Though not near as popular in the United States as their native England, Queen still put a pretty impressive group of hits together in the 70's and 80's. They gave us four of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"Another One Bites the Dust", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions". Here is the complete Hits List for Queen:
1973: "Keep Yourself Alive"
1974: "Liar"
"Seven Seas of Rhye" (#10 U.K.)
"Killer Queen" (#12, #2 U.K., #24 Australia, #10 Austria, #3 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
1975: "Now I'm Here" (#11 U.K., #29 Netherlands, #14 Ireland)
"Lily of the Valley"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (#9, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
1976: "You're My Best Friend" (#16, #7 U.K., #40 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)--underrated.
"Somebody to Love" (#13, #2 U.K., #15 Australia, #1 Netherlands, #6 Ireland)
1977: "Tie Your Mother Down" (#49, #31 U.K., #47 Australia, #10 Netherlands)
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (#17 U.K.)
"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"
"Long Away"
1978: "We Are the Champions"/We Will Rock You" (#4, #2 U.K., #8 Australia, #12 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)
"Spread Your Wings" (#34 U.K., #26 Netherlands)
"It's Late" (#74)
"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" (#24, #11 U.K., #25 Australia, #21 Austria, #5 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
1979: "Don't Stop Me Now" (#86, #9 U.K., #16 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
"Jealousy"
"Mustapha"
"Love of My Life" (Live)
"We Will Rock You" (Live)
1980: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (#1, #2 U.K., #1 Australia, #9 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"Save Me" (#11 U.K., #76 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
"Play the Game" (#42, #14 U.K., #85 Australia, #10 Netherlands, #9 Ireland)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (#1, #7 U.K., #5 Australia, #6 Austria, #11 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"Need Your Loving Tonight" (#44)
"Flash" (#42, #10 U.K., #16 Australia, #1 Austria, #13 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
1981: "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) (#29, #1 U.K., #6 Australia, #10 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
1982: "Body Language" (#11, #25 U.K., #23 Australia, #11 Austria, #4 Netherlands, #13 Ireland)
"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" (#17 U.K., #18 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
"Calling All Girls" (#60)
"Staying Power"
"Back Chat" (#40 U.K., #19 Ireland)
1984: "Radio Ga Ga" (#16, #2 U.K., #2 Australia, #2 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
"I Want to Break Free" (#45, #3 U.K., #8 Australia, #1 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"It's a Hard Life" (#72, #6 U.K., #65 Australia, #20 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"Hammer to Fall" (#13 U.K., #69 Australia, #10 Ireland)
"Thank God It's Christmas" (#21 U.K., #21 Austria, #31 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
1985: "One Vision" (#61, #7 U.K., #35 Australia, #21 Netherlands, #5 Ireland)
1986: "A Kind of Magic" (#42, #3 U.K., #25 Australia, #12 Austria, #5 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"Princes of the Universe" (#32 Australia)
"Friends Will Be Friends" (#14 U.K., #16 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (#43 Netherlands)
"Who Wants to Live Forever" (#24 U.K., #29 Netherlands, #15 Ireland)
"One Year of Love"
1989: "I Want It All" (#50, #3 U.K., #10 Australia, #11 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)
"Breakthru" (#7 U.K., #45 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #6 Ireland)
"The Invisible Man" (#12 U.K., #6 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
"Scandal" (#25 U.K., #12 Netherlands, #14 Ireland)
"The Miracle" (#21 U.K., #16 Netherlands, #23 Ireland)
1991: "Innuendo" (#1 U.K., #28 Australia, #12 Austria, #4 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"I'm Going Slightly Mad" (#22 U.K., #20 Netherlands, #19 Ireland)
"Headlong" (#14 U.K., #43 Netherlands, #25 Ireland)
"I Can't Live With You"
"The Show Must Go On" (#16 U.K., #75 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #17 Ireland)
"Ride the Wild Wind"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (re-release) (#2, #1 U.K., #5 Australia, #8 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
1992: "Who Wants to Live Forever" (#6 Netherlands)
"We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions" (Live) (#9 Netherlands)
"We are the Champions" (Re-release) (#81 Australia)
1993: "Somebody to Love" (Live with George Michael) (#30, #1 U.K., #19 Australia, #15 Austria, #6 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
1995: "Heaven for Everyone" (#2 U.K., #15 Australia, #4 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #7 Ireland)
"A Winter's Tale" (#6 U.K., #71 Australia, #23 Austria, #16 Netherlands, #23 Ireland)
1996: "I Was Born to Love You"
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" (#15 U.K., #28 Ireland)
"Let Me Live" (#9 U.K., #28 Netherlands)
"You Don't Fool Me" (#17 U.K., #23 Austria, #22 Netherlands, #23 Ireland)
1997: "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (#13 U.K., #33 Netherlands)
1998: "We Are the Champions" (Re-release)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (with Wyclef Jean) (#5 U.K., #23 Austria, #21 Netherlands, #11 Ireland)
1999: "Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (with David Bowie) (#14 U.K.
