Does anyone know how many number one hits Queen had in the uk charts and if you can name the songs, date they were number one and for how long and if possible how many singles each sold. also which country did Queen have the most number ones in?
bohemian rhapsody, '75 - 9 weeks, '91 -5 weeks
under pressure, '82
innuendo - '91
most other hits like we will rock you, crazy little thing called love, killer queen, radio ga ga, we are the champions were at number 2
Bohemian Rhapsody No. 1 in 1975
Beaten by Abba's Mamma Mia
Under Pressure No. 1 in 1981
Beaten by
To be continued!
Just going to The Official UK Charts Company Website!
deleted user 21.11.2004 13:29
Somebody To Love (Five Live) and WWRY (with Five) were no.1s as well.
O.K these are all of Queen's number ones in the U.K
Bohemian Rhapsody was No. 1 from 29th November 1975 to 31st January 1976
The previous No. 1 was Billy Connolly's D.I.V.O.R.C.E
Queen were beaten by Abba's Mamma Mia
Under Pressure was No. 1 from 21st November 1981 to 5th December 1981
Previous No. 1 was The Police's Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Queen were beaten by Julio Iglesias' Begin The Beguine
Innuendo was No. 1 from 26th January 1991 to 2nd February 1991
Previous No.1 was Enigma's Sadness Part 1
Queen were beaten by KLF's 3AM Eternal
Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives was No. 1 from 21st December 1991 to 25th January 1992
Previous No. 1 was George Michael and Elton John's Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Queen were beaten by Wet Wet Wet with Goodnight Girl
Five Live EP was No. 1 from 1st May 1993 to 22nd May 1993
Previous No.1 was The Bluebells' Young At Heart
Queen/George Michael/Lisa Stansfield were beaten by Ace Of Base's All That She Wants
Living On My Own was No. 1 from 14th August 1993 to 28th August 1993
Previous No.1 was Take That's Pray
Freddie was beaten by Culture Beat's Mr. Vain
We Will Rock You was No. 1 from 29th July 2000 to 5th August 2000
Previous No. 1 was Ronan Keating's Life Is A Rollercoaster
Queen/Five were betaen by Craig David's 7 Days
So they all are so now you know!
Queen had a lot of Number 1s in Europe, but hardly any in Britain. Freddie is the only Queen member with a solo number one in the U.K. (Living On My Own, Remix, 1993.)
(Remixed after he died, obviously).
deleted user 12.10.2005 13:51
They had 6 number ones with official stuff I think which surprised me.
Yes, it's strange that Queen didn't have more number ones in the UK. Killer Queen, Somebody To Love, We Are The Champions, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Radio Ga Ga all got to number 2 and I Want To break Free, A Kind Of magic and I Want It All peaked at 3. Still, though, they were more lucky in the rest of the world. Radio Ga Ga was number 1 in 19 different countries and AKOM in over 30.