Queen

Queen is a band that doesn't hold back. 29 of 62 songs hit intense — this is music that demands something from you.

The character of Queen

Across the 62 Queen songs we've measured, intensity averages 58/100 — more charged than the typical song we measure (46/100).

They run from Love of My Life (the calmest here, 11) to Brighton Rock (the most charged, 96), with layered textures most common and a mix of the expected and the surprising. It spans 1973–2017.

The widest dynamic swing belongs to Liar.

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Songs Decoded
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The songs that hit hardest

Keep Yourself Alive intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1973
Liar intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1973
Brighton Rock intense
complex texture · extreme changes · DR 9 · 1974
Ogre Battle intense
layered texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 1974
Stone Cold Crazy intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1974
The March of the Black Queen intense
complex texture · extreme changes · DR 9 · 1974
Bohemian Rhapsody intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 1975
Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…) intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1975
Somebody to Love intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 9 · 1976
Tie Your Mother Down intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1976
Another One Bites the Dust intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1980
Under Pressure intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 1982
Hammer to Fall intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1984
One Vision intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1986
Save Me intense
complex texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1986
Breakthru intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1989
I Want It All intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 9 · 1989
Innuendo intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1991
The Show Must Go On intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1991
Regular John intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1998
Feel Good Hit of the Summer intense
layered texture · frequent changes · DR 7 · 2000
A Song for the Deaf intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 2002
Go With the Flow intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2002
Song for the Dead intense
layered texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 2002
In My Head intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2005
3's and 7's intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2007
Sick Sick Sick intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 2007
My God Is the Sun intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2013
Head Like a Haunted House intense
layered texture · frequent changes · DR 7 · 2017

The controlled burn

In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1974
Killer Queen moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1974
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1976
Spread Your Wings moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1977
We Are the Champions moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1977
We Will Rock You moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 1977
Don't Stop Me Now moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1978
Fat Bottomed Girls moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1978
Crazy Little Thing Called Love moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1980
Play the Game moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1980
It's a Hard Life moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1984
Radio Ga Ga moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1984
A Kind of Magic moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1986
Who Wants to Live Forever moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1986
The Invisible Man moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1989
Too Much Love Will Kill You moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1995
No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1997
Avon moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
First It Giveth moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2002
Millionaire moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2002
No One Knows moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2002
I Sat by the Ocean moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2005
Little Sister moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2005
Make It Wit Chu moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2005
Smooth Sailing moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2013
The Way You Used to Do moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017

The quiet ones

Frequently asked about Queen

Answered from our measurements of every song above.

What is the most intense Queen song?

Of the 62 Queen songs we've measured, “Brighton Rock” scores highest at 96/100 for intensity — computed from its dynamic range, texture, sudden changes and tempo.

What is the calmest Queen song?

“Love of My Life” measures gentlest at 11/100. It runs 70 BPM. The songs here span 11–96 on our 0–100 intensity scale.

How intense is Queen overall?

Queen averages 58/100 intensity across 62 measured songs — more charged than the 46/100 average across our whole catalog.

What is the average tempo of Queen?

The Queen songs we've measured average about 111 BPM — upbeat.

Which Queen songs are calm enough for background listening?

These measure in our gentlest band (steady level, no sudden shifts): “Love of My Life”, “These Are the Days of Our Lives”, “You're My Best Friend”, “Heaven for Everyone”.

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My dad and I sing this in the car. The full thing. All the voices. He does Galileo and I do the headbanging part. It is the stupidest most joyful thing we do together. We are both grown men screaming in traffic.

Thomas — London

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