“We Will Rock You” was released as a Double-A-Single with “We Are the Champions”, and became one of Queen’s biggest songs worldwide and a staple of arena and stadium sports everywhere.

It was a conscious decision by Brian May to make the song simple and anthemic (“stomp, stomp, clap, pause” twice per 4/4 measure), to get their live audiences more involved in their shows.

Queen also recorded a guitar-driven, punk-influenced “fast version” of the song with John Peel in 1977 that was often performed live.

In the video for “We Will Rock You” and “Spread Your Wings”, May used a copy of his guitar. He supposedly did not want to commit his Red Special to outside conditions, as the videos for these songs featured the band performing in the snow in Roger Taylor’s garden.