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 1st March 2023, 02:44 PM
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Welcome to the Queen 2023 singles rate, marking the 50th anniversary of the band's eponymous debut album release!
 This is inspired by this BBC poll: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3...mate-queen-song The poll asks you to vote for your favourite 3 songs, with the results being revealed from 31 March and over the Easter weekend. Of course we can do a much better and geekier poll than that so instead I'm going to ask you to rank your top 50 of the 56 Top 75 hits on which they are credited. I'm aware there was a singles rate done a couple of years ago which wasn't finished, but this has a slightly different scope. The below track-list is copied from the BBC poll, though I have corrected the year for the Miami Project version of "Another One Bites The Dust" to 2006 instead of 2002. It will be interesting to compare the results of this with the BBC's version. There are 56 singles, including a double A side which is being counted as 1. Please vote as follows: +50 (your favourite) +49 (your second favourite) ... +1 (your 50th favourite) Therefore you will be leaving out only your 6 least favourite. A couple of notes: The Queen vs The Miami Project version of “Another One Bites The Dust” is the version produced by Cedric Gervais, and the Small Soldiers is the version featuring Wyclef Jean. The BBC poll has “We Are The Champions” and “We Will Rock You” combined as one voting option, but as PCF has pointed out the UK single was the former on its own so I’ve changed that. The singles: Another One Bites The Dust [1980] Another One Bites The Dust (Queen vs The Miami Project) [2006] Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers film version) [1998] Back Chat [1982] Bicycle Race [1978] Body Language [1982] Bohemian Rhapsody [1975] Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen & The Muppets) [2009] Breakthru [1989] C-Lebrity [2008] Crazy Little Thing Called Love [1979] Don't Stop Me Now [1979] Fat Bottomed Girls [1978] Flash [1980] Flash (Queen & Vanguard) [2003] Friends Will Be Friends [1986] Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy [1977] Hammer To Fall [1984] Headlong [1991] Heaven For Everyone [1995] I'm Going Slightly Mad [1991] Innuendo [1991] The Invisible Man [1989] It's A Hard Life [1984] I Want It All [1989] I Want To Break Free [1984] Killer Queen [1974] A Kind Of Magic [1986] Las Palabras De Amor [1982] Let Me Live [1996] Love Of My Life [1979] The Miracle [1989] No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) [1998] Now I'm Here [1975] One Vision [1985] Play The Game [1980] Radio Ga Ga [1984] Save Me [1980] Scandal [1989] Seven Seas Of Rhye [1974] The Show Must Go On [1991] Somebody To Love [1976] Somebody To Love (Five Live EP) [1992] Spread Your Wings [1978] Thank God It's Christmas [1984] These Are The Days Of Our Lives [1991] Tie Your Mother Down [1977] Too Much Love Will Kill You [1996] Under Pressure (with David Bowie) [1981] Under Pressure - Rah Mix [1999] We Are The Champions [1977] We Will Rock You (Five & Queen) [2000] Who Wants To Live Forever [1986] A Winter's Tale [1995] You Don’t Fool Me [1996] You're My Best Friend [1976] I would be happy to arrange a listen-through if there's enough interest. Let me know in the comments if you would be up for that. I have set up a Spotify playlist: Only 1 song is missing, which is of course the most important of all: I am setting the deadline to be Sunday 26 March at 23:59, but I may extend a bit depending on how it's going. I've no idea how I'm going to vote myself so looking forward to doing some listening and scoring! This post has been edited by JulianT: 24th April 2023, 04:43 PM |
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1st March 2023, 03:46 PM
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Look forward to taking part in this!
I could probably rate 30-40 songs quite readily - I'll listen through the playlist for the others, but if only leaving 6 unranked, looks like I'll have to include at least some of those I don't really consider as Queen songs, mostly since John Deacon bowed out of the group at the end of the 90s. |
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1st March 2023, 04:00 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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I guess I could have made it an easier voting system like 30-1, but I quite like the fact that everyone will probably need to do a bit of listening this way haha!
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1st March 2023, 04:07 PM
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Are you really proposing to do all four hours in one listen-through?
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1st March 2023, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Mar 1 2023, 04:07 PM)  Are you really proposing to do all four hours in one listen-through?  well if people would like a listen-through in the first place then we can decide the details. Could split into two or could cut out the most well known 1/3rd or so for example.
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1st March 2023, 06:24 PM
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Justice for Five Live EP hahaha!
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1st March 2023, 07:06 PM
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Is it too early to begin the campaign for a Muppets victory here?
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2nd March 2023, 02:41 AM
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I guess I could probably copy most of my scores from the previous rate although who knows if I still stand by them
 Wouldn't say no to some kind of listenthrough(s) at some point ~(and yes, Muppets to win obvz) |
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2nd March 2023, 07:04 AM
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If you exclude the multiversions, there is just 50 songs, so everybody gets a vote at least
 I don't mind Queen but not sure If I can sit through a 4 hour playlist of them
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2nd March 2023, 09:41 PM
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QUOTE(Brer @ Mar 2 2023, 02:41 AM) Wouldn't say no to some kind of listenthrough(s) at some point Let’s do it then - doesn’t matter if only a few of us attend. How about next Thursday 9th and / or Friday 10th? |
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3rd March 2023, 08:04 AM
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Mansonette
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The thought of a listen through of this fills me with utter dread. I can’t stomach more than about 3 songs by them before I start to get fed up
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3rd March 2023, 08:38 AM
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We could break it up with some Phil Collins and Elvis
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3rd March 2023, 08:39 AM
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fans of Phil Collins unite!!
