The iconic rock group Queen produced hit after hit in the early seventies to the early nineties with their operatic, stadium-ready music. Behind Freddy Mercury’s unique vocals and Brian May’s impeccable work on lead guitar, the British rock band will long be remembered.

We Will Rock You, arguably the band’s biggest hit, is best known or its sublimely paced beat and build up. That’s not always how the song was played. Queen released a new version of We Will Rock You, to commemorate the release of Queen on Air: The Complete BBC Sessions, which collects six recording sessions from 1973-1977.

While it doesn’t compare to the 1977 release, the faster version evokes different feelings from the original. It’s more aggressive and barely allows room to breath between the verses and chorus. There’s no “stomp, stomp, clap,” instead the guitar does most of the heavy lifting – including a classic sounding guitar solo from May.

Queen has performed the fast version in the past, but the new release is the first time the studio version was made public.

We’re blessed, more than two decades after Freddy Mercury’s tragic death, to have new Queen music still being released with his supreme vocals. The fast version is almost entirely different than the original, giving Queen and music fans in general, a chance to relish a new release from the band one more time.

Queen on Air: The Complete BBC Sessions will be released Nov. 4. 

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