We Will Rock You#We Will Rock You - fast version

"We Will Rock You" was written in response to an event that occurred during the A Day at the Races Tour.[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/queens-news-of-the-world-10-things-you-didnt-know-195704/ "Queen's 'News of the World': 10 Things You Didn't Know"] Rolling Stone. Dan Epstein. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018. The band played at Stafford's Bingley Hall, and, according to Brian May:

{{blockquote|We did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in some way connected with that.Interview with Tom Browne for BBC Radio One, broadcast Christmas Eve and Boxing Day 1977}}

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One version was used as the opening track on 1977's News of the World. This consists of a stomp-stomp-clap-pause beat, and a power chorus, being somewhat of an anthem. The stamping effects were created by the band overdubbing the sounds of themselves stomping on the Wessex drum riser{{cite book |last1=Massey |first1=Howard |title=The Great British Recording Studios |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland, US |isbn=978-1-4584-2197-5 |pages=245–248}} and clapping many times and adding delay effects to make it sound like many people were participating. The durations of the delays were in the ratios of prime numbers, a technique now known as non-harmonic reverberation.{{cite web|first= Brian |last= May |title= Stamping on Piano's? |work= Bri's Soapbox |date= 22 September 2007 |access-date= 4 August 2010 |url= http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbsep07.html |archive-date= 22 July 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120722101146/http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbsep07.html |url-status= dead}} A tape loop is used to repeat the last phrase of the guitar solo three times as opposed to Brian May playing it three separate times on the recording.{{cite web|title= Queen's Brian May Rocks Out to Physics, Photography |work= Fresh Air |via= NPR |date= 3 August 2010 |access-date= 6 August 2010 |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=128935865}} The "stomp, stomp, clap" sounds were later used in the Queen + Paul Rodgers song "Still Burnin'".{{cite web|first= Gary |last= Taylor |title= Detalles del álbum |date= 5 August 2011 |website= Queen Online |url= http://www.queenonline.com/es/la-banda/discografia/cosmos-rocks/ |archive-date= 5 August 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110805162627/http://www.queenonline.com/es/la-banda/discografia/cosmos-rocks/}}

When performed live, the song is usually followed by "We Are the Champions", as they were designed to run together.{{cite web|first= Greg |last= Prato |title= We Are the Champions – Song Review |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 21 January 2011 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/we-are-the-champions-mt0006771275}} The songs are often paired on the radio and at sporting events, where they are frequently played. They were the last two songs Queen performed at Live Aid in 1985.{{cite news|first= Peter |last= Stanford |title= Queen: their finest moment at Live Aid |newspaper= The Daily Telegraph |date= 24 September 2011 |access-date= 15 May 2012 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8785536/Queen-their-finest-moment-at-Live-Aid.html |url-access= subscription |url-status= live |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8785536/Queen-their-finest-moment-at-Live-Aid.html |archive-date= 12 January 2022}} {{cbignore}}

Queen also performed an alternative version of "We Will Rock You" known as the "fast version", featuring a faster-feeling tempo and a full band arrangement. The band would frequently use this version to open their live sets in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as heard on the albums Live Killers (1979), Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (2004), Queen Rock Montreal (2007), and the expanded edition of News of the World (2011).

A studio version was made for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show at the Maida Vale Studios on 28 October 1977 and first broadcast soon after on 14 November. It includes a separate section that begins with an abridged session version of the original comprising the first verse, chorus and guitar outro - this part has become known as We Will Rock You (slow). Between the two parts there is a brief reading of Hermann Hesse's novel Siddhartha, used in a BBC Radio documentary. This audio was found on the BBC tapes being reused to record the session and was retained by the band.

This full BBC session version of We Will Rock You was broadcast on Alan Freeman's Final Saturday Rock Show on Radio 1 on 26 August 1978, has also been played on Radio 1's The Friday Rock Show and more recently on Johnie Walker's Sounds Of The Seventies and Vernon Kay's weekday morning show, both on BBC Radio 2.

