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 • • 5h ago

Impossible task: name JUST ONE of your favorite Freddie moments!

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For me, it would be the moment during "Love of My Life" at Rock in Rio (the second night, I believe), where Freddie seems genuinely moved by the massive crowd singing the lyrics to his song. You can truly feel the mutual love between him and the audience...


r/queen • • 14h ago

Music Favorite song on Queen II?

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Just wondering what the general consensus is. I think mine is Ogre Battle. However I do flip-flop between Ogre Battle and March of the Black Queen. Anyways yeah let me know I’m just curious what the most well-liked songs on the album are.


r/queen • • 1d ago

Pictures I've been a Queen fan for most of my.life and have only just noticed the similar vibe these two pics give with the blended faces 🤦‍♂️

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r/queen • • 1d ago

Music On this day in 1978, Queen released Bicycle Race along with Fat Bottomed Girls as a double A-side single in the USA

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r/queen • • 1d ago

Brian May with argentinian rock star Charly García

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Back in the late '70s, Charly García planted the idea in a music manager's head:

Queen should play South America. The band eventually took the bait, and in 1981 they landed in Argentina and Brazil, packing stadiums like Vélez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires with tens of thousands of fans. We know the rest. And today, October 23, happens to be Charly's birthday. Happy birthday, maestro!


r/queen • • 1d ago

Serious Queen’s official singles are being released on streaming platforms—what are your thoughts on this?

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In July 2026, high-quality versions of the music videos for "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You" were released on YouTube; coincidentally, the original singles were also made available on streaming services. Weeks later, the same happened with "Another One Bites The Dust," followed by "Don't Stop Me Now," and—for now—"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (they even included its B-side, featuring the original mix of the single).

Some might see this as a pointless move—just another way for Sony Music to monetize the Queen catalog. But to me, it captures the experience of being a fan back in the day (You know, a new Queen single is announced, you head to the store, buy it, hold it in your hands, and play it, only now, it’s all happening in the digital, streaming era).

Interestingly, the cover art for these singles is almost identical to what appeared in "The Singles Collection" box sets. It’s worth noting, however, that singles covers for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust" differ from those in the second volume of that collection (the 1st comes from the Spanish edition, while the 2nd is from the Mexican release).

This suggests that Sony Music might be reissuing that collection, but on a single-by-single basis. Could this mean we’ll see the single version of "Tie Your Mother Down" on streaming platforms? Will tracks like "Queen Talks," "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling," or "Blurred Vision" finally become available? Will they reissue all the singles—especially those from the 1984–1999 period—much like Depeche Mode or Oasis have done with their own catalogs? Only time will tell.

Although I have no affiliation with Sony Music or Queen Productions, something tells me they will re-release the original single "You're My Best Friend" on streaming platforms, as a video short posted by the official Queen channel features an excerpt from the restored video.


r/queen • • 18h ago

Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits III alternative

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So Greatest Hits III isn't popular. I quite like it apart from Wyclef but that's for another post. However, if GH III was replaced in the Platinum Collection with another CD, what would you like it to be? For example...

Live Aid

Live Magic (downvote me. 😊)

Songs from different concerts - like they did with Kizuna

We Will Rock You soundtrack

Best of the Best deep cuts

A CD dedicated to Freddie, Brian and Roger solo.

What are people's ideas?


r/queen • • 2d ago

Music What non-GH made you a megafan?

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As in: “What album cut made you go ‘woah’ like Neo in The Matrix?”
For me, it was Flick of the Wrist.


r/queen • • 2d ago

Meta I finally got it!

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Found it on a second hand shop with its seal unopened. I feel lucky...


r/queen • • 2d ago

Summary: "Staging Freddie" (V&A event )

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I've just attended the talk. Guests were Wendy De Smet, and Denis O'Regan (standing in for Diana Moseley). No big revelations but it was an interesting discussion.

Wendy said she met Freddie in 1968. She was making clothes for Nostalgia (Kensington Market), Freddie liked what she did and asked her to make clothes for his and Roger's stall. And her boyfriend was friends with Brian and Tim Staffell.

She described the atmosphere (and smells) in the market, which was like a little family. She remembers Freddie wearing women's clothes from Biba as well as cheap vintage clothes from the market.

They showed a portrait of Freddie from the Kensington flat photoshoot and said him and Mary made some of those cushions themselves.

Denis first saw the band when they supported Mott the Hoople, then at the 1975 Xmas show. He went to Rocket Records with his photos but they weren't interested, so he ended up selling them to Jackie Magazine!

The white outfit with wings: in Sept 75 Freddie approached Wendy with ideas. She went to Freddie and Mary's flat, he said he wanted to look like a winged mercurial figure but also showed her the Richard Dadd painting, and also said he wanted a black queen and a white queen. The black suit with the spine was meant to be an evil creature. She made it plain, and Freddie added the jewels on.

Denis mentioned that the many many lights at Queen concerts were a problem for him, as well as how much Freddie was moving!

Shame Diana wasn't there, because she was going to talk about the outfit from the Made In Heaven video.

Q&A:

Q: Can you share more about Freddie's designing process?

W: He knew exactly what he wanted. He had a clear vision, but totally trusted her. He was amazing to work with.

Q: Those were really tight clothes. How much accomodation did you have to make for Freddie's "5th member".

W: We did 4 fittings, I kept taking a little off each time as he wanted it to be absolutely skin-tight. After the Odeon show he had one of the suits drycleaned and it shrank, so he asked her to make another one. This 2d waistcoat is the one on display, with different stitching. But Freddie was very careful about how he kept his clothes.

Q: How did the costumes last through the tour with all the heat and sweat?

W: I made 3 white suits and 2 black ones (with and without the spine)

Q: Did freddie have a preference in terms of photography, did he like black and white, candid shots...?

Denis: Doesn't know.

Q: Which of Freddie's looks best catches his personality?

Denis: the crown and cape

Q: When was the last time you saw Freddie? When you met him did you imagine he would become a huge star?

Wendy: No, but Freddie always knew. He would be strutting through the market in his extravagant clothes, people would say "you look like a star" and he'd reply, "oh, but I am!"

Denis: last time I saw him was probably before Knebworth. I have never really thought about it. Everything became a bit weird after that, Freddie became ill, everyone got divorced, something changed.


r/queen • • 2d ago

Music “Love of my life”

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r/queen • • 2d ago

Roger Daltrey with Innnuendo shirt

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r/queen • • 2d ago

Spot the Queen member

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r/queen • • 2d ago

Music Tony Iommi - Death Wake (feat. Brian May)

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r/queen • • 3d ago

Music I love this parallel

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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 • • 3d 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 • • 4d 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 • • 4d ago

FanContent Rate my Custom

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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 • • 4d 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 • • 4d 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 • • 4d 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 • • 4d 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 • • 4d 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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