QUEEN - A DAY AT THE RACES 50th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLASSIC UK #1 & US #5 ALBUM
LIMITED EDITION MARBLED BLUE VINYL & QUEEN STORE EXCLUSIVE PICTURE DISC
RELEASED DECEMBER 11th 2026
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
https://queen.lnk.to/ADayAtTheRaces50
LONDON – October 21, 2026 – Sony Music Entertainment is proud to announce that A DAY AT THE RACES, the fifth studio album by QUEEN, is to be celebrated almost 50 years to the day with the release of two special new vinyl editions.
Initially released on the 10th December 1976, the classic album, which features the transatlantic smash Somebody To Love and perennial live favourite, Tie Your Mother Down, will be issued on blue marbled vinyl and a Queen Store exclusive picture disc almost 50 years to the day on 11th December 2026.
Queen recorded their fifth studio album between Summer and Autumn 1976, and it was their first self-produced album, engineered by Mike Stone. Like the previous album, A Night At The Opera, it took its title from a film by the Marx Brothers. Brian May and Roger Taylor have often cited A Day At The Races as a continuation of the previous LP. It remains one of their most acclaimed records, reaching #1 in the UK and #5 in America, where it was issued a week later and became Queen's first American album to reach Gold status before moving on to Platinum.
The first single from the record, Somebody To Love, released three weeks before the album, has become one of Queen's best-known songs, featuring beautifully complex layered vocal tracks inspired by a gospel choir arrangement. In 1993, Somebody To Love took on a whole new lease of life and reached 5x Platinum status in the US when the remaining members of Queen recorded it with George Michael for the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Other singles from the album included Brian May’s Tie Your Mother Down, which became one of the band’s best-loved live tracks. The Vaudeville-inspired Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy and two firm fan favourites, the beautiful 12-string-driven Long Away, a single in the US and New Zealand, and Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together), a single in Japan, partly sung in Japanese and specifically dedicated to Queen’s fans there.
A Day At The Races regularly features in lists of the best albums of all time. As it reaches its half-century, its reputation for expertly crafted songs such as Somebody To Love and incredible creativity on tracks such as The Millionaire Waltz grows with every passing year.
QUEEN
A DAY AT THE RACES
Side One
Tie Your Mother Down
You Take My Breath Away
Long Away
The Millionaire Waltz
You and I
Side Two
Somebody to Love
White Man
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Drowse
Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