2000: "We Will Rock You" (Queen and 5ive) (#1 U.K., #3 Australia, #2 Austria, #6 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
"Princes of the Universe" (re-release)
2003: "We Will Rock You" (re-release)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (re-release)
"Flash" (with Vanguard) (#15 U.K., #95 Australia, #44 Austria)
2005: "Reaching Out"/"Tie Your Mother Down"
2006: "Another One Bites the Dust" (with the Miami Project) (#31 U.K., #49 Netherlands)
2007: "Say It's Not True" (with Paul Rodgers) (#90 U.K., #62 Netherlands)
2008: "C-lebrity" (with Paul Rodgers) (#33 U.K., #50 Netherlands)
2008: "We Believe"
2009: "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with the Muppets) (#32 U.K.
2011: "Stormtroopers in Stilettos"
Not counting re-releases and live releases of previous hits, Queen rang up 48 hits in the U.K., with 20 of those going Top 10 and three #1's. That dwarfs their chart record in the U.S.--22 hits with 4 Top 10's and two #1's.
1973: "Keep Yourself Alive"
1974: "Liar"
"Seven Seas of Rhye" (#10 U.K.)
"Killer Queen" (#12, #2 U.K., #24 Australia, #10 Austria, #3 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
1975: "Now I'm Here" (#11 U.K., #29 Netherlands, #14 Ireland)
"Lily of the Valley"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (#9, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
1976: "You're My Best Friend" (#16, #7 U.K., #40 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)--underrated.
"Somebody to Love" (#13, #2 U.K., #15 Australia, #1 Netherlands, #6 Ireland)
1977: "Tie Your Mother Down" (#49, #31 U.K., #47 Australia, #10 Netherlands)
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (#17 U.K.)
"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"
"Long Away"
1978: "We Are the Champions"/We Will Rock You" (#4, #2 U.K., #8 Australia, #12 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)
"Spread Your Wings" (#34 U.K., #26 Netherlands)
"It's Late" (#74)
"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" (#24, #11 U.K., #25 Australia, #21 Austria, #5 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
1979: "Don't Stop Me Now" (#86, #9 U.K., #16 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
"Jealousy"
"Mustapha"
"Love of My Life" (Live)
"We Will Rock You" (Live)
1980: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (#1, #2 U.K., #1 Australia, #9 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"Save Me" (#11 U.K., #76 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
"Play the Game" (#42, #14 U.K., #85 Australia, #10 Netherlands, #9 Ireland)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (#1, #7 U.K., #5 Australia, #6 Austria, #11 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"Need Your Loving Tonight" (#44)
"Flash" (#42, #10 U.K., #16 Australia, #1 Austria, #13 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
1981: "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) (#29, #1 U.K., #6 Australia, #10 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
1982: "Body Language" (#11, #25 U.K., #23 Australia, #11 Austria, #4 Netherlands, #13 Ireland)
"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" (#17 U.K., #18 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
"Calling All Girls" (#60)
"Staying Power"
"Back Chat" (#40 U.K., #19 Ireland)
1984: "Radio Ga Ga" (#16, #2 U.K., #2 Australia, #2 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
"I Want to Break Free" (#45, #3 U.K., #8 Australia, #1 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"It's a Hard Life" (#72, #6 U.K., #65 Australia, #20 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"Hammer to Fall" (#13 U.K., #69 Australia, #10 Ireland)
