Queen's sped-up version of We Will Rock You is brilliantly bonkers

Queen have unveiled an alternate version of their iconic anthem We Will Rock You - and it's rocking our socks off. 

A sped-up rendition of the track was recorded during a BBC radio session for John Peel's show in 1977 and features on a new compilation from the band, called Queen On Air. 

Listen below, and prepare to be rocked: 

Different, right? 

Queen On Air includes 24 forgotten recordings by the band, each performed live during their six BBC radio sessions between February 1973 and October 1977. It includes unique takes of classic album tracks as well as radical reworkings of their best known hits, like We Will Rock You.

Producer Jeff Griffin said: "We Will Rock You, now that was fun, particularly fun for me and my engineer Mark Robinson, because the band said, 'Look, we need as many voices on this as possible, so we want you two to come in and sing in the studio'. Mike and I were a bit reluctant at first, not that we minded singing – I sing in a choir and Mike sings old Irish songs – but it’s not quite the same as going in a studio with Queen.

"It was a great session, and certainly the two Johns [Peel & his producer Walters] were very pleased with it when they heard it and when it went out. When you consider that this was now the era of punk, into which John had bought quite heavily, I think it caused quite a bit of a stir at the time because people were surprised that it would be going out on the John Peel Show among all the other things.”

The album is released on November 4 via Viging EMI and will be available as a 2-CD set, 3-LP set and a collectors 6-CD edition with added live concert broadcasts and radio interviews. 

All the sessions on the album have been restored by Queen engineer Kris Fredriksson and mastered by Grammy Award-winner Adam Ayran. 

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Queen On Air follows the release of a Freddie Mercury singles collection, called Messenger Of The Gods, released to coincide with what would have been the late icon's 70th birthday in September. 

Meanwhile, earlier this year Official Charts revealed Queen's Greatest Hits as the biggest selling album of all-time in the UK. Click here to see the full Top 60. Watch back when we celebrated the album's huge sales milestone with Brian May below: 

The full tracklisting for Queen On Air:

2-CD Edition: 

The Complete BBC Radio Sessions:

Available formats: Physical + digital & streaming

CD1
Session 1: 
1. My Fairy King 
2. Keep Yourself Alive 
3. Doing All Right 
4. Liar 

Session 2: 
5. See What A Fool I’ve Been 
6. Keep Yourself Alive 
7. Liar 
8. Son And Daughter 

Session 3: 
9. Ogre Battle 
10. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 
11. Great King Rat 
12. Son And Daughter

CD2
Session 4: 
1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll  
2. Nevermore  
3. White Queen (As It Began) 

Session 5: 
4. Now I’m Here  
5. Stone Cold Crazy  
6. Flick Of The Wrist  
7. Tenement Funster

Session 6: 
8. We Will Rock You  
9. We Will Rock You (Fast)  
10. Spread Your Wings  
11. It’s Late  
12. My Melancholy Blues

3-LP Vinyl Edition: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions:

Side 1 – Session 1
1. My Fairy King  
2. Keep Yourself Alive  
3. Doing All Right  
4. Liar

Side 2 –Session 2
1. See What A Fool I’ve Been  
2. Keep Yourself Alive  
3. Liar  
4. Son And Daughter

Side 3 – Session 3
1. Ogre Battle  
2. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll  
3. Great King Rat  
4. Son And Daughter

Side 4 – Session 4
1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll  
2. Nevermore  
3. White Queen (As It Began)

Side 5 – Session 5
1. Now I’m Here  
2. Stone Cold Crazy  
3. Flick Of The Wrist  
4. Tenement Funster

Side 6 – Session 6
1. We Will Rock You  
2. We Will Rock You (Fast)  
3. Spread Your Wings  
4. It’s Late
5. My Melancholy Blues

Deluxe 6-CD Edition

CD1: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions
Session 1: 
1. My Fairy King 
2. Keep Yourself Alive 
3. Doing All Right 
4. Liar 

Session 2: 
5. See What A Fool I’ve Been 
6. Keep Yourself Alive 
7. Liar 
8. Son And Daughter 

Session 3: 
9. Ogre Battle 
10. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 
11. Great King Rat 
12. Son And Daughter

CD2: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions

Session 4: 
1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll  
2. Nevermore  
3. White Queen  (As It Began) 

Session 5: 
4. Now I’m Here  
5. Stone Cold Crazy  
6. Flick Of The Wrist  
7. Tenement Funster 

Session 6: 
8. We Will Rock You 
9. We Will Rock You (Fast)  
10. Spread Your Wings 
11. It’s Late  
12. My Melancholy Blues

CD3: Queen Live On Air

Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 13th September 1973:
1. Procession (Intro Tape)  
2. Father To Son  
3. Son And Daughter  
4. Guitar Solo  
5. Son And Daughter (Reprise)  
6. Ogre Battle  
7. Liar  
8. Jailhouse Rock 

Estádio Do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981:
9. Intro  
10. We Will Rock You (Fast)  
11. Let Me Entertain You  
12. I’m In Love With My Car  
13. Alright Alright  
14. Dragon Attack  
15. Now I’m Here  
16. Love Of My Life

Maimmarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986:
17. A Kind Of Magic  
18. Vocal Improvisation  
19. Under Pressure  
20. Is This The World We Created  
21. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care  
22. Hello Mary Lou  (Goodbye Heart) 
23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love  
24. God Save The Queen

CD4: Queen On Air: The Interviews (1976-1980)
Freddie Mercury With Kenny Everett (November 1976) / Queen with Tom Browne (Christmas 1977) / Roger Taylor with Richard Skinner (June 1979) / Roger Taylor with Tommy Vance (December 1980) / Roy Thomas Baker ‘The Record Producers’

CD5: Queen On Air: The Interviews: (1981-1986)
John Deacon, South American tour (March 1981) / Brian May ‘Rock On’ with John Tobler (June 1982) / Brian May ‘Saturday Live’ with Richard Skinner and Andy Foster (March 1984) / Freddie Mercury ‘Newsbeat’ (August 1984) / Brian May ‘Newsbeat’ (September 1984) / Freddie Mercury ‘Saturday Live’ (September 1984) / Freddie Mercury with Simon Bates (April 1985) / Brian May ‘The Way It Is’ with David ‘Kid’ Jensen (July 1986)

CD 6: Queen On Air: The Interviews (1986-1992)
Roger Taylor ‘My Top Ten’ with Andy Peebles (May 1986) / ‘Queen For An Hour’ with Mike Read (May 1989) / Brian May ‘Freddie And Too Much Love Will Kill You’ with Simon Bates (August 1982) / Brian May ‘Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert’ with Johnnie Walker (October 1992)