April 2, 20232 yr the results of the UK poll is now online (top 40 only). Zero surprises at the top end and pleasantly not too far away from a lot of mine elsewhere, but I think this poll will be more interesting in seeing where we differ - notably the fake double A side in the poll vs We Are The Champions on its own...
April 2, 20232 yr Apologies for tardiness! +50 Innuendo [1991] +49 The Show Must Go On [1991] +48 Bohemian Rhapsody [1975] +47 Who Wants To Live Forever [1986] +46 Don't Stop Me Now [1979] +45 Another One Bites The Dust [1980] +44 Radio Ga Ga [1984] +43 Under Pressure (with David Bowie) [1981] +42 A Kind Of Magic [1986] +41 Killer Queen [1974] +40 Somebody To Love [1976] +39 Crazy Little Thing Called Love [1979] +38 One Vision [1985] +37 Hammer To Fall [1984] +36 You're My Best Friend [1976] +35 Save Me [1980] +34 It's A Hard Life [1984] +33 We Are The Champions [1977] +32 I Want To Break Free [1984] +31 I Want It All [1989] +30 These Are The Days Of Our Lives [1991] +29 Back Chat [1982] +28 I'm Going Slightly Mad [1991] +27 Love Of My Life [1979] +26 Las Palabras De Amor [1982] +25 Breakthru [1989] +24 Seven Seas Of Rhye [1974] +23 Somebody To Love (Five Live EP) [1992] +22 Play The Game [1980] +21 Too Much Love Will Kill You [1996] +20 Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen & The Muppets) [2009] +19 Let Me Live [1996] +18 A Winter's Tale [1995] +17 The Invisible Man [1989] +16 Spread Your Wings [1978] +15 Now I'm Here [1975] +14 Tie Your Mother Down [1977] +13 Body Language [1982] +12 Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy [1977] +11 Scandal [1989] +10 The Miracle [1989] +09 Friends Will Be Friends [1986] +08 Bicycle Race [1978] +07 Heaven For Everyone [1995] +06 You Don’t Fool Me [1996] +05 No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) [1998] +04 Headlong [1991] +03 Under Pressure - Rah Mix [1999] +02 Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers film version) [1998] +01 Another One Bites The Dust (Queen vs The Miami Project) [2006] +00 C-Lebrity [2008] +00 Fat Bottomed Girls [1978] +00 Flash [1980] +00 Flash (Queen & Vanguard) [2003] +00 Thank God It's Christmas [1984] +00 We Will Rock You (Five & Queen) [2000]
April 2, 20232 yr Sorry, I meant to join the listenthrough but haven't had the time, as you asked so nicely though, I will do a rough ranking (just skimming the ones I don't know) 50; Bohemian Rhapsody [1975] 49; Another One Bites The Dust [1980] 48; Under Pressure (with David Bowie) [1981] 47; You're My Best Friend [1976] 46; We Are The Champions [1977] 45; I Want To Break Free [1984] 44; Don't Stop Me Now [1979] 43; A Kind Of Magic [1986] 42; These Are The Days Of Our Lives [1991] 41; Somebody To Love [1976] 40; Who Wants To Live Forever [1986] 39; Bicycle Race [1978] 38; I Want It All [1989] 37; Killer Queen [1974] 36; Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen & The Muppets) [2009] 35; Innuendo [1991] 34; Radio Ga Ga [1984] 33; Fat Bottomed Girls [1978] 32; Crazy Little Thing Called Love [1979] 31; Love Of My Life [1979] 30; The Show Must Go On [1991] 29; Seven Seas Of Rhye [1974] 28; Another One Bites The Dust (Queen vs The Miami Project) [2006] 26; C-Lebrity [2008] 25; The Invisible Man [1989] 24; Tie Your Mother Down [1977] 23; I'm Going Slightly Mad [1991] 22; Las Palabras De Amor [1982] 21; Thank God It's Christmas [1984] 20; Somebody To Love (Five Live EP) [1992] 19; Flash (Queen & Vanguard) [2003] 18; Hammer To Fall [1984] 17; One Vision [1985] 16; Back Chat [1982] 15; Heaven For Everyone [1995] 14; No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) [1998] 13; You Don’t Fool Me [1996] 12; Scandal [1989] 11; Now I'm Here [1975] 10; Friends Will Be Friends [1986] 09; Breakthru [1989] 08; Headlong [1991] 07; Flash [1980] 06; Play The Game [1980] 05; Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy [1977] 04; Spread Your Wings [1978] 03; Save Me [1980] 02; Too Much Love Will Kill You [1996] 01; A Winter's Tale [1995]
April 2, 20232 yr My votage shall come as soon as I have finished some last minute BJSC listening Julian. :lol:
April 2, 20232 yr You knew I'd end up leaving this until the last minute even after the extension really :basil: I'll have to quickly relisten to the iTunes previews so I'll be a bit after midnight but I will get this done tonight.
