'39 (track)
by Queen
'39 appears on the following album(s) by Queen:
- A Night At The Opera (track #5) (this album) (1975)
- Live Killers (track #12) (1979)
- Forever (track #26) (compilation) (2014)
- Deep Cuts, Volume 1 1973-1976 (track #8) (compilation) (2011)
- Singles Collection 1 (track #12) (compilation) (2008)
- Greatest Hits In Japan (track #8) (compilation) (2020)
- The Best Of Queen (track #7) (compilation) (1980)
- Return Of The Champions (track #9) (2005)
- Live In Ukraine (track #11) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/28/2026 13:49 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/28/2026 05:02 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 02:06 | stareaterogni0n | 3,619 | 72/100 | |
| 01/17/2026 13:44 | wizardalien | 9,016 | 66/100 | |
| 01/10/2026 03:01 | ootsp | 925 | 82/100 |
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An acoustic folk tune, very different to the rest of the tracks on the album. But it's one of the best. Love Mercury's vocals on this one.
'39 is Brian May's sci-fi folk ballad. One of the strongest songs on an album full of great songs, it is an absolutely beautiful track, stunningly delivered in a camp country twang(at least in the chorus), although Brian's lead vocals are completely non ironic. The lovely but utterly sad story cannot fail to move the listener and it's another factor that helps to make '39 one of the greatest songs Brian ever contributed to Queen. By the way jhuik, that's Brian May on vocals, not Freddie Mercury.
M42K0 05/16/2016 02:35 | #166109
My favorite Queen song. Brian May is such a genius.
jhuik 03/18/2016 01:04 | #162120
One of the best songs ever, come on. Uncharacteristically understated Mercury vocal. It's such a beauty.
This is one of my favourite Queen songs
jhuik 03/15/2015 21:56 | #136984
from songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2891:
Queen guitarist Brian May wrote this. The song is about an astronaut who travels to a distant place at near the speed of light. Because of the time dilation that takes place at these speeds, he and his crew return home 100 years later. He has aged only a year but sadly finds that his wife has long passed on and that he is about the same age as his grandchildren, with everyone he knew before being dead for many years. May describes it as a "sci-fi folk song."
... as if the song wasn`t entirely awesome on its own.
Favorite on the album
Perhaps the most underrated Queen song.
Jasonconfused 12/07/2012 05:14 | #56978
A very underrated Queen track. It has a country type sound which might push some people away but the backing vocals I can only describe as majestic and who knew that Brian May was such a great lead singer!?
haha, there are currently 39 votes for '39.
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