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Is This the World We Created...?

Queen
Track 128 on Studio Collection 

Producers

Reinhold Mack & Queen
A call to arms of sorts, “Is This The World We Created…?” asks people to look around, and take a moment to asses the state of the broken society we live in. It was written… Read More 
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Is This the World We Created...? Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need

[Chorus]
Is this the world we created?
What did we do it for?
Is this the world we invaded
Against the law?
So it seems in the end
Is this what we're all living for today?
The world that we created

[Verse 2]
You know that everyday a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by
Oh, oh-oh

[Chorus]
Is this the world we created?
We made it on our own
Is this the world we devastated
Right to the bone?
If there's a God in the sky, looking down
What can He think of what we've done
To the world that He created?

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A call to arms of sorts, “Is This The World We Created…?” asks people to look around, and take a moment to asses the state of the broken society we live in. It was written in Munich after lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and guitarist Brian May watched a television program on poverty in Africa. May helped with chords, and pitched in a few lines, but a majority of the song was completed by Mercury.
It was also performed at Live Aid as an encore.

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Studio Collection (2015)
  1. 1.
    Keep Yourself Alive
  2. 2.
    Doing All Right
  3. 3.
    Great King Rat
  4. 4.
    My Fairy King
  5. 5.
    Liar
  6. 6.
    The Night Comes Down
  7. 7.
    Modern Times Rock ‘N’ Roll
  8. 8.
    Son and Daughter
  9. 9.
    Jesus
  10. 10.
    Seven Seas of Rhye... (Instrumental)
  11. 11.
    Procession
  12. 12.
    Father to Son
  13. 13.
    White Queen (As It Began)
  14. 14.
    Some Day One Day
  15. 15.
    The Loser in the End
  16. 16.
    Ogre Battle
  17. 17.
    The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke
  18. 18.
    Nevermore
  19. 19.
    The March of the Black Queen
  20. 20.
    Funny How Love Is
  21. 21.
    Seven Seas of Rhye
  22. 22.
    Brighton Rock
  23. 23.
    Killer Queen
  24. 24.
    Tenement Funster
  25. 25.
    Flick of the Wrist
  26. 26.
    Lily of the Valley
  27. 27.
    Now I’m Here
  28. 28.
    In the Lap of the Gods
  29. 29.
    Stone Cold Crazy
  30. 30.
    Dear Friends
  31. 31.
    Misfire
  32. 32.
    Bring Back That Leroy Brown
  33. 33.
    She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)
  34. 34.
    In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
  35. 35.
    Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
  36. 36.
    Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
  37. 37.
    I’m in Love with My Car
  38. 38.
    You’re My Best Friend
  39. 39.
    ’39
  40. 40.
    Sweet Lady
  41. 41.
    Seaside Rendezvous
  42. 42.
    The Prophet’s Song
  43. 43.
    Love of My Life
  44. 44.
    Good Company
  45. 45.
    Bohemian Rhapsody
  46. 46.
    God Save the Queen
  47. 47.
    Tie Your Mother Down
  48. 48.
    You Take My Breath Away
  49. 49.
    Long Away
  50. 50.
    The Millionaire Waltz
  51. 51.
    You and I
  52. 52.
    Somebody to Love
  53. 53.
    White Man
  54. 54.
    Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
  55. 55.
    Drowse
  56. 56.
    Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
  57. 57.
    We Will Rock You
  58. 58.
    We Are the Champions
  59. 59.
    Sheer Heart Attack
  60. 60.
    All Dead, All Dead
  61. 61.
    Spread Your Wings
  62. 62.
    Fight from the Inside
  63. 63.
    Get Down, Make Love
  64. 64.
    Sleeping on the Sidewalk
  65. 65.
    Who Needs You
  66. 66.
    It’s Late
  67. 67.
    My Melancholy Blues
  68. 68.
    Mustapha
  69. 69.
    Fat Bottomed Girls
  70. 70.
    Jealousy
  71. 71.
    Bicycle Race
  72. 72.
    If You Can’t Beat Them