April 2, 20232 yr A Kind Of Magic [1986] Who Wants To Live Forever [1986] Bohemian Rhapsody [1975] We Are The Champions [1977] Don't Stop Me Now [1979] Too Much Love Will Kill You [1996] The Show Must Go On [1991] Killer Queen [1974] Bicycle Race [1978] Radio Ga Ga [1984] I Want To Break Free [1984] Crazy Little Thing Called Love [1979] Under Pressure (with David Bowie) [1981] Another One Bites The Dust [1980] Flash [1980] Somebody To Love [1976] Innuendo [1991] One Vision [1985] I Want It All [1989] The Invisible Man [1989] Save Me [1980] It's A Hard Life [1984] Hammer To Fall [1984] Friends Will Be Friends [1986] Fat Bottomed Girls [1978] Headlong [1991] Breakthru [1989] Play The Game [1980] You're My Best Friend [1976] Tie Your Mother Down [1977] Las Palabras De Amor [1982] The Miracle [1989] Seven Seas Of Rhye [1974] Love Of My Life [1979] Spread Your Wings [1978] You Don’t Fool Me [1996] Body Language [1982] Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy [1977] Somebody To Love (Five Live EP) [1992] These Are The Days Of Our Lives [1991] No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) [1998] Back Chat [1982] Now I'm Here [1975] Let Me Live [1996] I'm Going Slightly Mad [1991] Scandal [1989] Heaven For Everyone [1995] C-Lebrity [2008] Thank God It's Christmas [1984] A Winter's Tale [1995] Under Pressure - Rah Mix [1999] Flash (Queen & Vanguard) [2003] Another One Bites The Dust (Queen vs The Miami Project) [2006] Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers film version) [1998] We Will Rock You (Five & Queen) [2000] Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen & The Muppets) [2009] I didn’t really get chance to listen to all of these but the top half feels right for my own knowledge and preferences of the singles I do know!
April 2, 20232 yr +50 Don't Stop Me Now [1979] +49 You're My Best Friend [1976] +48 Crazy Little Thing Called Love [1979] +47 The Show Must Go On [1991] +46 Radio Ga Ga [1984] +45 Another One Bites The Dust [1980] +44 Killer Queen [1974] +43 Bohemian Rhapsody [1975] +42 One Vision [1985] +41 I'm Going Slightly Mad [1991] +40 A Kind Of Magic [1986] +39 I Want To Break Free [1984] +38 Who Wants To Live Forever [1986] +37 Under Pressure (with David Bowie) [1981] +36 Somebody To Love [1976] +35 Fat Bottomed Girls [1978] +34 I Want It All [1989] +33 Flash [1980] +32 Seven Seas Of Rhye [1974] +32 We Are The Champions [1977] +31 These Are The Days Of Our Lives [1991] +30 Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen & The Muppets) [2009] +29 Hammer To Fall [1984] +28 Back Chat [1982] +27 Thank God It's Christmas [1984] +26 Tie Your Mother Down [1977] +25 Innuendo [1991] +24 Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy [1977] +23 It's A Hard Life [1984] +22 Heaven For Everyone [1995] +21 Save Me [1980] +20 Love Of My Life [1979] +19 Las Palabras De Amor [1982] +18 The Miracle [1989] +17 Friends Will Be Friends [1986] +16 Bicycle Race [1978] +15 A Winter's Tale [1995] +14 Somebody To Love (Five Live EP) [1992] +13 The Invisible Man [1989] +12 Now I'm Here [1975] +11 Play The Game [1980] +10 Scandal [1989] +9 Too Much Love Will Kill You [1996] +8 Breakthru [1989] +7 You Don’t Fool Me [1996] +6 Body Language [1982] +5 Another One Bites The Dust (Queen vs The Miami Project) [2006] +4 We Will Rock You (Five & Queen) [2000] +3 Spread Your Wings [1978] +2 Let Me Live [1996] +1 No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) [1998]
April 3, 20232 yr ngl I nearly gave up on attempting this multiple times, I have eventually produced a list that feels satisfactory enough to post but I reserve the right for it to have contradicted things I said during the listenthroughs, I wasn't fully paying attention at all times, a lot of these are songs I've only ever heard once or twice in full and I have a bad memory +50 Bohemian Rhapsody +49 Who Wants To Live Forever +48 Another One Bites The Dust +47 Don't Stop Me Now +46 The Show Must Go On +45 We Are The Champions +44 I Want To Break Free +43 Radio Ga Ga +42 Under Pressure (w/ David Bowie) +41 Innuendo +40 Killer Queen +39 Somebody To Love +38 I Want It All +37 Back Chat +36 Bicycle Race +35 Flash +34 Love Of My Life +33 Somebody To Love (w/ George Michael) +32 A Kind Of Magic +31 One Vision +30 Bohemian Rhapsody (w/ The Muppets) - the temptation to put this higher was very real ngl +29 You're My Best Friend +28 Play The Game +27 Scandal +26 Breakthru +25 Seven Seas Of Rhye +24 Spread Your Wings +23 Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) +22 A Winter's Tale +21 Save Me +20 It's A Hard Life +19 Hammer To Fall +18 The Miracle +17 These Are The Days Of Our Lives +16 Friends Will Be Friends +15 Too Much Love Will Kill You +14 Thank God It's Christmas +13 Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy +12 You Don't Fool Me +11 Let Me Live +10 Crazy Little Thing Called Love +9 Another One Bites The Dust (w/ The Miami Project) +8 Tie Your Mother Down +7 I'm Going Slightly Mad +6 The Invisible Man +5 Heaven For Everyone +4 Now I'm Here +3 C-Lebrity (w/ Paul Rodgers) +2 Headlong +1 No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) +0 Under Pressure (Rah Mix) (w/ David Bowie) - I mean I'd probably rather listen to this than a few towards the end of my votes but it's too pointless to include, at least all the other remixes feel a bit more distinct from the originals +0 Fat Bottomed Girls +0 Flash (w/ Vanguard) +0 Another One Bites The Dust (w/ Wyclef Jean feat. Pras and Free) +0 Body Language +0 We Will Rock You (w/ Five)
April 3, 20232 yr Author Thanks to all who persevered with this! I know it was quite a tough one to do. Voting is now closed - we have a nice round 20. :cheer:
April 3, 20232 yr Author 56th to 54th coming later - a few rather tenuous “Queen” hits here but what do you think will be receiving the wooden spoon?
