«News of the World» был продан в количестве десяти миллионов копий. Его слава главным образом обеспечивается двумя первыми композициями: «We Will Rock You» и «We Are the Champions». Последняя со временем стала спортивным гимном, хотя изначально писалась совсем не для этого. «We Will Rock You» благодаря простой, но очень эффектной перкуссии и запоминающемуся припеву перепевалась и переделывалась бесчисленное множество раз, став чем-то вроде торговой марки. Правда, в большинстве случаев от всего текста остаётся лишь один припев, но песня легко угадывается даже без слов.
На концертах «Queen» эти две композиции всегда шли «рука об руку», завершая каждый концерт группы (кроме тура «Magic Tour», где между ними исполнялась песня «Friends Will Be Friends»).
Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise
Playin’ in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo’ face
You big disgrace
Kickin’ your can all over the place
Singin’
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you
Buddy you’re a young man hard man
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo’ face
You big disgrace
Wavin’ your banner all over the place
We will we will rock you
(Sing it out!)
We will we will rock you
Buddy you’re an old man poor man
Pleadin’ with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face
Big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
We will we will rock you
(Sing it!)
We will we will rock you
(Everybody)
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you
(Alright)
I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes‒
I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I’ve come through
And I need to go on and on, and on, and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
’Cause we are the champions of the world
I’ve taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune, and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it’s been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain’t gonna lose
And I need just go on and on, and on, and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
’Cause we are the champions of the world
We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
’Cause we are the champions
Well you’re just 17 and all you wanna do is disappear
You know what I mean there’s a lot of space between our ears
The way that you touch don’t feel nothin’
Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
Hey hey hey hey, that made me this way
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel?
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel?
Sheer heart attack
Sheer heart attack
Real cardiac
I feel so in-articulate
Gotta feelin’, gotta feelin’, gotta feelin’, like I’m paralysed
It ain’t no, it ain’t no, it ain’t no, it ain’t no surprise
Turn on the TV let it drip right down in your eyes
Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
Hey hey hey hey, that made me this way
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel?
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel?
Sheer heart attack
Sheer heart attack
Real cardiac
I feel so in-articulate
Just how I feel
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel?
Do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel?
Do you know, do you know, do you know, do you know just how I feel?
Sheer heart attack
Sheer heart attack
Real cardiac
She came without a farthing
A babe without a name
So much ado ’bout nothing
Is what she’d try to say
So much ado my lover
So many games we played
Through every fleeted summer
Through every precious day
All dead, all dead
All the dreams we had
And I wonder why I still live on
All dead, all dead
And alone I’m spared
My sweeter half instead
All dead and gone
All dead
All dead, all dead
At the rainbow’s end
And still I hear her own sweet song
All dead, all dead
Take me back again
You know my little friend’s
All dead and gone
Her ways are always with me
I wander all the while
But please you must forgive me
I am old but still a child
All dead, all dead
But I should not grieve
In time it comes to everyone
All dead, all dead
But in hope I breathe
Of course I don’t believe
You’re dead and gone
All dead and gone
Sammy was low
Just watching the show
Over and over again
Knew it was time
He’d made up his mind
To leave his dead life behind
His boss said to him
«Boy, you’d better begin
To get those crazy notions right out of your head
Sammy, who do you think that you are?
You should’ve been sweeping up the Emerald Bar»
Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
’Cause you know you should do better
That’s because you’re a free man
He spends his evenings alone in his hotel room
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he’d be leaving soon
Wishing he was miles and miles away
Nothing in this world, nothing would make him stay
Since he was small
Had no luck at all
Nothing came easy to him
Now it was time
He’d made up his mind
«This could be my last chance»
His boss said to him, «Now listen, boy!
You’re always dreaming
You’ve got no real ambition, you won’t get very far
Sammy boy, don’t you know who you are?
Why can’t you be happy at the Emerald Bar?»
So honey
Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
’Cause you know you should do better
That’s because you’re a free man
Come on, honey
Fly with me
Hey you boy, hey you
Hey you boy, think that you know what you’re doing?
You think you’re gonn
a set things to rights
You’re just another picture on a teenage wall
You’re just another sucker ready for a fall
You gotta
Fight from the inside
Attack from the rear
Fight from the inside
You can’t win with your hands tied
Fight from the inside
Ooh, ooh, aah!
Fight from the inside
Right down the line
Hey you, boy, hey you
Hey you, boy think that you know what you’re doing?
You think that out in the streets is all free
You’re just another money-spinner tool
You’re just another fool
You gotta
Fight from the inside
Attack from the rear
Fight from the inside
You can’t win with your hands tied
Fight from the inside
Ooh, ooh, aah!
Fight from the inside
Right down the line
Right down the line
Right down the line
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
You take my body
I give you heat
You say you’re hungry
I give you meat
I suck your mind
You blow my head
Make love (make love)
Inside your bed — everybody get down, make love
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Every time I get hot
You wanna cool down
Every time I get high
You say you wanna come down
You say it’s enough
In fact, it’s too much
Every time I get a — get down, get down, get down
Make love
(Get down) I can squeeze (make love) you can shake me
(Get down) I can feel (make love) when you break me
(Get down) Come on so heavy (make love)
(Get down) When you take me (make love)
You make love, you make love, you make love (get down), you make love (make love)
You can make everybody get down, make love
Get down, make love
Every time I get high
You wanna come down
Every time I get hot
You say you wanna cool down
You say it’s enough
In fact, it’s too much
Every time I wanna get down, get down, get down
Make love, make love, make love, make love
Aah!