The fast version is also used as the curtain call music for the musical of the same title, after the finale, which is a pairing of the original "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". In 2002, the fast version was officially released on a promo single distributed by the tabloid The Sun, and can also be found on The Best of King Biscuit Live Volume 4, and In The Mirror - The Lost BBC Sessions.

The music video for "We Will Rock You" was filmed in 1978 at the back garden of Roger Taylor's mansion.{{cite book|first= Ken |last= McLeod |year= 2016 |orig-year= 2011 |title= We Are the Champions: The Politics of Sports and Popular Music |publisher= Routledge (Taylor & Francis) |page= 124 |isbn= 978-1-4094-0864-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jgSOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124}} It sees the band lip synching the song, hand clapping with gloves and foot stomping on a frozen ground. In an interview with Billboard, Taylor spoke on filming the video:

{{Blockquote|We shot it on the grounds of a country house I'd just bought in Surrey and we hadn't completed the sale, so we weren't allowed in the house. We figured, 'we might as well shoot it here.' It was absolutely freezing cold and we did three takes.{{cite news|first= Mishal Ali |last= Zafar |title= Queen's 'We Will Rock You' Video was Filmed in the Most Unlikely Place |work= Showbiz Cheat Sheet |date= 6 June 2020 |access-date= 17 June 2021 |url= https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/queens-we-will-rock-you-video-was-filmed-in-the-most-unlikely-place.html/}}}}

Information is based on the album's liner notesQueen. News of the World (Album Notes). EMI. 1977.

• Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping
• Brian May – guitars, backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping
• Roger Taylor – backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping
• John Deacon – hand claps, foot stamping
• Elizabeth Edwards - backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping{{Cite web |title=News Of The World |url=https://www.queensongs.info/album-data/queen/news-of-the-world |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Queen Songs |language=en}}
• Andrew Turner - backing vocals, hand claps, foot stamping

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British boy band Five released a cover of "We Will Rock You" on 17 July 2000. It was the fourth single released from their second studio album, Invincible (1999). The song contains rap verses from Five's members Jason "J" Brown and Richard "Abs" Breen, and features two members of Queen: Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums (only on the single version); however, they do not sing any vocals on the track. Freddie Mercury had died in November 1991, nearly a decade before this version's release, and John Deacon had retired from public life three years before the release of the Five cover.

The song charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, making it Five's second number-one single, and their ninth consecutive top-ten hit.{{cite book|first= David |last= Roberts |year= 2006 |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |location= London |publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}

"Megamix" consists of four songs by Five: "Don't Wanna Let You Go", "If Ya Gettin' Down", "Keep On Movin{{'-}}", and "We Will Rock You".

UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title= We Will Rock You |others= Five, Queen |year= 2000 |type= UK CD1 liner notes |publisher= RCA Records, BMG |id= 74321 774 022}}

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Keep On Movin{{'-}}" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32
3. "We Will Rock You" (UK version) – 2:57
4. "We Will Rock You" (video—enhanced track)

UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title= We Will Rock You |others= Five, Queen |year= 2000 |type= UK CD2 liner notes |publisher= RCA Records, BMG |id= 74321 774 032}}

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "We Will Rock You" (UK version) – 2:57
3. "Megamix" – 4:19
4. "Megamix" video (enhanced track)

UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title= We Will Rock You |others= Five, Queen |year= 2000 |type= UK cassette single sleeve |publisher= RCA Records, BMG |id= 74321 774 024}}

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "We Will Rock You" (UK version) – 2:57
3. "Keep On Movin{{'-}}" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32
4. "Megamix" – 4:19

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= We Will Rock You |others= Five, Queen |year= 2000 |type= European CD single liner notes |publisher= RCA Records, BMG |id= 74321 776 552}}

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "We Will Rock You" (UK version) – 2:57
3. "Megamix" – 4:19

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= We Will Rock You |others= Five, Queen |year= 2000 |type= Australian CD single liner notes |publisher= RCA Records, BMG |id= 74321 78012 2}}

1. "We Will Rock You" (radio edit) – 3:08
2. "We Will Rock You" (UK version) – 2:57
3. "Megamix" – 4:19
4. "Keep On Movin{{'-}}" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32
5. "We Will Rock You" (video—enhanced track)