  73. 73.
    Let Me Entertain You
  74. 74.
    Dead on Time
  75. 75.
    In Only Seven Days
  76. 76.
    Dreamer’s Ball
  77. 77.
    Fun It
  78. 78.
    Leaving Home Ain’t Easy
  79. 79.
    Don’t Stop Me Now
  80. 80.
    More of That Jazz
  81. 81.
    Play the Game
  82. 82.
    Dragon Attack
  83. 83.
    Another One Bites the Dust
  84. 84.
    Need Your Loving Tonight
  85. 85.
    Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  86. 86.
    Rock It (Prime Jive)
  87. 87.
    Don’t Try Suicide
  88. 88.
    Sail Away Sweet Sister
  89. 89.
    Coming Soon
  90. 90.
    Save Me
  91. 91.
    Flash’s Theme
  92. 92.
    In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)
  93. 93.
    Ming’s Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)
  94. 94.
    The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)
  95. 95.
    Football Fight
  96. 96.
    In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)
  97. 97.
    Execution of Flash
  98. 98.
    The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)
  99. 99.
    Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)
  100. 100.
    Escape from the Swamp
  101. 101.
    Flash to the Rescue
  102. 102.
    Vultan’s Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)
  103. 103.
    Battle Theme
  104. 104.
    The Wedding March
  105. 105.
    Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)
  106. 106.
    Crash Dive on Mingo City
  107. 107.
    Flash’s Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)
  108. 108.
    The Hero
  109. 109.
    Staying Power
  110. 110.
    Dancer
  111. 111.
    Back Chat
  112. 112.
    Body Language
  113. 113.
    Action This Day
  114. 114.
    Put Out the Fire
  115. 115.
    Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)
  116. 116.
    Calling All Girls
  117. 117.
    Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)
  118. 118.
    Cool Cat
  119. 119.
    Under Pressure
  120. 120.
    Radio Ga Ga
  121. 121.
    Tear It Up
  122. 122.
    It’s a Hard Life
  123. 123.
    Man on the Prowl
  124. 124.
    Machines (Or Back to Humans)
  125. 125.
    I Want to Break Free
  126. 126.
    Keep Passing the Open Windows
  127. 127.
    Hammer to Fall
  128. 128.
    Is This the World We Created...?
  129. 129.
    One Vision
  130. 130.
    A Kind of Magic
  131. 131.
    One Year of Love
  132. 132.
    Pain Is So Close to Pleasure
  133. 133.
    Friends Will Be Friends
  134. 134.
    Who Wants to Live Forever
  135. 135.
    Gimme the Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)
  136. 136.
    Don’t Lose Your Head
  137. 137.
    Princes of the Universe
  138. 138.
    Party
  139. 139.
    Khashoggi’s Ship
  140. 140.
    The Miracle
  141. 141.
    I Want It All
  142. 142.
    The Invisible Man
  143. 143.
    Breakthru
  144. 144.
    Rain Must Fall
  145. 145.
    Scandal
  146. 146.
    My Baby Does Me
  147. 147.
    Was It All Worth It
  148. 148.
    Innuendo
  149. 149.
    I’m Going Slightly Mad
  150. 150.
    Headlong
  151. 151.
    These Are The Days Of Our Lives
  152. 152.
    Don’t Try So Hard
  153. 153.
    Ride the Wild Wind
  154. 154.
    All God’s People
  155. 155.
    I Can’t Live with You
  156. 156.
    Delilah
  157. 157.
    The Hitman
  158. 158.
    Bijou
  159. 159.
    The Show Must Go On
  160. 160.
    It’s a Beautiful Day
  161. 161.
    Made in Heaven
  162. 162.
    Let Me Live
  163. 163.
    Mother Love
  164. 164.
    My Life Has Been Saved
  165. 165.
    I Was Born to Love You
  166. 166.
    Heaven for Everyone
  167. 167.
    Too Much Love Will Kill You
  168. 168.
    You Don’t Fool Me
  169. 169.
    A Winter’s Tale
  170. 170.
    It’s a Beautiful Day (Reprise)
  171. 171.
    Untitled
Credits
Producers
Writers
Background Vocals
Engineer
Additional Engineering
Lead Vocals
Acoustic Guitar
Recorded At
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California; Musicland Studios, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Released on
February 27, 1984
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