Song Statistics

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This page includes various statistics and lists regarding Queen and Solo songs - their availability, length, titles, vocalists, instruments, writers and lyrics. At the moment this includes only songs which have been officially released, so does not include unreleased demo tracks.

  1. Songs Only On CD, Vinyl, Video etc
  2. Songs Exclusive To A Single Country
  3. Song Length Analysis
  4. Longest and Shortest Tracks
  5. Letters In Song Titles
  6. Words In Song Titles
  7. Queen - Song Writer Analysis
  8. Queen Songs Written By Queen
  9. Songs Written With Other People
  10. Song Titles Not Mentioned In Lyrics
  11. Places In Lyrics
  12. People In Lyrics
  13. Songs Which Are Part Of Segues
  14. Songs In A Foreign Language
  15. Songs With Subtitles
  16. Alternative Vocalists
  17. Guest Musicians
  18. Other Instruments On Queen Records
  19. Re-Recorded Songs

Songs Only On CD, Vinyl, Videos etc

These lists show which tracks are exclusive to each format, considering all worldwide official releases, and ignoring alternate versions (most of which are unavailable on at least one format).

Fifty Four tracks are only available on CD:

Eight tracks are only available on Vinyl:

Two tracks are only available on Videos:

And there are three tracks unavailable on CD, Vinyl, Cassette or Video:

Songs Exclusive To One Country:

The following songs are only available in a single country. Please email me if any of these songs are available (officially) elsewhere.

Song Length Analysis

The table below summarises the total and average lengths of songs released by Queen and Solo projects. Tracks by The Immortals, Smile, Larry Lurex, live songs, and collaborations, are not included.

  Albums Total Songs Total Length Average Length
Queen 16 171 (+20) 11:40:06 3:40
Roger 4 44 (+6) 3:27:45 4:09
Brian 4 49 (+18) 3:57:00 3:32
Freddie 4 40 2:24:37 3:36
The Cross 3 30 (+4) 2:19:48 4:06
Overall 31 334 (+48) 23:49:16 3:37

Under Total Songs, the first number indicates the songs found on albums; the figure in brackets is the number of additional non-album songs.

The figure for Queen Albums includes 'Queen Rocks' (which really only contains one song). It also treats the 'Freddie Mercury Solo' boxed set as an album. This release means that are not really any non-album tracks by Freddie. Freddie statistics ignore early tracks, namely 'Ideas', 'The Duet' and 'Rachmaninov's Revenge'. Of the four 46664 tracks, two are included ('Amandla' and 'Invincible Hope') whilst the two live-only tracks ('46664 - The Call' and 'Say It's Not True') are not included.

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Longest And Shortest Tracks

There are currently 7 Queen and Solo tracks under one minute in length (ignoring alternate versions).

There are also 7 Queen and Solo tracks over seven minutes in length (ignoring alternate versions).

'The Fire Within' by Brian May and Michael Kamen lasts for 8 minutes 50 seconds, although Brian does not perform for all of the duration. The CD of 'Made In Heaven' contains undoubtedly the longest and shortest tracks, these being 'Yeah' which lasts for only 2 seconds, and 'Track 13', which lasts for 22:30. These are not included in the above stats as they are not proper songs.

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Words In Song Titles

One-Word Song Titles:

'39 Aaron Abandonfire Airheads Amandla Apparition
Arboria Arrest Barcelona Bijou Blag Breakdown
Breakthru Contact Cyborg Dancer Delilah Diner
Drowse Earth Escape Ensueno FBI Fire
Flash Forever Gun Happiness? Headlong Heartland
Impromptu Innuendo Jealousy Jesus Killing Landscape
Liar Loneliness Machines Manipulator Millionaire Misfire
Mustapha Nevermore Party Phone Procession Pursuit
Resurrection Revelations Scandal Sideburns Space Starfleet
Stealin' Storm Surrender Time Tonight
 

'Flash', could also be included here, but the proper title of the track is 'Flash's Theme'.

Most Words In Song Titles: (excluding subtitles):

Letters In Song Titles

Fewest Letters In Song Titles:

'Flash', could also be included here, but the proper title of the track is 'Flash's Theme'.

Most Letters In Song Titles:

(excluding subtitles)

Queen Song Writer Analysis

This table summarises how many songs each member of the group has contributed to albums over the years:

These figures ignore retitled tracks (eg 'Blurred Vision', 'A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling' etc), and also 'Queen Talks', 'Yeah' and 'Track 13', which don't really count as proper songs. Also, 'Seven Seas Of Rhye', 'My Life Has Been Saved' and 'It's A Beautiful Day' are all counted once only, despite the fact that two versions exist. The first figure indicates the number of tracks that appear on albums from the era, whilst the figure in brackets is the number of additional tracks on singles, videos etc.