"Thank God It's Christmas" (#21 U.K., #21 Austria, #31 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
1985: "One Vision" (#61, #7 U.K., #35 Australia, #21 Netherlands, #5 Ireland)
1986: "A Kind of Magic" (#42, #3 U.K., #25 Australia, #12 Austria, #5 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"Princes of the Universe" (#32 Australia)
"Friends Will Be Friends" (#14 U.K., #16 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (#43 Netherlands)
"Who Wants to Live Forever" (#24 U.K., #29 Netherlands, #15 Ireland)
"One Year of Love"
1989: "I Want It All" (#50, #3 U.K., #10 Australia, #11 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)
"Breakthru" (#7 U.K., #45 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #6 Ireland)
"The Invisible Man" (#12 U.K., #6 Netherlands, #10 Ireland)
"Scandal" (#25 U.K., #12 Netherlands, #14 Ireland)
"The Miracle" (#21 U.K., #16 Netherlands, #23 Ireland)
1991: "Innuendo" (#1 U.K., #28 Australia, #12 Austria, #4 Netherlands, #4 Ireland)
"I'm Going Slightly Mad" (#22 U.K., #20 Netherlands, #19 Ireland)
"Headlong" (#14 U.K., #43 Netherlands, #25 Ireland)
"I Can't Live With You"
"The Show Must Go On" (#16 U.K., #75 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #17 Ireland)
"Ride the Wild Wind"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (re-release) (#2, #1 U.K., #5 Australia, #8 Austria, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
1992: "Who Wants to Live Forever" (#6 Netherlands)
"We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions" (Live) (#9 Netherlands)
"We are the Champions" (Re-release) (#81 Australia)
1993: "Somebody to Love" (Live with George Michael) (#30, #1 U.K., #19 Australia, #15 Austria, #6 Netherlands, #1 Ireland)
1995: "Heaven for Everyone" (#2 U.K., #15 Australia, #4 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #7 Ireland)
"A Winter's Tale" (#6 U.K., #71 Australia, #23 Austria, #16 Netherlands, #23 Ireland)
1996: "I Was Born to Love You"
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" (#15 U.K., #28 Ireland)
"Let Me Live" (#9 U.K., #28 Netherlands)
"You Don't Fool Me" (#17 U.K., #23 Austria, #22 Netherlands, #23 Ireland)
1997: "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (#13 U.K., #33 Netherlands)
1998: "We Are the Champions" (Re-release)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (with Wyclef Jean) (#5 U.K., #23 Austria, #21 Netherlands, #11 Ireland)
1999: "Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (with David Bowie) (#14 U.K.
2000: "We Will Rock You" (Queen and 5ive) (#1 U.K., #3 Australia, #2 Austria, #6 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
"Princes of the Universe" (re-release)
2003: "We Will Rock You" (re-release)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (re-release)
"Flash" (with Vanguard) (#15 U.K., #95 Australia, #44 Austria)
2005: "Reaching Out"/"Tie Your Mother Down"
2006: "Another One Bites the Dust" (with the Miami Project) (#31 U.K., #49 Netherlands)
2007: "Say It's Not True" (with Paul Rodgers) (#90 U.K., #62 Netherlands)
2008: "C-lebrity" (with Paul Rodgers) (#33 U.K., #50 Netherlands)
2008: "We Believe"
2009: "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with the Muppets) (#32 U.K.
2011: "Stormtroopers in Stilettos"
Not counting re-releases and live releases of previous hits, Queen rang up 48 hits in the U.K., with 20 of those going Top 10 and three #1's. That dwarfs their chart record in the U.S.--22 hits with 4 Top 10's and two #1's.
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