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Get down, make love
Every time I get hot
You wanna cool down
Every time I get high
You say you wanna come down
You say it’s enough
In fact, it’s just too much
Every time I wanna get down, get down get down, make love
One, two, three
I was nothin’ but a city boy
My trumpet was my only toy
I’ve been blowin’ my horn
Since I knew I was born
But there ain’t nobody wants to know
I’ve been
Sleepin’ on the sidewalk
Rollin’ down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don’t wanna go home
So ’round the corner comes a limousine
And the biggest grin I’ve ever seen
Hey, sonny, won’t you sign
Right along the dotted line?
What you sayin’? Are you playin’?
Sure you don’t mean me?
Sleepin’ on the sidewalk
Rollin’ down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don’t wanna go home
(Now I’ll tell you what happened)
They took me to a room without a table
They said, «Blow your trumpet into here.»
I played around as well as I was able
And soon we had the record of the year
I was a legend all through the land
I was blowin’ to a million fans
Nothin’ was a-missin’
All the people wanna listen
You’d have thought I was a happy man
And I was
Sleepin’ like a princess
Never touched the road
I don’t get hungry
And I sure don’t wanna go home
(Have to have some fun. . .)
Now they tell me that I ain’t so fashionable
And that I owe the man a million bucks a year
So I told ’em where to stick the fancy label
It’s just me and the road from here
Yeah
I’m back to playin’ and layin’
I’m back on the game
I’m sleepin’ on the sidewalk
Rollin’ down the road
I sure get hungry and I
Sure do wanna go home
(Yeah)
One, two, three
I make it half past six, you come at seven
Always try to keep me hanging ’round
You little spoilt thing, girl you kept me waiting
Never contemplating my point of view
This comes as no surprise
I’m a fool, for I believed your lies
But now I’ve seen through your disguise
Who needs, well, I don’t need, who needs you?
Oh I believed you
Went on my knees to you
How I trusted you
But you turned me down
But it’s dog eat dog in this rat race
And it leaves you bleeding lying flat on your face
Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand
Where is that helping hand?
Oh, muchachos
I like it, I like it
Well, I don’t need you
How I was pushed around
«Don’t let it get you down»
You walked all over me
«But don’t you ever give in»
Taking one step forward, slipping two steps back
There’s an empty feeling that you can’t forget
Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand
When I met you, you were always charming
Couldn’t sleep at night ’til you were mine
You were, oh, so, so sophisticated
Never interested in what I’d say
I had to swallow my pride
So naïve you took me for a ride
But now I’m the one to decide
Who needs, well, I don’t need, who needs you?
One, two, three
You say you love me
And I hardly know your name
And if I say I love you in the candle light
There’s no one but myself to blame
But there’s something inside
That’s turning my mind away
Oh, how I could love you
If I could let you stay
It’s late when I’m bleeding deep inside
It’s late. Ooh, is it just my sickly pride?
Too late. Even now the feeling seems to steal away
So late. Though I’m crying I can’t help but hear you say
It’s late, it’s late, it’s late, but not too late
The way you love me
Is the sweetest love around
But after all this time
The more I’m trying
The more I seem to let you down
Yes, baby
Now you tell me you’re leaving
And I just can’t believe it’s true
Oh, you know that I can love you
Though I know I can’t be true
Oh, you made me love you
Don’t tell me that we’re through
It’s late, but it’s driving me so mad
It’s late. Yes, I know but don’t try to tell me
That it’s too late. Save our love you can’t turn out the lights
So late. I’ve been wrong but I’ll learn to be right
It’s late, it’s late, it’s late, but not too late
I’ve been so long
You’ve been so long
We’ve been so long tryna work it out
I ain’t got long
You ain’t got long
We gotta know what this life is all about
Tell me
Tryna work it out
Ooh, too late, yeah
Too late, much too late
You’re staring at me
With suspicion in your eye
You say what game are you playing?
What’s this that you’re saying?
I know that I can’t reply
If I take you tonight
Is it making my life a lie?
Oh, you make me wonder
Did I live my life right?
It’s late, but it’s time to set me free
It’s late. Ooh, yes, I know but there’s no way it has to be
Too late. So, let the fire take our bodies this night
So late. Let the waters take our guilt in the tide
It’s late, it’s late, it’s late, it’s late, it’s late, it’s late, it’s late
Oh, it’s all too late
Whoa, whoa
It’s too late, c’mon
Late too late, oh, yeah
Whoa
Another party’s over
And I’m left cold sober
Baby left me for somebody new
I don’t wanna talk about it
Want to forget about it
Wanna be intoxicated with that special brew
So come and get me
Let me
Get in that sinking feeling
That says my heart is on an all-time low
So
Don’t expect me
To behave perfectly
And wear that sunny smile
My guess is I’m in for a cloudy and overcast
Don’t try and stop me
’Cause I’m heading for that stormy weather soon
I’m causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I’m permanently glued
To this extraordinary mood
So now move over
And let me take over
With my melancholy blues
I’m causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I’m in the news
I’m just getting used to my new exposure
Come into my enclosure
And meet my melancholy blues