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
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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
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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
Tie Your Mother Down
I Want To Break Free
Fat Bottomed Girls
Wishing Well
Another One Bites The Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Say It's Not True
'39
Love Of My Life
Hammer To Fall
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
I'm In Love With My Car
Guitar Solo
Guitar Solo 6:59
Appears on: Return
Of The Champions: Disc 1, Track 15
Last Horizon
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Radio Ga Ga
Can't Get Enough
A Kind Of Magic
I Want It All
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Show Must Go On
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 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
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
Imagine