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Music Summary - We Will Rock You

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"We Will Rock You" [ CITATION Que77 l 13322 ] is a famous song, which could be for its attractive clapping rhythm, the powerful chorus sung unanimously and the magic guitar solo played by Brian May at the end of this piece of music. Those factors turned this song in an anthem of rock, being versioned and mixed by more than 50 artists, several appearances in films and television programs, commercials, radio, etc. But in 1992 appeared a version that probably will blow you mind, this is the Warrant version, which cover was made for the soundtrack of the movie "Gladiator"[ CITATION War92 l 13322 ]. Before to start is good to know some aspects of the song, the band and the cover that will be discussed on this essay, “We will rock you” is a song written by Brian May, was first published in the sixth album by Queen: News of the World, in 1977, and was reprinted several times in numerous compilations put out for sale after the death of singer Freddie Mercury. The song is ranked at no. 330 of the 500 best songs of history according to Rolling Stone. Moreover Queen is a British rock band, formed in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (singer), the other members are Brian May (guitarist), Roger Taylor (drummer) and John Deacon (bassist)[CITATION Wik15 l 13322 ]. On the other hand Warrant is a Hard rock band which obtained his greatest success during the nineties with their single and album Cherry Pie. The band became known for its loud songs focused on sex like "Down Boys" or "Cherry Pie" but also the band was known for its power ballads like "Heaven", "Sometimes She Cries" and "I Saw Red”[ CITATION War15 l 13322 ]. After Mercury’s death was very difficult tried to cover any song from Queen, but Warrant tried to prove some luck making the cover for the film Gladiator[ CITATION War92 l 13322 ]. Nothing guarantees that immediately people would love this version, even more being an immortal Queen classic, (as happened when Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ c

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