Return of the Champions

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Return of the Champions
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Live album by
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Released13 September 2005
Recorded9 May 2005
Venue Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length101:00
Label Parlophone (Europe)
Hollywood (US)
Producer Joshua J. Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith, Peter Brandt
Queen + Paul Rodgers chronology
Return of the Champions
(2005)		 The Cosmos Rocks
(2008)
Singles from Return of the Champions
  1. "Reaching Out (Live)"/"Tie Your Mother Down (Live)"
    Released: 29 August 2005 (Europe)

Return of the Champions is a double live album by English rock band Queen + Paul Rodgers. It was recorded in May 2005 during the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England (except for "Imagine", which was performed in Hyde Park, London immediately after that year's terrorist attack) and released on 19 September 2005. A companion DVD was released in October, directed by David Mallet.

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Track listing

All lead vocals performed by Paul Rodgers, except where noted.

Disc 1

Track List
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Reaching Out" Don Black, Andy Hill   
2."Tie Your Mother Down" Brian May A Day at the Races (1976 / Queen) 
3."I Want to Break Free" John Deacon The Works (1984 / Queen) 
4."Fat Bottomed Girls"May Jazz (1978 / Queen) 
5."Wishing Well" Free Heartbreaker (1973 / Free Album) 
6."Another One Bites the Dust"Deacon The Game (1980 / Queen) 
7."Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Freddie Mercury The Game 
8."Say It's Not True" (Lead Vocals by Taylor) Roger Taylor The Cosmos Rocks (2008) 
9."'39" (Lead Vocals by May)May A Night at the Opera (1975 / Queen) 
10."Love of My Life" (Lead Vocals by May)MercuryA Night at the Opera 
11."Hammer to Fall" (Lead Vocals by May & Rodgers)MayThe Works 
12."Feel Like Makin' Love" Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs Straight Shooter (1975 / Bad Company) 
13."Let There Be Drums" Sandy Nelson, Richard Podolor   
14."I'm in Love With My Car" (Lead Vocals by Taylor)TaylorA Night at the Opera 
15."Guitar Solo" (Brighton Rock)   
16."Last Horizon"May Back to the Light (1992 / Brian May) 

Disc 2

Track List
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Lead Vocals by Taylor)Taylor Innuendo (1991 / Queen) 
2."Radio Ga Ga" (Lead Vocals by Taylor & Rodgers)TaylorThe Works 
3."Can't Get Enough"Ralphs Bad Company (1974 / Bad Company) 
4."A Kind of Magic"Taylor A Kind of Magic (1986 / Queen) 
5."I Want It All" (Lead Vocals by Rodgers & May)May The Miracle (1989 / Queen) 
6."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Pre-Recorded Vocals by Mercury, With Lead Vocals by Rodgers)MercuryA Night at the Opera 
7."The Show Must Go On"MayInnuendo 
8."All Right Now" Andy Fraser, Rodgers Fire and Water (1970 / Free) 
9."We Will Rock You"May News of the World (1977 / Queen) 
10."We Are the Champions"MercuryNews of the World 
11."God Save the Queen"Traditional, Arr. MayA Night at the Opera 
DVD Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
12."It's a Beautiful Day" (Remix / Pre-Recorded Vocals by Mercury)Mercury Made in Heaven (1995 / Queen) 
13."Imagine" (Live at Hyde Park / Lead Vocals by May, Taylor & Rodgers) John Lennon   

NOTES: Tracks 12-13 are bonus songs from the DVD

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [2] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 19
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 80
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 13
Irish Albums (IRMA) [8] 47
Italian Albums (FIMI) [9] 19
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [10] 28
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [11] 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 42
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 12
US Billboard 200 [14] 84

DVD

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart [15] 16
Austrian Music DVDs Chart [16] 2
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart [17] 7
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart [18] 6
Danish Music DVDs Chart [19] 10
Dutch Music DVDs Chart [20] 2
Greek Music DVDs Chart [21] 3
Italian Music DVDs Chart [22] 4
Spanish Music DVDs Chart [23] 6
US Music Videos Chart [24] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold7,500^
France (SNEP) [25] Gold10,000*
Germany (BVMI) [26] Gold25,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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