Return Of The Champions

Mixes Produced and Engineered by: Justin Shirley-Smith
Additional Engineering by: Joshua J. Macrae
Recorded live at: Sheffield, UK, 9 May 2005
UK Parlophone CD: 19 September 2005 00946 3 36979 2 8 / UK Chart #12
USA Hollywood Records CD: 13 September 2005 2061-62526-2 / Billboard #84

CD One
1. Reaching Out (Black/Hill) 1:06
2. Tie Your Mother Down (May) 4:30
3. I Want To Break Free (Deacon) 3:59
4. Fat Bottomed Girls (May) 5:45
5. Wishing Well (Bundrick/Kirke/Kossoff/Rodgers/Yamauchi) 4:33
6. Another On Bites The Dust (Deacon) 4:02
7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) 4:35
8. Say It's Not True (Taylor) 4:15
9. '39 (May) 4:38
10. Love Of My Life (Mercury) 5:11
11. Hammer To Fall (May) 6:45
12. Feel Like Makin' Love (Ralphs/Rodgers) 6:20
13. Let There Be Drums (Nelson/Polodor) 3:42
14. I'm In Love With My Car (Taylor) 3:36
15.Guitar Solo (May) 6:59
16. Last Horizon (May) 4:42
  CD Two
1. There Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen) 4:38
2. Radio Ga Ga (Taylor) 5:59
3. Can't Get Enough (Ralphs) 4:22
4. A Kind Of Magic (Taylor) 6:07
5. I Want It All (Queen) 5:09
6. Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) 6:18
7. The Show Must Go On (Queen) 4:33
8. All Right Now (Fraser/Rodgers) 6:54
9. We Will Rock You (May) 2:35
10. We Are The Champions (Mercury) 4:30
11. God Save The Queen (Trad. Arr. by May) 1:33

Related Songs
Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie), Imagine (Lennon/Ono), Seagull (Ralphs/Rodgers)

Album Info

The Fender Strat Pack concert held on September 24, 2004 at Wembley Arena in London marked the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. A who's who of rock music performed, including Brian May, who performed All Right Now with Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers. May invited Paul Rodgers to sing with Queen at the UK Music Hall Of Fame, performing We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, and All Right Now. The successful collaboration resulted in a world tour.

Queen + Paul Rodgers first tour saw the band travel across Europe, Asia, and North America. The Sheffield, UK show was recorded and filmed for future release.

Return Of The Champions captures the excitement of the band's live performances of Queen, Free, and Bad Company classics. The two CD live album was released in September 2005 reaching #12 on the UK chart and #84 in the US. A DVD version followed in October featuring a bonus performance of Image from Hyde Park. A triple vinyl LP box set was released in the UK on October 24, 2005. Under Pressure was performed that evening but remains unreleased. A promo CD titled Live In Italy was released in the US featuring performances of Seagull and Fat Bottomed Girls.

Reaching Out

Reaching Out 1:06
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track


Reaching Out / Tie Your Mother Down (Live Single Version) 5:39
Appears on: Europe Reaching Out/Tie Your Mother Down CD single, UK Reaching Out/Tie Your Mother Down promo CD single, US Reaching Out/Tie Your Mother Down promo CD single

This version combines the two songs into 1 track on the CD single. The opening has less crowd noise. The track ends with a fade-out.

Tie Your Mother Down

Tie Your Mother Down 4:30
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 2

Tie Your Mother Down (Live In Sheffield - Single Edit) 4:30
Appears on: Germany C-lebrity CD single

Recorded live in Florence, Italy on April 7, 2005.

I Want To Break Free

I Want To Break Free 3:59
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 3

Fat Bottomed Girls

Fat Bottomed Girls 5:45
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 4


Fat Bottomed Girls (Live Single Version) 5:48
Appears on: Europe Reaching Out/Tie Your Mother Down CD single, UK Reaching Out/Tie Your Mother Down promo CD single, US Reaching Out/Tie Your Mother Down promo CD single

This version fades in with crowd noise, whereas the album version begins with a guitar chord. It ends with a fade-out of crowd noise.

Fat Bottomed Girls (Live In Italy) 5:05
Appears on: US Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live In Italy promo CD

Recorded live in Florence, Italy on April 7, 2005.

Wishing Well

Wishing Well 4:33
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 5


Another One Bites The Dust

Another One Bites The Dust 4:02
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 6

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4:35
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 7

Say It's Not True

Say It's Not True 4:15
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 8

'39

'39 4:38
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 9


Love Of My Life

Love Of My Life 5:11
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 10

Hammer To Fall

Hammer To Fall 6:45
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 11

Feel Like Makin' Love

Feel Like Makin' Love 6:20
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 12


Feel Like Makin' Love (Stone Cold Classics Version) 6:20
Appears on: US Stone Cold Classics CD

This version starts at the exact same point as the album version and ends with a fade-out. This version can only be found on the 2006 Hollywod Records release Stone Cold Classics.

Let There Be Drums

Let There Be Drums 3:42
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 13

I'm In Love With My Car

I'm In Love With My Car 3:36
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 14

Guitar Solo

Guitar Solo 6:59
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 15

Last Horizon

Last Horizon 4:42
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 16


These Are The Days Of Our Lives

These Are The Days Of Our Lives 4:38
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 1

Radio Ga Ga

Radio Ga Ga 5:59
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 2

Can't Get Enough

Can't Get Enough 4:22
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 3

A Kind Of Magic

A Kind Of Magic 6:07
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 4


I Want It All

I Want It All 5:09
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 5


Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody 6:18
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 6

The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On 4:33
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 7


All Right Now

All Right Now 6:54
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 8

All Right Now (Stone Cold Classics Version) 6:56
Appears on: US Stone Cold Classics CD

This version starts at the exact same point as the album version and ends with a fade-out. This version can only be found on the 2006 Hollywod Records release Stone Cold Classics.

We Will Rock You

We Will Rock You 2:35
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 9


We Will Rock You (Live Promo Edit) 2:35
Appears on: Japan We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions promo CD single

From a very rare 2005 Japan promo CD, this edit of We Will Rock You is barely an edit at all. There is a fraction of a section of crowd noise at the beginning that is absent.

We Are The Champions

We Are The Champions 4:30
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 10


We Are The Champions (Live Promo Edit) 4:30
Appears on: Japan We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions promo CD single

From a very rare 2005 Japan promo CD, this edit of We Are The Champions is simply a fade-out at the end.

God Save The Queen

God Save The Queen 1:33
Appears on: Return Of The Champions: Disc 2, Track 11


Under Pressure

Under Pressure
Appears on:
Unreleased
Under Pressure was performed on this night between Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Say It's Not True. The song did not make the final cut for the live album.

Seagull

Seagull (Live In Italy) 3:55
Appears on: US Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live In Italy promo CD

Recorded live in Rome, Italy on April 4, 2005.

Imagine

Imagine (Live In Hyde Park) 3:59
Appears on: Return Of The Champions DVD

Recorded live in Hyde Park, England on July 15, 2005.