Five & Queen Version
"We Will Rock You" is the fifth and final single from British boyband Five's second studio album, Invincible. Released on 17 July 2000, the song features 2 members of Queen: Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums; however, they do not sing any vocals on the track. Freddie Mercury had died in November 1991, nearly a decade before this version's release and John Deacon also retired from public life in 1997 three years before it.
The song charted at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Five's second number-one single, and their ninth consecutive top-ten hit.
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