“We came off stage and looked at each other in amazement, because all that singing from the audience was so extreme. And I said to Freddie, ‘Maybe we should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems

Queen in 1977.

In 1977, the year of punk rock, Queen responded with News Of The World, an album filled with short, punchy songs – none shorter or punchier than We Will Rock You.

This is, undeniably, the greatest rock anthem of all time.