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A remix by KCPK, sung by a chorus of children under the name Forever Young, was released in a series of animated Evian adverts which aired in France, Germany and Belgium. The remix was later released as a single and entered the local charts.{{cite web|title= We Will Rock You 2003 editions |website= Queencollector.com |url= http://www.queencollector.com/Monthly/WWRY/wwry.htm |archive-date= 6 April 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040406035904/http://www.queencollector.com/Monthly/WWRY/wwry.htm}}

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American rapper Megan Thee Stallion covered "We Will Rock You" in a September 2024 Pepsi television advertisement.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/megan-thee-stallion-travis-kelce-gladiator-ii-pepsi-1236078675/|title=Pepsi Revives "We Will Rock You" Campaign For 'Gladiator II': New Spot With Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Kelce & More To Kick Off NFL Season|website=Deadline|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=September 5, 2024|access-date=September 5, 2024}} On September 5, 2024, the song, sampling the original chorus, was released as a single; Queen are credited as co-lead artists.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2024/09/megan-thee-stallion-queen-pepsi-ad/|title=Megan Thee Stallion Remixes Queen's "We Will Rock You" in Pepsi-Gladiator II Crossover Ad: Watch|website=Consequence|last=Siroky|first=Mary|date=September 5, 2024|access-date=September 5, 2024}}

• 1992: American glam metal band Warrant covered the song for the film Gladiator.{{cite web|first= Doug |last= Stone |title= Original Soundtrack – Gladiator [1992 Original Soundtrack] |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 10 February 2022 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/gladiator-1992-original-soundtrack-mw0000275905}} The song charted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|title= Warrant – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/queen-mn0000858827/awards |archive-date= 16 January 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116051010/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/warrant-mn0000193963/awards}}
• 2004: American pop singers Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink used this song in an international commercial Pepsi campaign along with Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias, and the song was released on the Pepsi Music 2004: (Dare for More) CD.{{cite web|title= Britney Spears Beyonce Pink-We will rock you |publisher= Yahoo!7 |url= http://au.video.yahoo.com/watch/288736/2024315 |archive-date= 13 May 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100513071828/http://au.video.yahoo.com/watch/288736/2024315}}
• 2021: British rock band The Struts, whose lead singer Luke Spiller is strongly influenced by Mercury, recorded their version of the song as non-album single.

