We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan
We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan is a concert film of Queen playing the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on 11 May 1985, part of the Japanese leg of The Works Tour. It came out on DVD in 2004 with new artwork, on the label Wowow Entertainment, having first appeared on video in 1992 and later on laserdisc and VHS. A Blu-ray followed in 2018, and it has only ever been officially released in Japan.
The title promises more than it delivers, since the band played two further Japanese dates, in Nagoya and Osaka, though this was their last Tokyo show. The 90-minute film trims the night: Brian May's guitar solo, the Brighton Rock finale and Dragon Attack are all left out, and the waits between songs are cut. The mix also pushes the synths forward while the guitar sits lower, which gives the show a distinctive sound for fans of the band's mid-eighties years.
We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan: tracklist and credits
15 tracks · 1:14:07Tracklist
- 1Intro1:28
- 2Tear It UpBrian May2:18
- 3Tie Your Mother DownBrian May3:57
- 4Under PressureBowie, Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor3:45
- 5Somebody to LoveFreddie Mercury3:44
- 6Killer Queen / The Seven Seas of Rhye / Keep Yourself Alive / LiarBrian May and Freddie Mercury8:55
- 7It’s a Hard LifeFreddie Mercury8:56
- 8Now I’m HereBrian May7:20
- 9Is This the World We Created…?Brian May and Freddie Mercury3:10
- 10Love of My LifeFreddie Mercury4:01
- 11Another One Bites the DustJohn Deacon3:52
- 12Hammer to FallBrian May5:35
- 13Crazy Little Thing Called LoveFreddie Mercury5:42
- 14Bohemian RhapsodyFreddie Mercury5:45
- 15Radio Ga GaRoger Taylor5:38
- Recorded at
- 国立代々木競技場
- Recorded
- May 1985
- Label
- Wowow Entertainment, Inc.
- Length
- 1:14:07
Line-up
- John Deacon · bass guitar, background vocals
- Brian May · guitar, background vocals
- Roger Taylor · drums (drum set), background vocals
- Freddie Mercury · lead vocals, piano
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1992, 2004)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 2 June 2004 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | September 1992 | |
| Wikidata | 1992 |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2004 | JP | Wowow Entertainment, Inc. | 4980053640742 | original |
| 11 May 2019 | JP | JEC International Corporation | 4517331050834 | other |
| 11 May 2019 | JP | JEC International Corporation | 4517331050827 | other |
| 11 May 2019 | JP | JEC International Corporation | 4517331050810 | other |
| — | — | — | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · padded: padded: 296x422 cover placed on a 1500px square (not square at source)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 296×422 | padded: padded: 296x422 cover placed on a 1500px square (not square at source) |