 Genius Lyrics
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first single released from Queen’s fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera. It became
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Queen – Too Much Love Will Kill You
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This song has a complicated history that makes it hard to interpret. It was written primarily by Queen guitarist Brian May, with two co-writers who were not Queen members. It tells
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Janelle Monáe (Ft. Erykah Badu) – Q.U.E.E.N.
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According to an interview with Janelle, the acronym Q.U.E.E.N. stands for the following five marginalized groups:
- Queer community
- Untouchables
- Emigrants
- Excommunicated
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Queen – Love of My Life
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This song is written about Mary Austin, with whom Freddie had a long-term relationship. They met in 1970, and Freddie referred to her once as the ‘love of his life’, despite
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Queen (Ft. Steve Howe) – Innuendo
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“Innuendo” is the opening track and lead single of Queen’s final album before Freddie Mercury’s death. The song, partially inspired by Led Zeppelin’s song Kashmir as well as
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Queen – Keep Yourself Alive
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Guitarist Brian May wrote “Keep Yourself Alive” after the band had been formed, but before John Deacon joined, as confirmed by former bass player Barry Mitchell (on an unofficial Q
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Queen – Seven Seas of Rhye
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Originally an instrumental on Queen’s eponymous debut album (Queen, 1973), this expanded rendition from 1974’s Queen II became the band’s first entry on the UK Singles Chart
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Queen – The Miracle
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‘The Miracle’ is the third track to Queen’s The Miracle album, released in 1989. It also gives the album it’s name. The album was recorded during guitarist Brian May’s marital
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Queen – Brighton Rock
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Written by Brian May, “Brighton Rock” tells the story of two young lovers named Jenny and Jimmy meeting in Brighton on a public holiday. Mods travelling to Brighton on bank
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Queen – One Vision
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“One Vision” first released as a single in November 1985 and then included on their 1986 album A Kind of Magic. It was originally conceived by Roger Taylor.
The song has been
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Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen
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“God Save the Queen” is a song by the English punk rock band Sex Pistols. It was released as the band’s second single and was featured on their only studio album, Never Mind the
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Queen – Save Me
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In this song, written by Brian May, Freddie sings the moments in a person’s life after a breakup. Brian actually wrote the song about a friend of his whose marriage was coming to
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Queen – Friends Will Be Friends
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“Friends Will Be Friends” was written by Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon, with lyrics written by Mercury (which was confirmed by guitarist Brian May on his website). It is
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Ed Sheeran – The Joker And The Queen
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“The Joker and the Queen” is the sixth song from Ed Sheeran’s 2021 album = (Equals), which is dedicated to the artist’s wife, Cherry Seaborn, as she’s seen the best in him as a man
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Queen – Stone Cold Crazy
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Off the 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack Though not released as a single, “Stone Cold Crazy” was in heavy rotation in Queen concerts during the 1970s. It’s been called “thrash metal
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Queen – In the Lap of the Gods
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“In the Lap of the Gods” was written by Freddie Mercury and featured multiple vocal overdubs from himself and Roger Taylor. The song features one of the highest notes on the album
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Queen – Play the Game
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“Play The Game” commences with a series of overlapping rushing noises on an Oberheim OB-X synthesiser, heralding the band’s acceptance of electronic instruments into their once
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Ava Max – Kings & Queens
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“Kings & Queens” is a song by Ava Max, released on March 12, 2020 as a single from her album Heaven & Hell.
The song initially went through around 10 iterations, which included
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Queen – Radio Ga Ga
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This is the first track on Queen’s 1984 album, The Works. Written by the band’s drummer, Roger Taylor, this song reached the Top 40 of every major chart around the world. Its
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Original StarKid Cast of Nightmare Time 2 (Ft. Jeff Blim) – Honey Queen
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[JEFF, spoken] / Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 75th annual Honey Queen pageant / [JEFF] / Honey Queen / You fill my heart with sunny things / You got that rarest honey gene
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Queen – These Are the Days of Our Lives
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The eighth track on Queen’s last album with Freddie Mercury, “Innuendo” is, of course, among the last songs Freddie Mercury recorded and released before his death.