• 1992: American rapper Ice Cube sampled the beat in his song "When Will They Shoot?", from his album The Predator.{{cite web|first= Ben |last= Kuhns |title= 6 Times Queen's 'We Will Rock You' the Perfect Sample |publisher= KKLS-FM |date= 5 February 2018 |access-date= 6 October 2020 |url= https://hot1047.com/6-times-queens-we-will-rock-you-the-perfect-sample/}}
• 2002: American rapper Eminem interpolated the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat in his song "'Till I Collapse" from his album The Eminem Show and also used a similar pattern in the songs "Puke" from his album Encore and "Cinderella Man" from his album Recovery.{{cite web|title= Eminem Songs That Sample Classic Rock Examined |website= HipHopDX |date= 17 October 2015 |access-date= 9 January 2019 |url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35910/title.eminem-songs-that-sample-classic-rock-examined}}
• 2003: The J-Kwon song "Tipsy" directly samples the "We Will Rock You" beat, but reworked into a different beat.{{cite news|first= Jim |last= Farber |title= Catch This Brat: Teen rapper J-Kwon flaunts obnoxious side on terrific debut |newspaper= New York Daily News |date= 25 April 2004 |access-date= 6 October 2020 |url= https://www.nydailynews.com/catch-brat-teen-rapper-j-kwon-flaunts-obnoxious-side-terrific-debut-article-1.575653}}
• 2011: American pop singer Katy Perry interpolated the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat in her song "E.T".{{cite web|first= Darryl |last= Sterdan |title= Teenage Dream |publisher= Jam!. Canoe.ca. QMI Agency |date= 22 August 2010 |access-date= 9 March 2011 |url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Perry_Katy/AlbumReviews/2010/08/22/15105106.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120710115206/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Perry_Katy/AlbumReviews/2010/08/22/15105106.html|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 10 July 2012}}
• 2011: Beyoncé interpolated the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat in her song "Dreaming", featured on the Japanese edition of her 4th album 4.{{cite web|title= Defglam.com |url= http://defglam.com/2011/06/29/music-beyonce-dreaming-japan-bonus/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160406150322/http://defglam.com/2011/06/29/music-beyonce-dreaming-japan-bonus/ |archive-date= 6 April 2016}}
• 2011: Lady Gaga sampled the "stomp-stomp-clap" in her song "You and I", which also features the band's guitarist Brian May, from Gaga's album Born This Way.{{cite news|first= Ashley |last= Rainbird |title= Lady Gaga to collaborate with Queen guitarist Brian May |newspaper= Daily Mirror |date= 18 April 2011 |access-date= 7 August 2011 |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/04/18/lady-gaga-to-collaborate-with-queen-guitarist-brian-may-115875-23068887/}}
• 2012: One Direction interpolated the "stomp-stomp-clap" and references "Rock" in their song "Rock Me" featured on their second album Take Me Home.{{cite web|first= Kathy |last= McCabe |title= One Direction's second album Take Me Home reviewed by Kathy McCabe song by song |newspaper= Herald Sun |date= 2 November 2012 |access-date= 11 December 2012 |url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/one-directions-second-album-take-me-home-reviewed-by-kathy-mccabe-song-by-song/story-e6frf9hf-1226509386306}}
• 2012: Kesha interpolated the "stomp-stomp-clap" in her song "Gold Trans Am", featured on the deluxe edition of her second album, Warrior.{{cite web|title= Ke$ha, Warrior: Review |publisher= eMusic |access-date= 11 December 2012 |url= http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/music-news/review/album/keha-warrior/}}

1990s

• 1992: Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose performed the song with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.{{cite web|title= 1992 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert |website= Ultimate Queen |access-date= 19 August 2011 |url= http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/queen/live-4.htm#1992%20The%20Freddie%20Mercury%20Tribute%20Concert}}
• 1992: U2 used the song as a set list opener before they performed on stage during the Zoo TV Tour.{{cite web|title= Showing details for U2's ZOO TV Tour |website= U2gigs.com |access-date= 19 August 2011 |url= http://www.u2gigs.com/ZOO_TV_Tour.html}}
• 1993: Nirvana performed it in São Paulo, Brazil, changing the lyrics to "we will fuck you".{{cite news|title= Há 18 anos, Nirvana realizava show histórico em São Paulo |newspaper= Folha de S. Paulo |date= 16 January 2011 |access-date= 2 June 2014 |url= http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/livrariadafolha/855848-ha-18-anos-nirvana-realizava-show-historico-em-sao-paulo.shtml |language= pt}}
• 1996: Alanis Morissette and her band ended the first encore of her "Can't Not" Tour (following the song, "You Learn") with a cover of the song, with Alanis playing the "stomp-stomp-clap" rhythm on drums.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

