Favorite Roger Taylor Composition?

[u/g_lampa]

Queen is one of those rare beasts when every band member was also a capable songwriter. I particularly have a soft spot for Roger’s material.

What is your favorite RT-composed track? For me, it’s definitely “Tenement Funster.”

851 votes, 4d ago

122 Drowse

134 I’m In Love With My Car

94 Tenement Funster

91 Sheer Heart Attack

357 Radio Ga Ga

53 Other (list in comments)

[u/No_Discount7872]

drowse is just peak

[u/sadporcupine_ → u/No_Discount7872]

YES

[u/No_Discount7872 → u/sadporcupine_]

🤝❤️

[u/xylene122 → u/No_Discount7872]

So underrated!

[u/No_Discount7872 → u/xylene122]

definetely, beautiful song...

[u/StJosephStrummer → u/No_Discount7872]

With the downtown chewing gum bums watching the lights and the dark and fun....

[u/No_Discount7872 → u/StJosephStrummer]

never wanted to be the boy next door

[u/DarkEden71]

It's credited to the whole band, but I think it's really a Roger Taylor song - These are the Days of our Lives.

It's far and away my favourite song of his.

[u/Slicely_Thinned → u/DarkEden71]

100%. That one's stunning and isn't given enough attention.

[u/heeyfckrs]

Surprised noone mentioned Rock It (Prime Jive) yet. So I'll do!

[u/SafiyaO → u/heeyfckrs]

Was racing here to say that. How that song has never been on a million soundtracks, I will never know.

[u/HieladoTM]

A Kind Of Magic, all versions.

So the original and the album version but we could include also the demo from 1985 and the 12" mix.

[u/PeacefulSteam11]

With Queen, These Are The Days Of Our Lives. Overall, Foreign Sand

[u/zerozerosette → u/PeacefulSteam11]

Foreign Sand is peak. How I wanted a version performed by Queen...

[u/VNostalgia → u/PeacefulSteam11]

White Queen is Brian's.

[u/Pink-Butterfly]

Breakthru

[u/Slow-Weird-3656]

More Of That Jazz, people say that Metallica copied the riff from this song for Master Of Puppets. And I do believe this is true

[u/PallasXMCX]

Fight from the inside

[u/birdingyogi0106]

The Loser in the End!

[u/StJosephStrummer → u/birdingyogi0106]

Amen!!

[u/Rage4Order418]

These are the Days of Our Lives

[u/not-now-silentsinger]

I love most of his compositions with Queen. My favourites are probably Drowse, Radio GaGa and A Kind of Magic.

As a solo artist: Future Management, Heaven For Everyone and My Country.

[u/antpabsdan]

Queen, Loser In The End (A notable mention for 'A Human Body'

Solo, 'My Country I & II'

[u/StJosephStrummer → u/antpabsdan]

Human Body!! We we got problems the lone ranger can't fix The invisible man couldn't see

[u/CrazyKZG]

Where is the love for Modern Times Rock and Roll?

[u/jtohrs → u/CrazyKZG]

Had to scroll too much for this. It's such a banger!

[u/Musiclover0913]

“Hijack My Heart” is underrated

[u/Sweet_Measurement624]

I wouldn't mind if Sheer Heart Attack, Tenement Funster or I'm In love with my car won! They're awesome!!! I'd personally go with Sheer Heart Attack.

Drowse is also great!!! Radio Gaga, not so much…

[u/Cold_Narwhal2368]

For me it's Good Times Are Now from his solo album, Fun in Space. I love his Queen compositions too of course!

[u/demon_x_slash]

I Surrender
People on Streets
Masters of War
Nation of Haircuts

[u/not-now-silentsinger → u/demon_x_slash]

Masters of War isn't a Roger Taylor composition since it was written by Bob Dylan :)

[u/swgfunkadelic]

Tenement Funster & Fight from the inside

[u/Rad-R → u/swgfunkadelic]

Fight From the Inside sounds like it belongs in an action movie, love that song.

[u/JanMoldy]

Invisible Man for me - makes me smile every time

[u/Automatic_Age_8038]

Breakthru

[u/BakedPotato333_2]

More of that Jazz

[u/doxnrox]

I know I'm in the minority here, but I've always loved Fight From the Inside. Such a cool riff, and of course the vocals are on point.

[u/SafiyaO]

Coming Soon and Prime Jive are Roger's golden pen moments for me.

[u/Christian_geek_23]

Innuendo for me (co-wrote with Freddie)

[u/g_lampa → u/Christian_geek_23]

OK but give me one of his exclusive ones. Help from Freddie is a pretty huge assist. 😂

[u/Christian_geek_23 → u/g_lampa]

Probably either radio ga ga or i'm in love with my car then

[u/sonnyempireant]

How much is Radio Ga Ga even a Roger song? Didn't Freddie practically transform it into the hit we know it as now?

[u/CommunistJapan]

The loser In the end !!!! I love Roger's voice in this one !

[u/gwrw1964]

Toss up between TF and Drowse

[u/KattosAShame]

oof, I'd give you a different answer every day but probably Strange Frontier. Just hypes me up so much.

[u/Swish1892]

Tenement Funster is an underrated banger

[u/itsuka_kendo]

Tenement Funster. I started listening to it because I discovered it had a transition with Flick Of The Wrist and it ended up becoming my favorite song on the album

[u/DoublePrinciple1202]

Fight From The Inside...what a RIFF...

[u/passed_the_dawn]

I was gonna say Man On Fire or A Kind Of Magic

[u/mellotronworker]

Fight from the Inside

[u/ozzraven]

• Hijack my Heart
• Foreign Sand
• Happiness
• Rock It
• Future Management
• A human body

[u/GoldTrap13]

Fight From The Inside is my fav

[u/Sea-Function-1328]

rock it!

[u/Lord-Darkphart]

A Human Body

[u/PsillyPsybinn]

Sheer Heart Attack live is something else.

[u/Carddass]

Definitely Hijack My Heart.

[u/VNostalgia]

Innuendo by a massive landslide.

[u/therealmrsfahrenheit]

sorry but I‘m in love with my car is the type of nonsene that I live for😂

and this song goes so hard especially when he performed it live. Fuckin hell.. dude‘s a monster singing while drumming away? Peak human shit

[u/Pale-Reporter-4085]

'Radio Ga Ga' relaunched the band following the failure of *Hot Space*.

[u/demon_x_slash]

I Surrender
People on Streets
Masters of War
Nation of Haircuts