Queen - '39 (Official Lyric Video) 

'39 is Queen's 39th song. Oh, and, guess what planet is 0.39 astronomical units away from the sun...? *_MERCURY_*

me: vibing. Roger: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

It is a masterpiece of the era when the knowledge of an astrophysicist and the sensitivity of a poet were born through the hands and voice of a musician.

ROGER TAYLOR DOES NOT NEED AN INSTRUMENT, HE IS THE INSTRUMENT.

Can we make a petition for this song to be played everywhere on january 1st, 2039

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Roger Taylor's falsetto in this song, along with many, many others?

Queen is not only Freddie, Brian May is a genius too.

Teacher:So what instruments did you play?? Queen:Roger taylor

"Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me." One of the most heartbreaking and haunting lines ever to be written in a rock song.

Fun fact: 39 is the 39th song in Queen's catalog (album songs).

I feel bad for Queen fans that only listen to their hits because they are missing out on some really great songs

I had a very stressful time. Everyday I came home from school I listened to this song and it immediately calmed me down. Thank you QUEEN, the best band

Can’t wait for 2039 so I can listen to ‘39 in ‘39!

Im convinced that Brian May is the perfect human being. He is the best guitarist in the world, he's a great piano player, he has a beautiful voice, he is basically a genius with a PhD in Astrophysics, and he's GORGEOUS. Like what the heck...

Brian and Roger have such amazing voices. They could’ve been lead singers in any band, except Queen.

Roger's falsetto can break a glass

such a underrated queen song

Roger Taylor on that background high-pitched squealing, amazing

This is my favorite song of all time. Freddie Mercury, for my money, was the finest musician who ever lived, but this song was Brian's absolute finest hour and his performance of it could literally never be matched, even by Freddie himself. I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to '39 without being brought back to some of the brightest days of my life, and I'll never cease being thankful to the good Doctor May for it.

One of the most underrated songs in their catalogue.

Roger, such an instrument...

Brian literally sounds like an angel. Talk about a smooth voice, damn. 😍

Brian, John, and Freddie: aaaaaa Roger: AAAAAAAAAAAAA

This is the most depressing happy-sounding song I ever heard.

This has got to be the most underrated Queen song. Can't believe I had never heard of it.

at 1:46 I imagine Brian May shouting at Roger: "Higher!!!!!" ......for those who have seen the movie :D

Brian once said that they tried to never simply repeat a chorus...they'd always change how it was orchestrated to keep things interesting. '39 is a perfect example of that. Lyrics are killer, as well.

Amazing, this song is a masterpiece. Brian, Roger, Freddie and John are geniuses.

This song is exactly 39 years old today. 11/21/14

Johns bass is so good in this

My favorite Queen song. And one of the saddest, most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Starting out so promisingly and ending so heartbreakingly. A masterpiece in three and a half minutes.

And this,kids Is real music

'39 intro. Roger: *inhales* aaaaaAAAA.

The song was made in 1975, and a similar theme movie "Interstellar" was released in 2014 *_"39"_* years after the song was made. *_This is A Kind of Magic_*

They don't make 'em like that any more.............................utter masterpiece, woefully underappreciated and a massive heartwrencher. Thank you Brian, John, Roger and Fred, I'm a better human for having grown up with you and those like you.

I listened to this looking at my fathers WWII medals. He died when I was 3. And it felt like he was speaking to me. He gave me this life. Like they all did. It's clear to me this is an homage to that generation. And a voice from them to us now. That's how I see it. Thanks Brian.

I think Freddie’s “version” gets me more energized and the original (Brian) is more calming. Brian’s voice is more soft, while Freddie’s is powerful. But I love both versions so much!!!!

so the story in the song is: 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.

A night at the opera is a masterpiece.

“For my life still ahead, pity me” Ooh, that line is, to put it very lightly, quite powerful.

I've met Brian three times in total, it was during his Back to the Light tour here in England in 1993. One of the striking memories of each show was the emotional interplay between Brian and the audience. These were his first live performances since Freddie's death two years previously, and you could tell how nervous he was - especially about his singing. He was obviously not going to be able to sing like Freddie, but I think he was just hoping to be able to give all of us in the audience a respectable show. Anyway, there was such affection for him from the crowd - they were willing him on, and applauding every high note he managed. It was such a strange, and moving experience - not like any other concert I've seen before or since then.

Brian May: we are a rock band, so we need rock songs Also Brian May:

Just take a moment and appreciate Roger's falsetto. How is it even possible?

I think Brian May deserves an honorary Nobel prize for writing a romantic ballad based on the dangers of relativistic time dilation on relationships, the perfect blending of art and science!

"Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me." That line always hits me like a gut punch. What a beautifully bittersweet song.

If I’m not greeted by roger’s falsettos when I go to heaven I’m turning back

such a beautiful poetic masterpiece. “your mothers eyes, from your eyes, cry to me”, “all your letters in the sand, cannot heal me like your hand”. incredible work.

Thank god this song wasn’t called “20”

“your mother’s eyes from your eyes cry to me” that line makes me want to cry every time, what a beautiful song

They asked Freddie Mercury if Brian could sing this, he said Brian may

One of the (so many) of Queen's underrated songs.

Many say that The Prophet’s song is Brian May’s best Queen song. I feel like 39 is probably his best, in my opinion

This band was a great vehicle for 4 different solo talents.

Brian sounds like an angel. An angel with a majestic mane of curly hair.

So it's a band with three lead quality vocalists, outstanding musicians, one of them an astrophysicist songwriter who breaks down the very complicated theory of time dilation in an understandable way, sets it to a beautiful tune, and sings it like a champ. You just can't do much better.

This song has become an unexpected jam in my life lately. Brian’s voice is like a beautiful melding of Dylan and McCartney but still uniquely perfect, with just a sprinkling of hopeful melancholy.

Me:putting ‘39 on for the 69th time FBI agent:ON JESUS NOT AGAIN

It took Brian May 3 minutes to tell the same story that took Christopher Nolan 3 hours to tell!

Best song on the album, no arguments please, in fact best Queen song ever! Thank you Brian no one could have written such a little gem, but you.....

My God, what a profound impact these 4 Englishmen had on my life and millions of others. I bought this record in 1976 with my wages from washing dishes at an upscale Danish, yep Danish Dining Club in Detroit. This labor also afforded me a chance to see the Night at Opera Tour - Great Seats at the Masonic Auditorium. I listen to this now - 46 years later and I have a sense of seeing & hearing some great art & music. God has been very good to me.

Why is nobody talking 'bout Deaky's bass in this????

‘39 is Queen’s 39th song The planet that is .39 AU from the sun is MERCURY And 39 years after this song, Interstellar was made, like seriously that is insane

So after the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, I became obsessed with Queen once again. I bought tickets to their tour in 2019 as soon as they were available. I took my boyfriend to see them (his first concert) at The Forum in LA on 7/19/19. Now I’m a Queen fan, but I really only know their “hits.” At one point during the concert, Brian sang Love of My Life. I knew it was coming. I knew what I’d be seeing. I made sure to take tissues. Not ashamed to say that I cried. After that, he sang this song. 😃 Edit: I forgot to mention, July 19th is Brian May’s birthday. It was quite something to hear thousands of people singing Happy Birthday to Brian! 🎂

facts- Brian made a joke to John to play double bass other days when he arrived the studio,he saw Deaky with double bass and Deaky already learned how to play

I made this my alarm so I can wake up and the first thing I hear is Rogers heavenly falsettos. Best. Decision. Ever.

What could be cooler than a folk song about time dilation.

This is such a sad song set to an upbeat tune. Imagine thinking you've only been gone for a year and finding out it's been a century and everyone you have ever known is gone.

I can't believe I haven't heard this before now. One of the best I have ever heard .

one of the most underrated songs ever

My brother who passed away. Showed me this song and queen was his favorite band. So that's how I fell in love with the number 39 it was even my first football jearsy number

Love it how we are now closer to ‘39 than when this song was released

This was,and still is,my favorite Queen song.There are so many to love,and I do,but this one is my favorite.The first time I heard this song,I was reading a book in which one of the main characters has traveled in space and his situation was just the same:if he were to return home,everyone he'd ever known would be long dead.Brian himself explained it,it's called 'time dilation'.Anyway,it's a heavy sort of idea to wrap your head around.When I heard this song my first thought was,he KNOWS!! HE KNOWS!(didn't know much about Queen,didn't know that Brian had studied astrophysics and would eventually go on to earn a PhD on the subject).Plus,it's basically a sci-fi folk song,love the melody and the way Brian sings it.

Brian:Relaxing voice Roger:Sexy voice Freddie:Basically the best voice of the world Deaky:no comments...

Never realized this was a science fiction story! I always thought it was about British soldiers sailing across the Channel in 1939. Very interesting; hats of to Brian May!

This song is perfect in every way, its melody in harmony with the lyrics makes me feel an extraordinary sensation, Queen's songs are so perfectly delicate.

Each day I'm discovering something new about Queen, Brian and Roger could sing better than a lot of people from the other bands....Brian sounds so sweet and amazing in this number....Long Live Queen....RIP Freddie Mercury ❤❤❤

There isn't one member of Queen that could be replaced and it still be the same, I've know that for years,...and if you listen to all their music it's easy to see why. Everyone of them give QUEEN music what nobody else's music does. Individual styles and ideas but ALWAYS realize the sum of the band is greater than it's individual parts !!

ROGER’S VOICE

2:36 For so many years have gone Though I'm older but a year That's Einstein's relativity of time.

0:12 Roger have a legendary sound here

I just looked up the meaning of the lyrics and DAMN it’s sad. And it makes perfect sense with the lyrics. So basically, the volunteers are astronauts that fly away from the earth at near light speed. Eventually, they come back with good news: they found another life-bearing planet! To their dismay, however, even though they only aged a year, because of time dilation, the earth and everyone on it aged over a century. Humanity is probably dead by then, and even if it isn’t, everyone the volunteers have ever known and loved died a long time ago.

Has anyone else noticed how this song is like the whole story of Intersteller in less than 4 mins. Apart from the similar story line 1. Part where "land is few" from song is similar to Intersteller where irrigable land is short. 2. Writing letters in the sand is similar to way they communicate via writing morse code on dirt. 3. The way they come back in around an year. But after 100 earth Years. 4. When Cooper from Intersteller comes back to his old Daughter is similar to "Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me." 5. End of movie when Cooper s Daughter dies and he continues is like "For my life Still ahead Pity Me." Any idea if Intersteller was inspired from '39

It's amazing how these men can compose so many GREAT songs

"for my life, still ahead, pity me" hits hard XD

So basically, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is the 3hour version of this song. Brian May should get a credit.

"Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away?" somehow that hit hard because thats how i feel about queen rn 🗿

As a young man in the late 1970s still in school and short of $$ I didn't have alot, big but, I did have an ancient phonograph with an 8 track player. I had 6 tapes total 2 queen, 2 areosmith, van halen and a richard pryor I had to keep hidden. I had sheer heart attack and a night at the opera. That limited selection was a soundtrack to my youth. Those tapes would play continually 24hrs a day, just KA GINGING between the 4 programs for non stop distraction from adolescence. They all self destructed from overplay and vanished but the music remained. I haven't heard those albums since then, just the ones that get radio play, etc. This last winter I had the song '39 play in all my dreams one night, each one waking me up at some point, and eventually the tune was playing in my head too loud for sleep. I went here and played this and other versions of the same all day, and continued to dream it all night only to wake up the next day the same way. And each night and day since the same, sometimes quiet, and farther off in the background. But not to the point of distraction or trouble, it is always a good thing if not a lifesaver, again as before in my youth. Here I am today. Yes, I hear your call, as I did many years ago. Yes, I hear you calling me. There is nothing I could say, but thank you Brian May, for this song, then and now, and here today.

Happy Birthday to our favourite astrophysicist!!!

Isn't Brain May a genius? He is an amazing astophysicist and the best guitarist at the same time.

“For my life, still ahead, pity me” That line always gives me chills…

Only Queen, could have a song on their album, that is about time dilation theory and have it sound amazing

Happy birthday, Brian!

Brian May was such an asset to Queen and artistry in general. Leaving home ain't easy, all dead, all dead, long away, etc...

39th track listed in the Queen album After 39 years Interstellar came out.. What a coincidence

Brian's songs are so good

This song deserves more attention. Happy birthday to Brian May!!!

Interesting note that the verses start (and the intro ends) at exactly 0:39…

This song is years ahead of its time....quite literally !

What a song and what a voice Mr May exhibits .

This is the sheer beauty you get from an astrophysicist combined with one of the best guitarists on the planet. This song always brings tears to my eyes...