2000s

• 2003: English singer and songwriter Robbie Williams performed the song live at Knebworth.{{cite web|title= We Will Rock You (Live) by Robbie Williams |publisher= Yahoo! Music |url= http://music.yahoo.com/robbie-williams/tracks/we-will-rock-you-live--217792952 |archive-date= 1 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121001063850/http://music.yahoo.com/robbie-williams/tracks/we-will-rock-you-live--217792952}}
• 2007, 2010: Japanese pop singer Kumi Koda covered this in her a-nation '07 performance, and three years later in a medley at her 10th anniversary concert at the Tokyo Dome.{{cite web|title= KODA KUMI 10th Anniversary -FANTASIA- in TOKYO DOME (Hong Kong Version) |publisher= YesAsia |access-date= 15 May 2012 |url= http://www.yesasia.com/us/koda-kumi-10th-anniversary-fantasia-in-tokyo-dome-hong-kong-version/1024467979-0-0-0-en/info.html}}
• 2008: Canadian singer Celine Dion performed a Queen medley with "We Will Rock You" and "The Show Must Go On" in her Taking Chances World Tour.{{cite web|title= Celine Dion – Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert: Includes Dvd |publisher= HMV |url= http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=281346 |archive-date= 8 December 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111208111207/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=281346}}
• 2009: American guitarist Joe Perry from Aerosmith and singer Katy Perry covered the song at the MTV's Video Music Awards 2009.{{cite news|title= Katy Perry Performs "We Will Rock You" to Intro Russell Brand |publisher= MTV |date= 13 September 2009 |access-date= 22 January 2011 |url= http://www.mtv.com/videos/shows/vma-09/435992/katy-perry-performs-we-will-rock-you-to-intro-russell-brand.jhtml|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100204085442/http://www.mtv.com/videos/shows/vma-09/435992/katy-perry-performs-we-will-rock-you-to-intro-russell-brand.jhtml|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 February 2010}}

2010s

• 2011: American rock band My Chemical Romance performed the song with Queen guitarist Brian May at the Reading Festival.{{cite magazine|title= My Chemical Romance joined by Queen's Brian May at Reading Festival |magazine= NME |date= 26 August 2011 |access-date= 27 August 2011 |url= https://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/58869}}
• 2011: Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton covered the song on The Voice (U.S.).{{cite magazine|title= 'The Voice': Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green Perform Queen Medley (Video) |magazine= The Hollywood Reporter |date= 7 June 2011 |access-date= 16 March 2012 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/voice-christina-aguilera-blake-shelton-195777}}
• 2012: English pop singer Jessie J performed the song live with Brian May and Roger Taylor at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on 12 August.{{cite web|title= Olympics Closing Ceremony: Jessie J Joins Queen for 'We Will Rock You' Performance |publisher= Capital FM |date= 12 August 2012 |access-date= 19 August 2012 |url= http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/jessie-j/news/queen-olympics-closing-ceremony/}}
• 2012: English rapper Dappy covered the song live alongside Brian May for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. The song later appeared on UK chart-topping album BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012.{{cite news|first= Lewis |last= Corner |title= Tulisa, Lana Del Rey, Jessie J for new 'Radio 1 Live Lounge 2012' album |website= Digital Spy |date= 8 October 2012 |access-date= 2 November 2012 |url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a410959/tulisa-lana-del-rey-jessie-j-for-new-radio-1-live-lounge-2012-album.html}}

2020s

• In a pre-recorded comedy segment at the opening of the Platinum Party at the Palace on 4 June 2022, Queen Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear tapped their tea cups to the beat of "We Will Rock You" before Queen + Adam Lambert performed the song live outside Buckingham Palace.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61690149|title=Pop royalty and Paddington star at Queen's Platinum Jubilee concert|work=BBC|date=4 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022}}{{cite news |title=Paddington Bear joins the Queen for afternoon tea at Buckingham Palace – video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/jun/04/paddington-bear-joins-the-queen-for-afternoon-tea-at-buckingham-palace-video |access-date=5 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}}

• 1991: Rick Rubin produced remixes of "We Will Rock You", for an EP released by Hollywood Records. The "Ruined Remix" also contains contributions by Flea and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.{{cite web|title= Queen – We Will Rock You [The Rick Rubin "Ruined" Remix] |website= AllMusic |access-date= 2 June 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/we-will-rock-you-the-rick-rubin-ruined-remix-mt0040056123}}
• 1991: Emergency Broadcast Network achieved an underground hit with their remix of the song with a speech by U.S. president George H. W. Bush.{{cite magazine|first= Will |last= Kreth |title= Scratch Video |magazine= Wired |date= 1 February 1993 |access-date= 17 November 2021 |url= https://www.wired.com/1993/02/scratch-video/}}
• 2004: Scum Of The Earth made a remix of "We Will Rock You" titled as "Pornstar Champion" for their debut album, Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs for the New Millennium{{Cite web|url=https://pisnicky-akordy.cz/scum-of-the-earth/pornstar-champion-remix-of-the-queen-song-we-will-rock-you|title=Scum of the Earth - Pornstar Champion (Remix of the Queen song We Will Rock You - akordy a text písně|website=Písničky Akordy|access-date=7 April 2023}}
• 2011: Geddy (a.k.a. Armageddon), former member from hip hop group Terror Squad, mashed up "I Want It All" and "We Will Rock You" for the soundtrack to the 2011 film Sucker Punch.{{cite web |first= Dan |last= Wisniewski |title= Queen's "I Want It All/We Will Rock You" Mash-up featured on Sucker Punch Soundtrack |website= Mxdwn.com |date= 14 March 2011 |access-date= 19 August 2011 |url= http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/03/14/news/queens-i-want-it-allwe-will-rock-you-mash-up-featured-on-sucker-punch-soundtrack/ |archive-date= 13 September 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110913202153/http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/03/14/news/queens-i-want-it-allwe-will-rock-you-mash-up-featured-on-sucker-punch-soundtrack/ |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|title= Sucker Punch Soundtrack: Queen "I Want It All"/"We Will Rock You" Mash-Up ft. Armageddon Aka Geddy **mp3** |website= Rawdrive.com |date= 2 March 2011 |access-date= 19 August 2011 |url= http://www.rawdrive.com/2011/03/02/sucker-punch-soundtrack-queen-i-want-it-allwe-will-rock-you-mash-up-ft-armageddon-aka-geddy-mp3/}}
• 2012 : Helmut VonLichten (formerly of E.S. Posthumus) mixed this song with an orchestral version of "Posthumus Zone" for CBS's Super Bowl 50 coverage.{{cite press release|title= Queen to Release "We Will Rock You" Mash-Up |website= Queen Online |date= 13 November 2012 |access-date= 2 February 2017 |url= http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-vonlichten-we-will-rock-you-single-release/}}{{cite news|title= CBS to re-mix Queen classic |newspaper= Newsday |access-date= 2 February 2017 |url= http://www.newsday.com/sports/media/cbs-to-re-mix-queen-classic-1.4547853}} This mashup was later used for the 2015 film Pixels.
• 2014 : Canadian dubstep producer Excision and downlink remixed this song in the track Rock You.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