  1973-1976 1977-1980 1981-1984 1985-1988 1989-1992 1993-2003 Total
No. Of Albums 5 4 2 1 2 2 16
Queen Songs 1 0 1 1 27 5 35
Roger Songs 5 10 3 2 0 2 22
Brian Songs 21 18 6 3 0 2 50
Freddie Songs 26 16 6 1 0 2 51
John Songs 3 8 2 1 0 0 14
Other Songs 1 1 5 3 1 3 14
Total 57 53 23 11 28 16 202

The column for '1993 onwards' includes 'Made In Heaven', 'Queen Rocks' (which really only includes one new track) and 46664 tracks (four tracks, including two live).

Other writing credits are:

Queen Songs Written By Queen

As the above table shows, there are 27 Queen songs credited as being written by Queen as a group. In this section, I have attempted to identify the main writer (or contributor) to each track, by considering the style of the song, other tracks written by each member, and live performances. I have also drawn on Andy's website and his opinions, and information supplied by Annick Richez. Although I agree for many of the tracks, there are a few where I disagree.

Miscellaneous Tracks

Songs Written With Other People

This list summarises the tracks which are written by a member of Queen with other people. The list includes original compositions only, and the entries are ordered alphabetically by guest writer.

Song Titles Not Mentioned In Their Lyrics

Listed here are the songs whose title is not included in it's lyrics. Obviously, this ignores instrumentals, but Retitled Remixes, 'Reprises' and non-instrumental 'themes' are also ignored.

Songs With No Title Words in Lyrics

Songs With Some Title Words in Lyrics

Places In Lyrics

The following real places are all mentioned in Queen or Solo records, listed in order of frequency then alphabetically. The list excludes Live Covers and Collaborations.

Countries:

Towns or Cities:

Of the 51 songs with Place references, 24 were written by Roger, 12 by Freddie, 7 are Covers, 6 were written by Brian and 2 by Queen.

The following songs have the most references:

People In Lyrics

The following people are all mentioned in Queen or Solo records, listed in order of frequency, then alphabetically. This excludes Live Covers and Collaborations. References are only included if they are intended - eg 'Killer Queen' is not included as having a reference to 'Queen'. These lists also exclude 'We Will Rock You' musical lyrics, which feature references to characters.

Groups:

Queen Connections:

Musicians:

Film Stars:

Historical Figures:

Others:

Of the 43 songs with People references, 22 were written by Roger, 8 by Freddie, 6 by Queen, 5 by Brian, and 2 are Covers.

The following songs have the most references:

The song 'One Vision' was written about Martin Luther King, although it doesn't actually mention him.

Songs That Are Segues

This list includes all songs on albums that are part of segues, excluding 'Flash Gordon', 'Furia' and live material. Songs where a definite break (however short) is present are not included (eg between 'Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon' and 'I'm In Love With My Car')

Songs In A Foreign Language

This list includes all songs that have lead vocals that are all (or part) not English. It excludes however all re-recorded tracks in another language, and all tracks from the 'We Will Rock You' musical which have been translated.

Songs With Subtitles

Listed below are all songs which contain subtitles, ordered alphabetically. Of the 33 songs listed, 14 are from soundtracks to films, 10 are Queen studio tracks, 7 are Solo studio tracks and 2 are Live Tracks

Alternative Vocalists

This list includes all songs that are not sung by the 'regular' vocalist. For example, 'Queen' songs not sung by Freddie, and 'The Cross' songs not sung by Roger. Songs where vocals are shared are also included, as long as the alternative vocalist sings a large proportion of the song (not just a couple of lines).

Queen songs sung by Roger Taylor

Queen songs sung by Brian May

Queen Songs with Other Vocalists

Solo Songs

Guest Musicians

The following famous musicians have all guested on Queen and Solo records, and all are well known members of other groups, outside of the world of Queen. I've generally excluded musicians who have only worked with Queen at live concerts, and the list also excludes guest vocalists.

Other Instruments On Queen Records

The following instruments have all been played by a member of Queen on Queen records. The instruments here are arranged by who played them, with the members' usual instruments appearing first. I have only listed those instruments which are actually credited on the various album sleeves - there are five albums for which no credits are given, these being 'Jazz', 'The Game', 'Hot Space', 'The Works' and 'The Miracle'. Tracks from these albums are not listed here. This is only a very basic guide, so for a more comprehensive list, see the 'Bechstein Debauchery' site.

Roger Taylor:

Brian May:

Freddie Mercury:

John Deacon

Re-recorded Songs

What follows is a list of Queen and Solo songs which have been re-recorded by different (Queen-related) artists. It excludes collaboration recordings. The years given refer to the year of release.