Queen

Released: September 5, 2014

Songwriter: Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber

Producer: Joshua J Macrae Justin Shirley-Smith Kris Fredriksson

Warden threw a party in the county jail
Prison band was there and they began to wail
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
Should've heard them knocked out jailbirds sing

Let's rock - everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
Whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Let's go

Sad sack sitting on a block of stone
Way in the corner weeping all alone
Don't you tell nobody, don't you be no square
Can't find a partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

Sad sack sitting on a block of stone
Way in the corner weeping all alone
Don't you tell nobody, don't you be no square
Can't find a partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

(guitar solo)

Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock, everybody
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock, let me hear you

Dancing to the jailhouse rock, let me hear you
(Audience: dancing to the jailhouse rock)
Dancing to the jailhouse rock, come on, the show's all yours
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing (Audience: to the jailhouse rock)
(Audience: dancing to the jailhouse rock) come on
(Audience: dancing to the jailhouse rock)

Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
(Brian: That's great!)
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing

One more time

Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

We go dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
We're dancing to the jailhouse rock

Freddie: Thank you, goodnight

Formed in 1970, Queen was a British rock band whose classic line-up consisted of Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and piano, Brian May on lead guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, and John Deacon on bass. Although Mercury and May wrote the bulk of the band’s material, all four contributed to the songwriting, churning out huge hits. Initially a progressive rock band with strong metal influences, their sound evolved dramatically over time. The band went on to refine, if not define “stadium rock,” as they grew to become one of the most beloved rock bands of all time.

Their early progressive phase spawned epic tracks like “March of the Black Queen” and one international hit “Killer Queen.” But it was their 1975 track “Bohemian Rhapsody” which catapulted the group to super-stardom. The song reigned at #1 on the UK charts for nine weeks and has since been praised as one of the greatest songs of all time

Moving away from their album-orientated sound, the band only grew in popularity with such songs as November 1976’s “Somebody to Love,” October 1977’s “We Are the Champions,” January 1979’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” June 1980’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” January 1984’s “Radio Ga Ga,” and many more. These songs are so beloved that a musical based on the band’s discography, titled We Will Rock You, became one of West-End’s longest-running shows with a 12-year run through May 2014—and more events being featured internationally, as well.

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