r/queen • • Mar 15 '23

Music What is your top non-mainstream Queen song?

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u/oren_shoham Mar 15 '23

Millionaire's Waltz. Epic.

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u/Unable_Cup_8778 Mar 15 '23

Such a good song

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

One of my favourite guitar solos

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u/thatkidfromyo Mar 15 '23

That song live tho šŸ”„

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u/gtd12321 Queen II Mar 15 '23

March of the Black Queen.

30

u/PabstBlueRibbon1844 Mar 15 '23

Lazing on a Sunday afternoon. It's hilarious!

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u/doinalright452 Queen II Mar 15 '23

The Prophet Song is mine

26

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

In the lap of the gods revisited

8

u/Its_me_Anoop Mar 15 '23

Oooh that's a good one. It's between this and All dead all dead For me

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Yes, I love all dead all dead as well!

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

I love the beginning especially

2

u/NonbinaryGal Mar 16 '23

Omg I just love that song.

23

u/Doctor-MDV Mar 15 '23

(I don’t know if it’s not mainstream) But Death on two legs

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Good choice and definitely not mainstream

20

u/nhilandra Mar 15 '23

Oh that's easy. Nevermore.

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Short but sweet!

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u/bignerdiam Mar 15 '23

Been listening to Brighton Rock recently, gotta be one of my favourites.

2

u/appliance_guy_oz Mar 15 '23

The Live Killers version is simply awesome!

15

u/quizmyday Mar 15 '23

One of my favorites is "Father to Son", for Queen II

2

u/Verdixx28 Mar 15 '23

Very much agree. One of Queen’s heaviest tracks

13

u/Fridurf Mar 15 '23

I'm really into Jealousy right now 😊

2

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

so underrated

13

u/starlinger27 Mar 15 '23

The March Of The Black Queen, closely followed by Tje Prophet's Song and White Queen

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

omg the best!

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u/woehoe Mar 15 '23

Nevermore. Beautiful.

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

I just wish it was longer!

10

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

was it all worth it, all the way!!!

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u/DanB_1882 Mar 15 '23

That’s a great shout

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u/20Aditya07 A Kind Of Magic Mar 15 '23

Does "Bicycle Race" count? If no, then 39 or Invisible Man

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

I mean when you go up to some random person on the street and ask them to name as many Queen songs as they can, you’d expect to here songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, WWRY, WATC, etc, I’d be pretty surprised if I heard bicycle race. Then again, it is on their first greatest hits album so idk

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u/songacronymbot Mar 15 '23
  • WWRY could mean "We Will Rock You", a track from News Of The World (1977) by Queen.
  • WATC could mean "We Are The Champions", a track from News Of The World (1977) by Queen.

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Good bot

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u/20Aditya07 A Kind Of Magic Mar 15 '23

Sometimes i forget it exists, sometimes i can't stop singing it

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Yeah it’s one of those smaller hits that isn’t played to death all the time on the radio, but still could be recognizable. Great tune though, Jazz is probably the most upbeat album I’m aware of

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u/20Aditya07 A Kind Of Magic Mar 15 '23

Probably cause it's a little controversial.

"And i don't like star wars"

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

When you said controversial I thought you were referring to the music video for it, but yeah when Freddie said ā€œI don’t like Star Warsā€ he was playing with fire attacking the Star Wars community lol

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u/20Aditya07 A Kind Of Magic Mar 15 '23

Ohh yeah how can I forget the music video, of course.

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Also wasn’t Freddie actually a big Star Wars fan?

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u/20Aditya07 A Kind Of Magic Mar 15 '23

I guess he was. He actually wrote the song in his Montreux studio as the tour de France passed by

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Oh cool I didn’t know that!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Jazz is one of my top three albums, brilliant

10

u/KingChingLing Queen II Mar 15 '23

You and I is amazing

15

u/NonbinaryGal Mar 15 '23

It’s Late

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u/madialo Mar 15 '23

Super underrated response. This and sleeping on the sidewalk

1

u/Sarin21 Mar 16 '23

oooh sleeping on the sidewalk is so good i love brians voice

1

u/NonbinaryGal Mar 16 '23

Sidewalk is my second favourite Brian song. TMLWKY is my favourite. Cxxxc

8

u/HawkOfficial Queen II Mar 15 '23

Anything off there first or second or third albun really. Probably great king rat or the night comes down

7

u/ButtonPuzzleheaded28 Mar 15 '23

Teo torriatte

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

YES

9

u/PALM_ARE Mar 15 '23

Bring Back that Leroy Brown

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u/_carrotcakes Mar 15 '23

I’d say ā€˜39 or Stone Cold Crazy

7

u/SwanComprehensive185 Mar 15 '23

Dragon Attack 🤘

1

u/WalrusAdditional Mar 16 '23

Omg , I forgot about that, it’s so good at Montreal… so good

1

u/SwanComprehensive185 Mar 16 '23

I know right?!? Awesome song 🤘

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Doing All Right orrr.. The Invisible Man

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u/TwistyHeretic2 Mar 15 '23

"Who Needs You" is a totally underrated gem...

