"We Are the Champions" yang biasa dikumandangkan dalam event-event olahraga saat penyerahan piala itu diciptakan oleh vokalis Queen Freddie Mercury. Pada tahun 2009, lagu itu masuk ke dalam Grammy Hall of Fame dan terpilih sebagai lagu favorit dunia dalam sebuah jajak pendapat pada 2005.
Secara musikalitas, "We Are the Champions" mengusung musik rock yang kaya dengan instrumen. Intro lagu ini diawali dari iringan piano oleh Freddie Mercury yang disusul tabuhan drum dan distorsi gitar yang keras dari Brian May.
Meski menitikberatkan pada musik rock, namun Queen banyak menyertakan nada dan chord jazz dalam lagu "We Are the Champions".
Berikut lirik lagu "We Are The Champions" oleh Queen:
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And we mean to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
the human race
And I ain't gonna lose
And we mean to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World
Baca juga: Lirik lagu "Bohemian Rhapsody", karya legendaris dari Queen
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Baca juga: Lirik lagu legendaris "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
Pewarta: Maria Oktaviana
Editor: Alviansyah Pasaribu
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