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 • • 3h ago

Music I love this parallel

18 Upvotes

1975: “When I grow older I will be there at your side to remind you how I STILL LOVE YOU”

1991: “Those days are all gone now, but one thing's still true when I look and I find I STILL LOVE YOU”

I've always loved this connection-ish between the two songs and it still brings tears to my eyes.
What’s especially beautiful is that the two songs seem to express love in very different circumstances, and perhaps even to different people. Yet both share those same words “I STILL LOVE YOU.”


r/queen • • 9h ago

Music Songs where Brian's playing sounds vaguely similar to Jimi Hendrix?

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Brian is on record as being a devoted Hendrix fan, so I'm wondering if there's any songs where he vaguely imitates Hendrix's Strat sound and/or use a fuzz, wah or other 'psychedelic-sounding' pedals? I'm really no expert, but I'm guessing he tries to get a similar sound on his cover of One Rainy Wish, and I think I read somewhere that there's a wah on the solo in Great King Rat, to give an example.


r/queen • • 1d ago

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I completely fell in love with a promotional sweater John used on the Sheer Heart Attack Japan Tour on 1975 , so I tried and finally make it :) .


r/queen • • 1d ago

Covers Hey guys! I recreated/performed Radio Ga Ga on the drums 😊

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Hey everyone! I make videos recreating my favourite programmed drum beats, and my latest video is Radio Ga Ga. Enjoy! ☺️

If you like what I do, you can find me on Instagram at deprogrammed_drums


r/queen • • 1d ago

Serious What are your biggest Queen or Queen fan related pet-peeves?

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I think for me, the re-releases of the same shows (Wembley, Budapest, Montreal, etc) definitely grinds my gears a little.

The odd hyper-focus on 1981-1986 Queen is a little puzzling, too.

As for Queen fans, some of them are very protective of Freddie to the point where it's parasocial.


r/queen • • 1d ago

Pictures Hello fellow Queen Fans. I need some pre mustache Freddie pictures(in good quality) for my picture/music wall. I would appreciate your help! So comment down the ones you find cool

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Bonus if he plays the piano.


r/queen • • 23h ago

Music Not a very insightful or deep question…

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But which ‘Magic Tour’ jacket do you prefer on Freddie - White (Budapest) or Yellow (Wembley)?

Personally, though they’re both iconic, I think I prefer the white on white Budapest look.


r/queen • • 1d ago

Serious Why didn't the music video for "The Show Must Go On" feature any footage from 1973-1981?

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I always found it odd that Queen had tons of quality live footage and music videos from 1973-1980 and none of them were used in the music video for "The Show Must Go On".

Has anyone involved ever spoken about why?


r/queen • • 1d ago

Music On this day in 1974, Queen released Killer Queen with double A-side Flick of the Wrist in the USA

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r/queen • • 10h ago

FanContent I Created a 17-Song Queen Acoustic Medley — Music Video Made with Grok Imagine 🎸🎬

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r/queen • • 1d ago

Misc Brian May played one of my favorite Jimi Hendrix songs

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One of my favorite Jimi Hendrix songs is “Remember”, but it wasn’t one of his bigger hits, and he never played it live. The closest I was able to find was the studio outtakes.
However, the other day I came across a YouTube video of a recording Brian made in one of his old bands (1984). Tim Staffell is singing, and they are playing Remember, with Brian on guitar! I just thought it was such a great crossover.

Here is the recording from 1967!


r/queen • • 1d ago

Music Did Brian express any thoughts on funk rock?

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I remember reading old Brian interviews regarding the making of Hot Space and his various thoughts. He talked about his disagreements with John Deacon; on the song "Back Chat", John wanted to lean more into funk and eliminate any rock elements. Whereas Brian felt that there needed to be some rock elements and fought for a guitar solo on the song.

In another interview, Brian talked about how he didn't like Motown and R&B's approach to guitar, even stating that his guitar-playing style evolved in response to it. He wanted guitar to be at the forefront making noise rather than being a supporting instrument.

This got me thinking about Funk Rock because it seems like it set a good precedent for what Brian wanted to accomplish on Hot Space and even earlier tracks like "Dragon Attack". Jimi Hendrix's music incorporated a lot of funk influences across his albums, especially on the live album with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles which was released in 1970 near the end of Jimi's life. The album foreshadowed a lot of the funk rock developments which would emerge in the 70s. Brian, like most guitarists, is a huge Hendrix fan so I wondered if he would take inspiration.

Then you have Funkadelic's funk rock approach which is something of a successor to what Hendrix was doing. I wonder what Brian would have thought of Eddie Hazel's guitar solo on "Maggot Brain" for instance.*

Part of me wonders why the band didn't really discuss funk rock influences. Most of the narratives around Hot Space center around the schism in the band between rock vs "disco" (with R&B, soul, and funk also thrown in.), or even white music

Maybe John wouldn't have agreed if he was set on eliminating all rock influences. But it would at least be a good compromise between the various musical interests of the band.

*=To highlight another Queen/P-Funk connection, Roger covered the Parliaments "I Wanna Testify" on his first solo venture.


r/queen • • 2d ago

Pictures Large Red Special

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Recently, there was an outdoor photo exhibition in a town nearby. One of the exhibited artists was our Sir Brian May with his Diablaries.

What I didn't know, was that they also placed a Red Special there... the boxes around contained each an Owl Lite and one of the Diablary 3D pictures.

Edit: it was in Baden, 25km South of Wien/Vienna. The exhibition has ended already, I only found out 2 days before the end of it...


r/queen • • 2d ago

Hey, new to this Reddit here. What is your favourite member of Queen ?

30 Upvotes

For me, it's Roger. very angelic !


r/queen • • 2d ago

News Of The World Have you guys heard Freddie’s version of ‘All dead, all dead” ?

59 Upvotes

All dead, all dead is already one of my top Queen songs. I love it when Brian May takes lead vocals. However, I discovered an audio of Freddie doing lead vocals for the song and oh my GOD is it haunting!!! The lyrics were a bit different on his version too, and honestly I think I prefer the first verse to that than the original. “Memories, memories….how long can you stay to haunt my days…”

What do you think?

https://youtu.be/m6zctgmBwWA?is=B7N-RuKZwAsIkzSh


r/queen • • 2d ago

Serious On this day in 1975, Queen released a 30 minute short film of their 19th November 1974 Rainbow show as a pre-show film to Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains The Same

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r/queen • • 2d ago

What song do you imagine Freddie is performing in this picture?

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r/queen • • 3d ago

Am i the only one who finds the lyrics of “ i am going slightly mad “ absolutely GENIUS especially for the circumstances back then with his personal life and health ? A lot of people think it is a funny song but i think it is a dark heavy sing when you listen to the lyrics carefully

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r/queen • • 2d ago

Pictures Got to be a fab day

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Roger Taylor


r/queen • • 3d ago

Crazy Little Thing Called Love got remastered! Ready Freddie?

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r/queen • • 3d ago

Misc "It ain't no place for rock and ro-...wait..." - The Works reissue has misprint lyric for 'Machines'.

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r/queen • • 3d ago

Serious Odd Find - 'The Works' Korean pressing, signed by Roger/John in '84, ended up in a $3 record bin at an antique shop in Yuma, Arizona in 2011.

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r/queen • • 3d ago

Bootlegs&Live What does Freddie say before Under Pressue 12th July 1986?

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See https://youtu.be/3Mb8fMHEJ7E?t=138 I've never caught what he said?