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sound of a large choir through overdubs. For instance, according to Brian May, there are over 180 vocal overdubs in "Bohemian Rhapsody". Many Queen songs were also written with audience participation in mind, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". Queen have been recognised as having made significant contributions to such genres as hard rock and heavy metal, amongst others. Hence the band has been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen are diverse and span different generations, countries and genres. Some of the musicians that have cited the band as an influence include: Anthrax, Ben Folds Five, Nirvana, Def Leppard, Extreme, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Kansas, Keane, Lady Gaga, Manic Street Preachers, Metallica, Mika, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead, Trent Reznor. Styx, The Killers and The Smashing Pumpkins. Queen have been cited as a major influence on the "neo-classical metal" genre by Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. Metallica recorded a cover version of "Stone Cold Crazy", which first appeared on the Rubaiyat — Elektra's 40th Anniversary album in 1990, and won their first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1991. In the early 70s, Queen helped spur the heavy metal genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; the New Wave of British
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Heavy Metal followed in a similar vein, fusing the music with a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was named by the Guinness Book of Records in 2002 as the top British single of all time. In 2005, Channel 4 ranked Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1985 as the best live act in history. In 2007 they were also voted the greatest British band in history by Radio 2 listeners. As of 2005, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, Queen albums have spent a total of 1,322 weeks or twenty-seven years on the United Kingdom album charts; more time than any other musical act. Also in 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul
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