The music video
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Queen – Now I'm Here
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“Now I’m Here” was written by Brian May while hospitalised, and recalls the group’s early tour supporting Mott the Hoople. The song was recorded during the last week of the
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Queen – Is This the World We Created...?
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A call to arms of sorts, “Is This The World We Created…?” asks people to look around, and take a moment to asses the state of the broken society we live in. It was written in
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Queen – It’s a Hard Life
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Mercury’s “It’s A Hard Life” has piano passages redolent of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, while the opening is based on an aria from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. For the first time in ages, no
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Queen – Hammer to Fall
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“Hammer to Fall” is a 1984 song by British rock band, Queen, and is the eighth track on the band’s eleventh album, The Works. It was the fourth and final single released from the
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Queen – The Show Must Go On
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Truly a fantastic Queen song recorded while lead singer Freddie Mercury was battling his symptoms from HIV/AIDS, “The Show Must Go On” is a compellingly powerful final coda to
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Kelsea Ballerini – homecoming queen?
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[Verse 1] / Hey, homecoming queen / Why do you lie? / When somebody's mean / Where do you hide? / Do people assume / You're always alright? / Been so good at smiling / Most of your
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Beach Bunny – Prom Queen
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“Prom Queen” is the title song from Beach Bunny’s EP Prom Queen. The song was initially released in 2018 but rose to popularity from the popular video app TikTok in 2020.
The song
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Queen – The March of the Black Queen
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“The March of the Black Queen” stomps out of 1974’s Queen II prominently, on Side Black of the vinyl release (vs. Side White, of course) featuring a regally grand variety of music
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Zombie Ghost Train – Graveyard Queen
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[Intro] / Lost my baby on a moonless night / Our dreams were shattered of our teenage lives / Her severed head sitting on my knee / The words she spoke, now haunting me / [Verse 1
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Queen (Ft. National Philharmonic Orchestra) – Who Wants to Live Forever
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“Who Wants to Live Forever” was composed by Brian May and sung on the album version as a duet between himself and Freddie Mercury.
Synths parts are played on a Yamaha DX-7 by May
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Queen – I Was Born to Love You
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First appearing as a disco/dance track on Freddie Mercury’s 1985 solo album Mr. Bad Guy, the song was later re-worked by the remaining members of Queen and included as a rock song
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Queen – Thank God It's Christmas
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“Thank God It’s Christmas” was written by guitarist Brian May & drummer Roger Taylor. They both had ideas for a Christmas single around July 1984, and made demos for each of their
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Deftones (Ft. Scott Weiland) – Rx Queen
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“RX Queen” is the fourth track off of Deftones' third album, White Pony.
Featuring an uncredited Scott Weiland on additional vocals in the chorus, the song delves into staying in
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Jack Off Jill – When I Am Queen
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[Intro] / [?] / [Verse 1] / When I am queen, I will insist / With perfect scars upon my wrists / That everything you once held dear / Is taken away from you / When I am queen
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Queen – A Winter's Tale
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“A Winter’s Tale” is a song by British rock band Queen. It’s a single from the Made in Heaven, album, released in 1995 after Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991. It was written after
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Thug Queen (Ft. Krayzie Bone) – The Queen
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[Krayzie] / It's the Queen (that's the Queen, it's the Queen) / Yeah, the Queen has arrived / She's collectin' all the royalties / (...As an angel falls...Tell me the name of me
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Glee Cast – Dancing Queen
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“Dancing Queen” is featured in Prom Queen, the twentieth episode of Season Two. It is sung by Amber Riley (Mercedes) and Naya Rivera (Santana)
Santana & Mercedes sing as Kurt
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Original Broadway Cast of Grease (Ft. James Canning & Walter Bobbie) – Rock 'N' Roll Party Queen
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[ROGER & DOODY] / La la-la la, la-la la-la la / La la-la la, la-la la-la la / Little girl, do you know who I mean? / Pretty soon, she'll be seventeen / They tell me her name's Mary
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