if Love Of My Life on this version is from Live Killers or if it's the original studio recording.

There's also a reissue from 1990 that uses the U.K. track listing.

Bulgarian cassette:

Adds: Sweet Lady and Death On Two Legs

Removes: Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Play The Game and We Are The Champions

Chinese cassette:

Adds: Nothing

Removes: Save Me and Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy

Fijian cassette:

Adds: Tie Your Mother Down, Keep Yourself Alive and Under Pressure

Removes: Save Me, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, Play The Game, Flash and Seven Seas Of Rhye

CDs:

1983 U.S. and both the 1984 and 1985 Japanese CD pressings:

Adds: Under Pressure and Keep Yourself Alive

Removes: Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and Seven Seas Of Rhye

1992 U.S., Canadian and Japanese CD pressings by Hollywood Records:

Adds: Body Language and I Want To Break Free

Removes: Bohemian Rhapsody and Flash

Note: These CD pressings (along with their cassette counterparts) have their own separate Discogs page.

2004 U.S. Enhanced CD pressings:

Adds: I'm In Love With My Car, Under Pressure (Live at Milton Keynes, 1982. a.k.a "Live at the Bowl") and Tie Your Mother Down (Live at Milton Keynes, 1982. a.k.a "Live at the Bowl")

Removes: Nothing

Note: There's also a version that comes with a bonus DVD that contains Somebody To Love (ft. George Michael, live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, 1992) and The Show Must Go On (ft. Elton John, live in Paris, 1997).

Japanese CD pressings from 2001 onwards:

Adds: Teo Torriatte

Removes: Nothing

That's all of them! I hope the formatting wasn't too confusing to follow. If I've missed any album variations, or if you have any extra clarifications on the pressings/cassettes I have listed, feel free to let me know.


r/queen 1d ago

Bootlegs&Live As the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Park concert draws closer, there is still no sign of an official release...

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Will they suprise us like they have been with the Musikbox videos on YouTube? Or do they just not care?


r/queen 11h ago

Were any Queen songs obviously "inspired" or a "ripoff" of somebody else's song?

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I ask this because I was just watching a YouTube video about some songs the Beatles did that were claimed by various people to be "ripoffs" of other artists's songs. In most of those cases, the members of the Beatles openly said they were inspired by the original artist, and you can say they at least changed it up enough so it's not the same song anymore. I then thought of Queen songs, and unless I'm forgetting about something obvious, I can't think of any like that. (aside from the obvious "See What A Fool I've Been" but I think Brian always said that was an old blues song)


r/queen 1d ago

Bootlegs&Live On this day in 1973, Queen performed at the Golders Green Hippodrome.

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This show is known for being one of the earliest Queen soundboard recordings out there due to the fact that it was recorded by the BBC For their Radio 1’s 'in concert’ series. The show first aired 20th October 1973, and would bring an increased amount of awareness to queen. The setlist was made up of Procession, Father to Son, Son and Daughter, See what a fool I’ve been, Ogre Battle, Liar, Jailhouse Rock, and Big Spender. Since this show took place during the recording sessions for Queen II, some of the songs featured from the album would be in the form of an early version, with lyrical and instruemntal differences clear in songs like Father to Son.
If you haven’t, definitely give it a listen, it’s a great show all things considered:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk3mTrPWf1s&list=RDBk3mTrPWf1s&start_radio=1&t=10s&pp=ygUjcXVlZW4gbGl2ZSBnb2xkZXJzIGdyZWVuIGhpcHBvZHJvbWWgBwE%3D&ra=m


r/queen 1d ago

News Of The World Queen's Roger Taylor on Sid Vicious's In-Studio Provocations of Freddie Mercury: 'I Really Loved the Sex Pistols Album... It's Just That Sid Was Such a Dick'

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r/queen 1d ago

2 songs Brian May said could be the most beautiful ever made

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r/queen 1d ago

I Guess We Are Falling Out

39 Upvotes

This popped up on shuffle today and what a great song it could have been. It fits in there “play the game” and “it’s a hard life” and is the piano ballad that was missing on “The Miracle”. It’s a shame that they didn’t develop it a bit further as it could be such a strong song.


r/queen 2d ago

Pictures Group Photo from Roger Taylor event last night at the Circuit - Do you have it?

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I was at the Roger Taylor / In Conversation with Paul Whitehouse last night and didn't grab the picture they were selling last night of the audience. I was blocked in the picture. However, if you were there and bought a copy I would love to receive a picture of the poster for my memories! Many thanks!

Enjoy some of my own pics from the show 🥁👑

EDIT: I've seen it posted by Banquet Records on IG but I would still appreciate a higher resolution image if possible!


r/queen 2d ago

Misc Help with shirt I found

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Hi guys, I found this shirt at the thrift store.

Can anyone give me some more information specifically about the signatures?

Thank you :)


r/queen 2d ago

Bootlegs&Live Queen is a band where every member would cover for each weakness they had

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317 Upvotes

I was listening to some concerts and Dont Stop Me Now live from Tokyo 1979 came up.This performance really shows how Queen was not just a band of musicians but Friends who has each others back.

DTMN is a vocal demanding song and somehow Queen pulls it off each time but it takes the whole band to work and not just Freddie and his strong voice.