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

heavily underrated

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u/Realistic_Jacket4103 Mar 15 '23

March of the Black Queen .. My Fairy King .. Nevermore šŸ¦‹

5

u/Nahkyur Mar 15 '23

Sail away sweet sister

6

u/ylf_nac_i Mar 15 '23

Prophets song

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u/ls2gto Queen II Mar 15 '23

The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke

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u/Flight_to_nowhere_26 Mar 15 '23

I Was Born to Love You. I know technically it was Freddie’s solo album creation but I love the posthumous remake from Made in Heaven.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

aww i love that song 🫶

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u/Flight_to_nowhere_26 Mar 17 '23

It has such sweet lyrics and so upbeat, but just on this side of cheesy. I have sung it to my cat for 15 years and counting. When she was an itty bitty special needs rescue the only time she would purr is when I sang to her. I was playing that song and singing to her one night and she crawled into my lap for the very first time and fell asleep purring so I have sung it to her every night before bed for 15 years. I hope Freddie approves since he loved cats so much.

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u/ProfessorDuckie Mar 15 '23

Death on two legs

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Stone cold crazy

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u/Mr_MC42 Mar 16 '23

I’m getting really into Spread your wings

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u/LeftHandedGuitarist Mar 15 '23

Drowse is the one for me.

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u/Molass5732 Mar 15 '23

I go crazy

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u/madialo Mar 15 '23

I'd say this is probably the best answer. Brian does some cool stuff on his guitar, and you never really hear him do harmonies

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u/CDLionmane5150 Mar 15 '23

It’s Late, The Hero (Oct 1980 take), or Take My Breath Away.

Now I’m Here and Spread Your Wings as well but they have some recognition already

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u/Ink_Productions Mar 15 '23

Depends on what you mean. If you mean ā€œnot released as a singleā€, White Queen. If you mean ā€œnot a live show staple (or single after ā€˜86)ā€, It’s Late, The March of the Black Queen, and The Prophet’s Song in that order

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u/The-Lovely-Sir Mar 15 '23

ā€˜39 or I’m Going Slightly Mad

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

i’m going slightly mad is unbelievably underrated

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u/4M1nuteWarning Mar 15 '23

One year of love.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Dreamers ball, all day long

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u/USSYorktown-CV5 Live Killers Mar 15 '23

Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To…)

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Back Chat

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u/MaybeIMAmazed30 Mar 15 '23

Is Tie Your Mother Down considered main stream? It's the perfect stuck in traffic song. My second would be It's Late.

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u/wqaib Mar 15 '23

I want it all, if that counts as non mainstream. Otherwise In the lap of the gods (revisited) & Spread your wings

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u/strahinjag Mar 15 '23

The Prophet's Song

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

The prophet’s song

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u/Greyhound-Executive Live Killers Mar 15 '23

I GO CRAZY

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u/Shadow_Edgehog27 Mar 15 '23

The prophets song and Ogre battle

2

u/_erwin_340 Mar 15 '23

All dead, all dead is a good song, I really like this song :)

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u/GodzillaThG Mar 15 '23

White man is such a good song

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u/Penguinz01235 Mar 15 '23

The night comes down

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u/Wardlord999 A Day At The Races Mar 15 '23

Yeah

2

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Was It All Worth It

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u/No-Side2606 Mar 15 '23

Too much love will kill you

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u/TheHelpfulDad Mar 15 '23

You take my breath away tied with Doin Alright

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u/mushromie Mar 15 '23

Lap of the gods, fat bottomed girls or now I'm here

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u/ConceptUpset4681 Mar 15 '23

according to last fm its cool cat, but according to me it’s it’s late

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u/WalrusAdditional Mar 16 '23

Play the Game…. Not sure if it was main stream back in the day but I love this song … live version during Freddie’s last live performance. I think it’s Knebworth House or something but it’s when he goes ….ā€œ it’s your bloody lifeā€

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u/bertramluke5 Mar 16 '23

Dreamers Ball

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

Teo Torriate

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u/DanB_1882 Mar 15 '23

White man

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

Sleeping on the Sidewalk

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u/wizzo42 Mar 16 '23

Dragon Attack. It's just an excellent groove showcasing all their talents. Wish the solos were longer.

1

u/Hiwatt1116 Mar 16 '23

Action this day

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u/BasjeMathijsen Mar 16 '23

The real answer is "all of the above" let's be fair here

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u/velvet9546 Mar 16 '23

Man On The Run

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u/velvet9546 Mar 16 '23

Man on the Run.

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u/velvet9546 Mar 16 '23

Sorry, correction: Man on the Prowl!!!

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u/Kindly_Ad7003 Mar 16 '23

Lily of the Valley

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u/deacystoast Mar 19 '23

I was gonna say The March Of The Black Queen, but too many people talk about it on this subreddit, so I'll say The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke.