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We Are the Champions
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Key facts
- B side
- We Will Rock You
- Released
- 7 October 1977
- Genre
- Arena rock hard rock
- Length
- 2 : 59
- Label
- EMI (UK), Elektra (US)
- Songwriter
- Freddie Mercury
- Producers
- Queen, assisted by Mike "Clay" Stone
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- News of the World
- Genre
- soft rock
- Composer
- Freddie Mercury
- Performer
- Queen
- Lyrics by
- Freddie Mercury
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- publication date
- 1977-10-00
- title
- We Are the Champions
- language of work or name
- English language
- form of creative work
- song
- musical bars shown
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
Music video "We Are the Champions" on YouTube
"We Are the Champions" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released from the band's sixth album News of the World (1977). Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, it remains among rock's most recognisable anthems. The song was a worldwide success, reaching number 2 in the UK, number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, number 3 in Canada, and the top 10 in many other countries. In 2009, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was voted the world's favourite song in a 2005 Sony Ericsson world music poll.
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