• 1987: Henry Rollins did a parody of "We Will Rock You" titled "I Have Come to Kill You".{{cite book|first1= Jonathan |last1= Buckley |first2= Mark |last2= Ellingham |year= 1999 |title= Rock: The Rough Guide |publisher= Rough Guides |page= [https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock00roug/page/883 883] |isbn= 9781858284576 |url= https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock00roug |url-access= registration}}
• 1998: Friends episode "The One Where Ross Moves In" - [S05E07]: Ross moves into Joey and Chandler's apartment. As time goes by, Ross reveals he's quite annoying by imposing a lot of changes to the norm of the apartment. One being the changing of the answering machine message to the tune of "We Will Rock You" by Queen, to which Ross alters the lyrics to "We Will, We Will Call You Back!".
• 2000: In The 10th Kingdom the parody are WE WILL SHEAR YOU.
• 2010: The cast of the Off-Broadway musical Avenue Q performed covers of "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" in a video spoof of the Muppets' "Bohemian Rhapsody".{{cite web |first= Michael |last= Lehet |title= Avenue Q responds to Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody |website= ChicagoNow |date= 5 May 2010 |access-date= 19 August 2011 |url= http://www.chicagonow.com/whats-a-boy-to-do/2010/05/avenue-q-responds-to-muppets-bohemian-rhapsody/ |archive-date= 4 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121004081352/http://www.chicagonow.com/whats-a-boy-to-do/2010/05/avenue-q-responds-to-muppets-bohemian-rhapsody/ |url-status= dead }}
• 2012: In the 12 March edition of WWE Raw, The Rock performed his version during the Rock Concert segment by adding references to Team Bring It and fans chanting "Cena Sucks" in the chorus while taking aim at John Cena before they square off at WrestleMania XXVIII.{{cite web|first= Matthew |last= Wilkening |title= The Rock Sings Queen's We Will Rock You on Raw |website= Ultimate Classic Rock |date= 13 March 2012 |access-date= 16 March 2012 |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-rock-sings-queens-we-will-rock-you-on-raw/}}
• 2014: Indonesian singer Ahmad Dhani made a controversial political campaign video with a parody of the song to support presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto for the 2014 Indonesian presidential election. Dhani wore Heinrich Himmler's SS Uniform in the video.{{cite news|title= Indonesia Nazi-themed campaign video sparks outrage |work= News.com.au |date= 26 June 2014 |access-date= 15 December 2014 |url= http://www.news.com.au/world/indonesia-nazithemed-campaign-video-sparks-outrage/story-fndir2ev-1226967179155}}
• 2015: In The Big Bang Theory episode "The Bachelor Party Corrosion" Raj, Howard and Leonard sing a modified version of the song called, "We Will Percussive Shock You" and Sheldon burst out singing the first verse of the original song, which he then credited to his eidetic memory, mentioned that in this instance it was a 'curse.'{{cite magazine|first= Jessica |last= Radloff |title= This Hilarious Moment from Last Night's The Big Bang Theory Is the Greatest Thing You'll See All Day |magazine= Glamour |date= 6 October 2015 |access-date= 8 October 2015 |url= http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/blogs/obsessed/2015/10/jim-parsons-singing-queens-we}}
• 2023: The intro from "We Will Rock You" was the first music transmitted from lucid dreams into reality in real-time.{{cite news|title= Music from Lucid Dreams Recorded for Playback |date= 5 September 2023 |access-date= 12 September 2023 |url= https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-health/sleep-whole-body/brain/music-lucid-dreams-recorded-playback/}}{{cite news|title= That Song You Hear in Your Dream Can Be Brought Into The Real World |date= 11 September 2023 |access-date= 12 September 2023 |url= https://www.sciencealert.com/that-song-you-hear-in-your-dream-can-be-brought-into-the-real-world}} The study was published in Dreaming, an American Psychological Association peer-reviewed journal.{{cite journal|title= Real-time transferring of music from lucid dreams into reality by electromyography sensors |date= 26 May 2023 |doi= 10.1037/drm0000244 |access-date= 12 September 2023 |url= http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/drm0000244 |last1= Raduga |first1= Michael |last2= Shashkov |first2= Andrey |last3= Gordienko |first3= Nikolai |last4= Vanin |first4= Andrey |last5= Maltsev |first5= Evgeny |journal= Dreaming |volume= 33 |issue= 4 |pages= 495–507 }}
• 2023: In Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom the parody are ANTIVIRUS.

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• {{cite magazine|first= Gillian G. |last= Gaar |title= Album reviews of Queen's second box set of reissues |magazine= Goldmine |date= 4 December 2012 |access-date= 16 March 2014 |url= http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/album-reviews-of-queens-second-box-set-of-reissues}}
• {{cite book|first= David |last= Konow |year= 2002 |title= Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal |publisher= Three Rivers Press |isbn= 978-0609807323 |page= [https://archive.org/details/bangyourheadrise0000kono/page/72 72] |url= https://archive.org/details/bangyourheadrise0000kono |url-access= registration |quote= Two years later, in 1977, they would practically invent the arena-rock anthem with "We Will Rock You." The song was designed for maximum audience participation, where everyone would stomp and clap along to its beat. Even today, whenever you stomp and clap that thunderous beat at a sporting event, Queen gets royalties.}}
• {{cite magazine|first= Jesse |last= Serwer |title= The 77 Best Rock Samples in Rap History – 41. Dame Dash Presents Dream Team f/ Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, Cam'Ron, Young Chris and Twista "We Are the Champions" (2002) |magazine= Complex |date= 16 October 2012 |access-date= 16 March 2014 |url= http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/the-77-best-rock-samples-in-rap-history/dame-dash-we-are-the-champions |quote= The distinctive stomp-stomp-clap drum pattern from "We Will Rock You"—the apotheosis of arena rock}}

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