April 3, 20232 yr Author So the BBC poll contained exactly the same list of 56 songs and the results are in, but they only revealed the Top 40. How will ours compare? 1. Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) 2. Don't Stop Me Now (1979) 3. Somebody To Love (1976) 4. We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You (1977) 5. Radio Ga Ga (1984) 6. Who Wants To Live Forever (1986) 7. Killer Queen (1974) 8. Under Pressure (1981) 9. Love Of My Life (1979) 10. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (1991) 11. I Want to Break Free (1984) 12. The Show Must Go On (1991) 13. Seven Seas Of Rhye (1974) 14. Hammer To Fall (1984) 15. You're My Best Friend (1976) 16. A Kind Of Magic (1986) 17. Fat Bottomed Girls (1978) 18. Another One Bites The Dust (1980) 19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979) 20. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (1977) 21. One Vision (1985) 22. Innuendo (1991) 23. Now I'm Here (1975) 24. Tie Your Mother Down (1977) 25. Spread Your Wings (1978) 26. Somebody To Love - Five Live EP (1992) 27. I Want It All (1989) 28. Breakthru (1989) 29. We Will Rock You (2000) 30. Flash (1980) 31. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen & The Muppets, 2009) 32. Save Me (1980) 33. Bicycle Race (1978) 34. Too Much Love Will Kill You (1996) 35. It's A Hard Life (1984) 36. I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991) 37. Friends Will Be Friends (1986) 38. No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) (1998) 39. Las Palabras De Amor (1982) 40. Headlong (1991)
April 3, 20232 yr Author 56th - C-Lebrity (with Paul Rodgers, 2008) Score: 39 Average score: 1.95 Highest: 27 - Chez Wombat Lowest: 0 - 15 voters Polyhex entry: 20/09/2008 Queen And Paul Rodgers C-lebrity 33 {33}->1 f3ovN40FwRI The Queen and Paul Rodgers combination (otherwise known as QPR) officially lasted from 2004 to 2009, though it only yielded one studio album, "The Cosmos Rocks". This was the second single from the album - the first, "Say It's Not True", only reached #90 so missed the Top 75 cut-off to be included in this rate (and having just given it a listen I can confirm is also meh). This one fared better but it's the only time they've exited the Top 75 after just 1 week. And so despite all the features and remixes on the list this has somehow managed to finish below them all, with 3/4 of voters giving it a 0 and only Chez giving more than 5 oops. I think the song starts promisingly but then doesn't really deliver and the chorus is pretty limp.
April 3, 20232 yr I wish I had listened to more of these to be certain of my ordering but I can’t complain now I had ample time to do this.
April 3, 20232 yr C-Lebrity was an interesting commentary on the reality TV that was going on at the time but I only gave it one point. The best track from The Cosmos Rocks is Surf's Up...School's Out!
April 3, 20232 yr Author 55th - Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers film version with Wyclef Jean featuring Pras Michel, Free and Canibus, 1998) Score: 43 Average score: 2.15 Highest: 22 - JulianT Lowest: 0 - 14 voters Polyhex entry: 14/11/1998 Queen With Wyclef Jean Featuring Pras Michel, Free And Canibus Another One Bites The Dust 5 {5}-10-22-37-54-74->6 r9msVekBv8s "Small Soldiers" is a 1998 film about some toy soldiers that come to life and turn evil. Wyclef Jean was mainly responsible for the remix but it also features several other rappers including Pras Michel of Fugees and "Ghetto Superstar" fame. This is actually the highest peaking version of this song in the UK, the original only having reached #7. Clearly liking this is my hot take for this rate - I think it helps that I'm not a huge fan of the original, and I think the rap verses add an interesting extra dimension to it. Most of you evidently think it's a mess though and it finishes below not only the original but the more recent remix.
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