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3rd March 2023, 09:10 AM
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Both of you just have
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3rd March 2023, 10:12 AM
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just checking we post our voting on here? Everything post 1997 is easy - just look at chart positions in my personal charts, then go back to earlier faves.
 Unusual decision to list the actual double A side Bicycle Race and Fat Bottomed Girls (one naff one OK) as individual while listing We Are The Champions (A side) and We Will Rock You (B side in the UK) as a double A when both are amongst their top records and deserve to shine on their own - though I understand that avoids omitting We Will Rock You if B sides are ignored. But it was a single elsewhere, so just rate them apart? |
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3rd March 2023, 10:53 AM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Mar 3 2023, 10:12 AM) just checking we post our voting on here? Everything post 1997 is easy - just look at chart positions in my personal charts, then go back to earlier faves. Unusual decision to list the actual double A side Bicycle Race and Fat Bottomed Girls (one naff one OK) as individual while listing We Are The Champions (A side) and We Will Rock You (B side in the UK) as a double A when both are amongst their top records and deserve to shine on their own - though I understand that avoids omitting We Will Rock You if B sides are ignored. But it was a single elsewhere, so just rate them apart? Yes please vote here - sorry I know it’s just been chat so far but don’t let that put you off voting! I’ve copied the list from the BBC poll exactly as that’s the inspiration and means we can compare results. I do think it’s odd to have We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You combined, especially if the latter was the B side in the UK. I’ll change that then - unfortunately that means the latter will come off the list entirely under the rules as it isn’t a hit. So we’ll just be left with the 5ive version!
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3rd March 2023, 09:34 PM
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I should be able to attend any listenthrough for this.
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5th March 2023, 10:59 AM
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Planning to do 2 couple of hour listening sessions to help with this on the next two Thursday evenings - 9th and 16th. Timing TBC but probably 8-10.
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5th March 2023, 11:50 AM
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QUOTE(JulianT @ Mar 3 2023, 10:53 AM) Yes please vote here - sorry I know it’s just been chat so far but don’t let that put you off voting! I’ve copied the list from the BBC poll exactly as that’s the inspiration and means we can compare results. I do think it’s odd to have We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You combined, especially if the latter was the B side in the UK. I’ll change that then - unfortunately that means the latter will come off the list entirely under the rules as it isn’t a hit. So we’ll just be left with the 5ive version! Okey doke, thanks To commemorate the loss of We Will Rock You I've added it to my nephews 18th birthday This Is Your Life audio backdrop to a 50-minute photo montage. I had just over 2 minutes left that needed a song to end on and he likes Queen
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5th March 2023, 01:01 PM
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I'll go first as I don't really need a listen-through, know most of them backwards
50 points: Seven Seas Of Rhye [1974] 49: Killer Queen [1974] 48: Radio Ga Ga [1984] 47: Innuendo [1991] 46: A Kind Of Magic [1986] 45: Another One Bites The Dust [1980] 44: Under Pressure (with David Bowie) [1981] 43: Somebody To Love [1976] 42: Bohemian Rhapsody [1975] 41: I Want To Break Free [1984] 40: Flash [1980] 39: You're My Best Friend [1976] 38: Crazy Little Thing Called Love [1979] 37: Now I'm Here [1975] 36: We Are The Champions [1977] 35: Love Of My Life [1979] 34: Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy [1977] 33: Who Wants To Live Forever [1986] 32: Don't Stop Me Now [1979] 31: You Don’t Fool Me [1996] 30: These Are The Days Of Our Lives [1991] 29: The Show Must Go On [1991] 28: Fat Bottomed Girls [1978] 27: One Vision [1985] 26: Spread Your Wings [1978] 25: Friends Will Be Friends [1986] 24: Play The Game [1980] 23: Save Me [1980] 22: Somebody To Love (Five Live EP) [1992] 21: Hammer To Fall [1984] 20: Thank God It's Christmas [1984] 19: Under Pressure - Rah Mix [1999] 18: It's A Hard Life [1984] 17: I'm Going Slightly Mad [1991] 16: Breakthru [1989] 15: Scandal [1989] 14: The Invisible Man [1989] 13: Headlong [1991] 12: The Miracle [1989] 11: I Want It All [1989] 10: Las Palabras De Amor [1982] 9: Tie Your Mother Down [1977] 8: Bicycle Race [1978] 7: Body Language [1982] 6: Back Chat [1982] 5: A Winter's Tale [1995] 4: We Will Rock You (Five & Queen) [2000] 3: Another One Bites The Dust (Queen vs The Miami Project) [2006] 2: Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers film version) [1998] 1 point: Bohemian Rhapsody (ft The Muppets) |
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