News of the World
12" Vinyl, 3x CD, DVD-Video (40th anniversary edition)

News of the World

Album by Queen

Released 28 October 1977
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Tracklist

  • 12" Vinyl 1: New Pure Analog Cut
  • 1
    We Will Rock You
    2:02
    3.9 ★
  • 2
    We Are the Champions
    3:01
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Sheer Heart Attack
    3:27
    3.6 ★
  • 4
    All Dead, All Dead
    3:11
    3.2 ★
  • 5
    Spread Your Wings
    4:35
    4.2 ★
  • 6
    Fight From the Inside
    3:03
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Get Down, Make Love
    3:51
    4.4 ★
  • 8
    Sleeping on the Sidewalk
    3:08
    3.6 ★
  • 9
    Who Needs You
    3:06
    3.4 ★
  • 10
    It's Late
    6:26
    3.6 ★
  • 11
    My Melancholy Blues
    3:30
    3.5 ★
  • CD 2: Bob Ludwig 2011 master
  • 1
    We Will Rock You
    2:01
    3.9 ★
  • 2
    We Are the Champions
    2:59
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Sheer Heart Attack
    3:26
    3.6 ★
  • 4
    All Dead, All Dead
    3:10
    3.2 ★
  • 5
    Spread Your Wings
    4:34
    4.2 ★
  • 6
    Fight From the Inside
    3:03
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Get Down, Make Love
    3:51
    4.4 ★
  • 8
    Sleeping on the Sidewalk
    3:06
    3.6 ★
  • 9
    Who Needs You
    3:05
    3.4 ★
  • 10
    It’s Late
    6:26
    3.6 ★
  • 11
    My Melancholy Blues
    3:29
    3.5 ★
  • CD 3: Raw Sessions
  • 1
    We Will Rock You (alternative version)
    2:29
  • 2
    We Are the Champions (alternative version)
    4:33
  • 3
    Sheer Heart Attack (original rough mix)
    4:17
  • 4
    All Dead, All Dead (original rough mix)
    3:08
  • 5
    Spread Your Wings (alternative take)
    4:56
  • 6
    Fight From the Inside (demo vocal version)
    3:08
  • 7
    Get Down, Make Love (early take)
    4:02
  • 8
    Sleeping on the Sidewalk (live in the USA, 1977)
    3:49
  • 9
    Who Needs You (acoustic take)
    2:46
  • 10
    It’s Late (alternative version)
    6:44
  • 11
    My Melancholy Blues (original rough mix)
    3:36
  • CD 4: Bonus Tracks
  • 1
    Feelings Feelings (take 10, July 1977)
    1:55
  • 2
    We Will Rock You (BBC session)
    1:36
  • 3
    We Will Rock You (Fast—BBC session)
    2:52
  • 4
    Spread Your Wings (BBC session)
    5:33
  • 5
    It’s Late (BBC session)
    6:39
  • 6
    My Melancholy Blues (BBC session)
    3:13
  • 7
    We Will Rock You (backing track)
    2:03
  • 8
    We Are the Champions (backing track)
    2:59
  • 9
    Spread Your Wings (instrumental)
    4:23
  • 10
    Fight From the Inside (instrumental)
    3:02
  • 11
    Get Down, Make Love (instrumental)
    3:49
  • 12
    It’s Late (USA radio edit 1978)
    3:52
  • 13
    Sheer Heart Attack (live in Paris 1979)
    3:35
  • 14
    We Will Rock You (live in Tokyo 1982)
    2:55
  • 15
    My Melancholy Blues (live in Houston 1977)
    3:48
  • 16
    Get Down, Make Love (live in Montreal 1981)
    4:35
    2.0 ★
  • 17
    Spread Your Wings (live in Europe 1979)
    5:20
    1.0 ★
  • 18
    We Will Rock You (live at the MK Bowl 1982)
    2:08
    2.0 ★
  • 19
    We Are the Champions (live at the MK Bowl 1982)
    3:32
    2.0 ★
  • DVD-Video 5: The American Dream
  • 1
    Queen: The American Dream
    56:00

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JHSuth184313 Oct 2025
★★★½
News of the World is one of the album which took time for me to truly appreciate. Obviously the world over knows the combination of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”, likely played at every sporting event in recent history, the Spanish guitars of “Who Needs You” and the bluesy “Sleeping On The Sidewalk” are favourites of mine as a guitar player, with “Spread Your Wings” and “All Dead, All Dead” being notable piano based tracks.
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Release credits

  • assistant [16]
  • acoustic guitar [2.9, 1.9], background vocals [4.16, 4.18-19, 3.1, 2.1-2, 2.8, 2.10, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.10], electric guitar [2.1-10, 1.1-10], executive [16, 18-19], foot stomps [1.1, 2.1], guitar [1.1-2, 1.4-8, 1.10, 2.1-2, 2.4-8, 2.10, 4.16-19, 3.1], handclaps [1.1, 2.1], lead vocals [1.4, 1.8, 2.4, 2.8], maracas [2.9, 1.9], other instruments [2.7, 1.7], percussion [1], piano [1.4, 2.4]
  • assistant [16]
  • assistant [17]
  • background vocals [1.1-4, 1.7, 1.9-11, 2.1-4, 2.7, 2.9-11], cowbell [1.9, 2.9], foot stomps [1.1, 2.1], handclaps [1.1, 2.1], lead vocals [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9-11, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9-11, 4.16, 4.18-19], other vocals [2.4, 2.7, 1.4, 1.7], percussion [1], piano [1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.11, 2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 4.17], vocal [3.1, 4.17]
  • producer [2-6]
  • acoustic guitar [1.5, 1.9, 2.5, 2.9], background vocals [16, 18-19], bass guitar [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7-11, 1.2, 1.4-5, 1.7-11, 4.16-19], foot stomps [1.1, 2.1], handclaps [2.1, 1.1], percussion [1]
  • co [1, 7-11, 13-15, 18-19], engineer [17], recording [13]
  • co [1, 7-11, 13-15, 18-19], producer [1]
  • co [1, 7-11, 13-15, 18-19], producer [3.1, 4.18-19]
  • recording [16]
  • co [1, 7-11, 13-15, 18-19], mix [1], producer [1]
  • recording [16, 18-19]
  • recording [18-19]
  • recording [18-19]
  • engineer [2-6], mix [2-6]
  • assistant [2.1-11, 1.1-11, 4.1, 4.7-12, 3.1], co [2.1-11, 1.1-11], engineer [2.1-11, 1.1-11], mix [12], recording [4.1, 4.7-12, 3.1]
  • recording [14]
  • co [1, 7-11, 13-15, 18-19]
  • mix [12], producer [4.1, 4.7-12, 4.17, 2.1-11, 3.1, 1.1-11]
  • additional [1.6, 2.6], background vocals [2.1-3, 2.6, 2.10, 3.1, 4.16, 4.18-19, 1.1-3, 1.6, 1.10], bass guitar [2.3, 2.6, 1.3, 1.6], drums (drum set) [4.16-19, 1.2-11, 2.2-11], electric guitar [1.3, 2.3], executive [16, 18-19], foot stomps [1.1, 2.1], guitar [1.6, 2.6], handclaps [2.1, 1.1], lead vocals [1.3, 1.6, 2.3, 2.6], percussion [1]

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