The Ultimate Queen Song

What is the Ultimate Queen Song? Vote Now!!!!!!

Just for fun, I'll pick a Queen song for each actual definition of the word "ultimate".

From Dictionary.com we get:

–adjective
1.
last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series

Answer: Debatable, depending on when you consider Queen issued it's last/latest recorded work, do you end with "No One But You" or Q+PR's cover "Runaway"? For the purpose of the classic line-up, I'll go with "No One But You (Only Good Die Young)" 

2.
maximum; decisive; conclusive

Answer: "Innuendo". Queen's last great epic masterpiece. Like much of their work, they do not flinch when challenging listeners with their music.

3.
highest; not subsidiary: ultimate goal in life.

Answer: It's tempting to say "We Are The Champions", but that's a bit too literal, I think. I'd go with "Don't Stop Me Now", which I think truly expresses much of what the band was about, that of just having a good time, making music people enjoy and celebrating life.

4.
basic; fundamental; representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible

Answer: Hmm, tough one. I'd go with "We Will Rock You," which has become so ingrained in our culture, particularly sporting events, that you'd be hard-pressed to find a man or women in the developed world who does not know it, even if they don't know who Queen is. It's so simple and catchy, and for what it is, it's perfect.

5.
final; total: the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project.

Answer: The sum of their work...their legacy...well, I think there's a reason "We Are The Champions" closed their live shows. It is a joyous rally song and what they wanted to at the end of the day to leave their fans with. It's easy to forget just how great this song is.

6.
not to be improved upon or surpassed; greatest; unsurpassed: the ultimate vacation spot; the ultimate stupidity.

Answer: "Bohemian Rhapsody". Over-exposed as it is, it is arguably the quintessential Queen song for fans and the general public alike, containing all their trademarks and representing the risks they were willing to take exploring unconventional musical directions.

I'm curious about others' choices.

EVERY SONG! THEIR ALL AMAZING! :D

I'd go for The Prophet's Song. It's the longest running of all Queen songs (not counting the untitled hidden track ending Made in Heaven), and it's got that truly "epic" feeling only a very few songs (even Queen songs) got. Too bad it's so unknown outside places like this forum.

I love The Prophet's Song and it is one of my absolute favourites but I think Bohemian Rhapsody is the Ultimate Queen Song.

omg i like the prophets song to, i was listenin to it on the way to the shrink  the other day and i was worried so listened to the phrophets song and the vocals are so comforting, i hadnt listened to it in a while so it was realy special, and lifted me up :)

its late

What Dave said. for pure power It's Late kicks ass. it's the one song that when I play it to people who have never heard it before, they say "why have I never heard that song before, it's great" Queen at their best.

My Fairy King or Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, maybe...?

The ultimate Queen song is Bohemian Rhapsody, hands down.  As fans we may want to pick more obscure material due to the over-exposure of the well-known material, but few can deny that Bohemian Rhapsody encompasses everything that Queen were about - strong melodies and harmonies, genre-crossing, the Hamlet's soliloquy of guitar solos that sings like no other, using the studio to the absolute fullest capabilities of its time, and complexity that was fully accessible for mass appeal... not to mention its record-breaking and its innovation in the world of promo videos... all of which has created its legacy.  No other Queen song comes remotely close.

Says you

Ok, in 100 years let's come back to this discussion and we'll see what the answer is.  Thanks for your thoughtful response.

Sir GH wrote: Ok, in 100 years let's come back to this discussion and we'll see what the answer is.  Thanks for your thoughtful response.

Don't need another 100 years.   The answer is obvious, history already say's Bo Rhap is the ultimate Queen song.

In 100 years Fun It will be regarded as the greatest Queen song ever and there will be 20ft statues of Spike Edney in every city in the land.

paulsmith2001 wrote: In 100 years Fun It will be regarded as the greatest Queen song ever and there will be 20ft statues of Spike Edney in every city in the land.

SOunds great!

 Don't Shun it... FUN IT!?

(BTW: did spike end all war?....cure cancer?)