Recorded 2005 Producer Brian Reeves Label Hollywood Records | Length 64:29 Release date 9 August 2005 Genres Rock music, Hard rock | |
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Released August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09) Similar The Crown Jewels, Dragon Attack: A Tribute to, Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl, The A‑Z of Queen - Volume 1, The 12" Collection | ||
Killer Queen is a tribute album of Queen songs. The album is named for the 1974 Queen song of the same name that first appeared on the Sheer Heart Attack album. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 on August 27, 2005. Later, it re-entered the Billboard 200 in April 2006 at #115 after the Queen round in American Idol's season 5.
Contents
Track listing
- "We Are the Champions" (Freddie Mercury) – performed by Gavin DeGraw
- "Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May) – performed by Shinedown
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – performed by Constantine Maroulis, with the cast of We Will Rock You
- "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen) – performed by Eleven, featuring Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age)
- "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Mercury) – performed by Jason Mraz
- "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – performed by Joss Stone
- "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – performed by Breaking Benjamin
- "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) – performed by Be Your Own Pet
- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – performed by Josh Kelley
- "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" (May) – performed by Los Lobos
- "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – performed by Sum 41
- "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (Mercury) (features the piano intro to "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" at the end) – performed by Rooney
- "Play the Game" (Mercury) – performed by Jon Brion
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – performed by The Flaming Lips
- "'39" (May) – performed by Ingram Hill
- "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) – performed by Antigone Rising
Songs
We Are the ChampionsGavin DeGraw4:29
Tie Your Mother DownShinedown3:53
Bohemian RhapsodyConstantine Maroulis5:59
References
Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA