Brian May Shares The Physics Behind Queen's We Will Rock You

"Being a physicist, I said, 'Suppose there were 1,000 people doing this; what would be happening?' And I thought, 'Well, you would be hearing them stamping. You would also be hearing a little bit of an effect, which is due to the distance that they are from you,'" May explained. "So I put lots of individual repeats on them. Not an echo but a single repeat at various distances� So you just feel like you're in the middle of a large number of people stamping and clapping."

May said he was amazed that the song has become an anthem. "I didn't realize that it would translate to sports games. This is an amazing thing," he said. "'We Will Rock You' and "We Are the Champions" have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated � they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about. It's fantastic to me, if I go to a football game or a soccer game or basketball or whatever � or any place all around the world � and there it is. And I think, 'My God. Most people don't even realize that I wrote it.' Most people don't realize that it was written. It's sort of become one of those things that people think was always there. So in a way, that's the best compliment you could have for the song." - more on this story

- Bryan Wawzenek of Gibson.com

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