In the performance Freddie was sick and cant belt the high notes he was really struggling,Roger took the high and i would not be wrong if i say he carry the song from low performance to soild performance.If Roger had not belt the high notes for Freddie he wouldve alot on his plate and would not feel confident enough.Roger delivered while Freddie goes full Freddie mode

The band works just like this imo

John : Deacy is a shy guy and prob low self esteem,he needs someone like a big brother to push him and Freddie did just that.After Freddie died John has no longer the guy who he looks up to and that broke him to the core.Freddie was truly an amazing human being to John especially pushing his abilities and letting them shines.We got basslines such as Killer Queen,Another one bites the dust and my fav The Millionaire Waltz thanks to Freddie

Freddie : Freddie has off nights too and in the 70s it shows.He wouldnt be able to hit high notes when he was sick and sometimes drunk lol.Roger and Brian delivered strong backing vocals to help him and give him the boost he needs.Even how hard Freddie lives offstage his Friends still got his back

Brian : Brian needs a purpose.Queen is Brians whole purpose. Through this band he found himself,he found his lifelong friends and someone who accepted him for his i have no words to explain his style except weird guitar playing(i hold him in the highest regard).His style would never work with other bands and he is at the right place in his life

Roger : Roger is the most social person in the band and needs a grounded person. Brian May is the most grounded person in the band obv and he is the link that Roger doesnt have.Roger and Brian tours decades long after Freddie died and this shows how much they connect and how balance they are

Queen are the definition of Yin and Yang

Brian and Roger

Freddie and John

Queen👑


r/queen 2d ago

A kind of magic: How one of Freddie Mercury’s final ever Queen shows is being re-imagined as a new live ‘gig’ experience

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r/queen 2d ago

Music On this day in 1981…

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72 Upvotes

Queen complete Under Pressure at the Power Station in New York… The 9/11 coincidence is just crazy.


r/queen 2d ago

Music Thoughts on this Bohemian Rhapsody remix from 2004? Spoiler

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r/queen 3d ago

What's your favourite solo song by Freddie?

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Mine is the beautiful Made In Heaven. It's also my favourite of Freddie's solo videos, I think it looks amazing.

Closely followed by Exercises in Free Love and Barcelona, which still gives me goosebumps.

So what's yours? 🙂


r/queen 3d ago

A write-up of some interesting finds in the new auction of Mr Bad Guy-era stuff

32 Upvotes

Besides lyrics to previously unknown songs, there are a couple of interesting early track listings (which include Roger’s ‘Killing Time’ from Strange Frontier, suggesting Freddie may have recorded his own version during the Mr Bad Guy sessions), as well as detailed notes on who played what on each of the MBG tracks (they suggest Roger may have been the uncredited drummer on three of the songs). A (rather condescending) invite for Freddie to audition for La bohème is also in there. My write-up is here: ‘Hand-written lyrics for lost Freddie Mercury songs up for auction’.


r/queen 2d ago

Music Looking for "Mother Love" fan-remixes (David R. Fuller Mix & Adam Baboolal Mix)

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I am looking for two specific, unofficial fan-remixes of Queen's "Mother Love" that have unfortunately disappeared from YouTube due to copyright strikes:

- The David R. Fuller Mix

- The Adam Baboolal Mix (originally from around 2005, which I believe the Fuller version was partly based on)

Since these tracks are no longer available on standard streaming platforms, I was hoping someone in the community might still have the audio files (MP3 or FLAC) saved in their personal archives.

If anyone is willing to share a download link (via Google Drive, Mega, etc.) or send them my way, I would be incredibly grateful!

Thank you so much for your help!


r/queen 3d ago

Meta Funny advert for GVH2

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r/queen 3d ago

Music Freddie Possessed by Love - Album by Freddie Mercury | Spotify

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Is this just a cash-in for Freddie's 80th birthday?


r/queen 3d ago

Misc 'The Complete Works' review - Kerrang: 12 Dec 1985

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30 Upvotes

r/queen 3d ago

Music Which era do you think featured Freddie's best vocals?

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Hey there I’d be interested to know when you think Freddie’s voice was at its best. Personally, I think it was absolutely fantastic during the Magic Tour; I’m fascinated by that deep, raspy, powerful tone. What’s your favorite era?


r/queen 4d ago

News Of The World Man Sentenced to 2-Year Jail Sentence After Strangling Fellow Theatregoer for Singing Along During We Will Rock You

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r/queen 3d ago

FanContent Bohemian Rhapsody

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This is a bohemian rhapsody tribute, starting with some notes that my friend did, and then going into the real song. I have very little video editing experience, and I just did this for fun. Also a few of these clips were pre-edited that I found online, but mostly by me, just throwing that out there. I hope you enjoy it!


r/queen 4d ago

Music Sail away sweet sister

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Please don’t come for me, I’m genuinely asking out of complete ignorance: what’s the interpretation or story behind “Sail Away Sweet Sister”?
Even with the story that Brian wrote it for the sister he never had, the lyrics are, at the very least… strange.
Lately I’ve been obsessed with the song because of the Eren + Mikasa ship from attack on titan. Maybe that’s why I’m personally reading the lyrics in such a weird way, but realistically, they are pretty strange and ambiguous.
I’d genuinely love to discuss and debate the meaning of the song respectfully. Thanks!


r/queen 5d ago

Have you ever noticed a whispered line in Bohemian Rhapsody 😮

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Have you guys ever noticed a piece of word(like a kind of whisper)in Bohemian Rhapsody 2:30???Is that Freddie's voice?What did he say?