Track Listing
This section includes the track listings for the original Greatest Hits and closely related albums only. For other compilations, including the second and third Greatest Hits albums, see the relevant articles. On this album Mercury has ten songs, Brian May has five and John Deacon has two. Roger Taylor had not released any singles with the group at that time.
| 1981 UK edition (Parlophone) & 2011 UK edition (Island) Has a photograph of the band as its cover. |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from A Night at the Opera, 1975) | Freddie Mercury | 5:56 | |
| 2. | "Another One Bites the Dust" (from The Game, 1980) | John Deacon | 3:36 | |
| 3. | "Killer Queen" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974) | Mercury | 2:57 | |
| 4. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" (single version, from Jazz, 1978) | Brian May | 3:16 | |
| 5. | "Bicycle Race" (from Jazz, 1978) | Mercury | 3:01 | |
| 6. | "You're My Best Friend" (from A Night at the Opera, 1975) | Deacon | 2:52 | |
| 7. | "Don't Stop Me Now" (from Jazz, 1978) | Mercury | 3:29 | |
| 8. | "Save Me" (from The Game, 1980) | May | 3:52 | |
| 9. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (from The Game, 1980) | Mercury | 2:42 | |
| 10. | "Somebody to Love" (from A Day at the Races, 1976) | Mercury | 4:56 | |
| 11. | "Now I'm Here" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974) | May | 4:10 | |
| 12. | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (from A Day at the Races, 1976) | Mercury | 2:54 | |
| 13. | "Play the Game" (from The Game, 1980) | Mercury | 3:33 | |
| 14. | "Flash" (single version, from Flash Gordon, 1980) | May | 2:48 | |
| 15. | "Seven Seas of Rhye" (from Queen II, 1974) | Mercury | 2:47 | |
| 16. | "We Will Rock You" (from News of the World, 1977) | May | 2:01 | |
| 17. | "We Are the Champions" (from News of the World, 1977) | Mercury | 2:59 | |
| Total length: | 57:20 | |||
| 1981 U.S. and Canada edition | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Another One Bites the Dust" | 3:37 | ||
| 2. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 5:58 | ||
| 3. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 2:44 | ||
| 4. | "Killer Queen" | 3:02 | ||
| 5. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" | 3:23 | ||
| 6. | "Bicycle Race" | 3:01 | ||
| 7. | "Under Pressure" (later included on Hot Space, 1982) | Queen, David Bowie | 4:05 | |
| 8. | "We Will Rock You" | 2:02 | ||
| 9. | "We Are the Champions" | 3:01 | ||
| 10. | "Flash" | 2:49 | ||
| 11. | "Somebody to Love" | 4:58 | ||
| 12. | "You're My Best Friend" | 2:52 | ||
| 13. | "Keep Yourself Alive" (single version in mono, from Queen, 1973) | May | 3:32 | |
| 14. | "Play the Game" | 3:30 | ||
| Total length: | 47:58 | |||
| 1981 Japan edition | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 5:55 | ||
| 2. | "Another One Bites the Dust" | 3:33 | ||
| 3. | "Killer Queen" | 3:00 | ||
| 4. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" | 3:22 | ||
| 5. | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" | 2:32 | ||
| 6. | "Don't Stop Me Now" | 3:28 | ||
| 7. | "Save Me" | 3:48 | ||
| 8. | "Under Pressure" | 4:05 | ||
| 9. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 2:42 | ||
| 10. | "Somebody to Love" | 4:55 | ||
| 11. | "Now I'm Here" | 4:15 | ||
| 12. | "Teo Torriatte" (single version, from A Day At The Races, 1976) | May | 5:00 | |
| 13. | "You're My Best Friend" | 2:50 | ||
| 14. | "Play the Game" | 3:28 | ||
| 15. | "Flash's Theme A.K.A. Flash" | 2:47 | ||
| 16. | "We Will Rock You" | 2:00 | ||
| 17. | "We Are the Champions" | 2:58 | ||
| Total length: | 60:37 | |||
| 1992 U.S. edition Has a red cover with the Queen crest design. |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "We Will Rock You" | 2:02 | ||
| 2. | "We Are the Champions" | 3:01 | ||
| 3. | "Another One Bites the Dust" | 3:37 | ||
| 4. | "Killer Queen" | 3:01 | ||
| 5. | "Somebody to Love" | 4:56 | ||
| 6. | "Fat Bottomed Girls (LP version)" | 4:16 | ||
| 7. | "Bicycle Race" | 3:02 | ||
| 8. | "You're My Best Friend" | 2:51 | ||
| 9. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 2:43 | ||
| 10. | "Now I'm Here" | 4:14 | ||
| 11. | "Play the Game" | 3:31 | ||
| 12. | "Seven Seas of Rhye" | 2:48 | ||
| 13. | "Body Language" (from Hot Space, 1982) | Mercury | 4:33 | |
| 14. | "Save Me" | 3:48 | ||
| 15. | "Don't Stop Me Now" | 3:34 | ||
| 16. | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" | 2:55 | ||
| 17. | "I Want to Break Free" (from The Works, 1984) | Deacon | 4:22 | |
| Total length: | 58:43 | |||
| 2004 U.S. edition (Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You) Same track listing as UK 1981 edition, followed by three additional tracks. |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 18. | "I'm in Love with My Car" (From A Night at the Opera, 1975) | Roger Taylor | 3:12 | |
| 19. | "Under Pressure" (from Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl, 2004) | 3:39 | ||
| 20. | "Tie Your Mother Down" (from Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl, 2004) | May | 6:22 | |
| Total length: | 69:17 | |||
| 2011 Japan Reissue Edition From the bonus track for japan, Available in iTunes. |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 18. | "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (From A Day at the Races, 1976) | May | 5:07 | |
| Total length: | 63:00 | |||
In addition to the variations above, the official biography Queen: As It Began by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins states the following variations on the original UK tracklisting:
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela had Love Of My Life (live) instead of Seven Seas Of Rhye.
Belgium and Spain had Spread Your Wings as an extra track.
Australia had Tie Your Mother Down and Keep Yourself Alive but not Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy or Seven Seas Of Rhye.
Bulgaria had Death On Two Legs and Sweet Lady as extra tracks.
Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel and Netherlands had Under Pressure as an extra track.
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