Welcome back to Queen The Greatest.
This week we continue our celebration of
Queen’s biggest songs, and who wrote them,
by highlighting five classic hits
that were written by the
band’s iconic lead guitarist –
Brian May.
Throughout Queen’s remarkable recording
career, Brian has contributed some of the
band’s most anthemic and best loved songs.
These include massive tracks such as
“Who Wants To Live Forever”, “Flash”, and
“The Show Must Go On” as well as
Queen’s first ever single release,
“Keep Yourself Alive”, and the song they
performed live more than any other,
“Now I’m Here”.
Not to mention this live classic –
“Tie Your Mother Down”.
But we kick off our list of five Queen
hits written by Brian, in 1977,
with one of the most recognisable songs
in rock history, ever – it is, of course,
‘We Will Rock You’.
The following year saw the release
of another live favourite,
‘Fat Bottomed Girls’.
Then in 1980,
for the band’s worldwide smash hit album
‘The Game’, Brian contributed the
stunningly beautiful, ‘Save Me’.
By the mid eighties, Queen were regularly
playing to massive crowds, thanks to
having songs that could take the roof off
any stadium – such as this one from
‘The Works’ album - ‘Hammer To Fall’.
And then in 1989, after a three year wait
for a single release, Queen roared back up
the UK charts with the mighty
“I Want It All”.
So that was a whistle stop tour through
five classic Queen songs,
written by the incomparable Brian May.
Still to come later in the series are
the hits originated by Freddie –
but until then, see you for
the next instalment of Queen The Greatest.