Queen's Official Top 20 most-streamed songs

It may be 30 years since the original Queen lineup performed and released music together, but the impact of their music is still fully felt today - and continues to enjoy plenty of chart success. 

This week sees Queen release a 40th anniversary reissue of their 1981 Greatest Hits, which could return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart for the first time since its original four-week run at the summit. 

The collection has regularly appeared in the Top 100 over the years, and hasn't left it since December 2019, spending most of 2021 in the Top 10. View Queen's Official Chart history in full here.

Queen continued to score hits for another ten years after its release, but the 1981 best-of remains their most popular. It's the UK's best-selling album of all time, and the only record to have sold over 6 million copies.

The band's music has successfully weathered several music format changes over the years - vinyl, cassette, CD, downloads, and most recently streaming, where their music has been embraced by a whole new generation. But how does their most-streamed songs in the UK compare to their 1981 greatest hits? Before we reveal the Top 20, some highlights...

Thank God It's Christmas
Released: 1984
UK streams: 20.3 million

A moderate hit for Queen peaking at Number 21, the festive track did not appear on any Queen studio album, featuring only on Greatest Hits III, released in 1999. Last year it re-entered the Top 100 for the first time since its original 1984 release, suggesting it may finally be entering the Christmas music hall of fame. 

Love Of My Life
Released: 1979
UK streams: 38.2 million

Despite not being given the proper single treatment (a live version released in 1979 peaked at Number 63)  - and not featuring on the UK edition of their 1981 hits album (which was made up of Queen's UK Top 20 singles only, plus We Will Rock You), this sentimental ballad is Queen's 14th most-streamed song, possibly because it is a staple of their Queen + Adam Lambert live shows.

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Radio Ga Ga
Released: 1984
UK streams: 67.5 million

A Number 1 hit in 19 countries, Radio Ga Ga peaked at Number 2 for two weeks on the Official UK Singles Chart, stuck behind Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax. It's the band's ninth most-streamed song, finishing just ahead of We Are The Champions.

Under Pressure
Released: 1981
UK streams: 111 milion

Queen's lead single from their Hot Space album came about from a random jam session with David Bowie. Although it was a joint project in terms of co-writing and producing, Bowie didn't perform the song until after Mercury's death, at a tribute concert in 1992. The song places fourth on their Top 20 most-streamed with 111 million plays.

Bohemian Rhapsody
Released: 1975
UK streams: 195 million

The only song to have made it to Christmas Number 1 twice. It first topped the Christmas charts in 1975 and pulled it off again 16 years later, after Freddie's death. As a result, it is one of the longest-reigning Number 1 hits of all-time. As well as being Queen's most-streamed, in 2018 it was revealed as the UK's most-played song of the 20th century, finishing ahead of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Queen's Official Top 20 most-streamed songs

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