We Will Rock You (musical) - Music

Music

As a jukebox musical, the show's music consists entirely of Queen material. The musical numbers of the original London production are as follows.

Act I
  1. "Innuendo" –
  2. "Radio Ga Ga" –
  3. "I Want to Break Free" –
  4. "I Want to Break Free" (reprise) –
  5. "Somebody to Love" –
  6. "Killer Queen" –
  7. "Play the Game" –
  8. "Death on Two Legs"* (instrumental)
  9. "Under Pressure" –
  10. "A Kind of Magic" –
  11. "I Want It All" –
  12. "Headlong" –
  13. "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" –
  14. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"* –
  15. "Ogre Battle" (instrumental)
Act II
  1. "One Vision" / "Radio Ga Ga" (reprise) –
  2. "Who Wants to Live Forever" –
  3. "Flash" –
  4. "Seven Seas of Rhye" –
  5. "Fat Bottomed Girls"* –
  6. "Don't Stop Me Now" –
  7. "Another One Bites the Dust" –
  8. "Hammer to Fall" –
  9. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" –
  10. "Bicycle Race"* –
  11. "Headlong" (reprise)* –
  12. "Brighton Rock" solo* (instrumental)
  13. "Tie Your Mother Down"* (instrumental)
  14. "We Will Rock You" –
  15. "We Are the Champions" –
    Encore
  16. "We Will Rock You" (fast version) –
  17. "Bohemian Rhapsody" –

Later in the London production, the "One Vision" sequence was changed to include Freddie Mercury's recorded vocals for the bridge. Previously, the bridge had been sung by the ensemble.

In the original London production, "Fat-Bottomed Girls" was a short instrumental interlude prior to "Another One Bites the Dust". Subsequent international productions expanded the song into a full song and dance sequence. Due to the positive response, the change was transferred back to the London production.

For the single-act Las Vegas production, "Who Wants to Live Forever" is replaced by "You're My Best Friend".

For the Australasian tour and Canadian production, "Play the Game" is replaced by "Now I'm Here".

For the revamped Canadian production, "One Vision" is removed.

On special occasions, "The Show Must Go On" is added to the encore.

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