Christgau, Robert (26 December 1977). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York . Retrieved 24 May 2014. The front LP cover was reinterpreted from the cover of "Astounding Science Fiction," a magazine issued in October 1953. The inside was 1st created by Hal Hefner - Fantastic Planet (1973) & then Frank Kelly was inspired to use both concepts it for the inside Queen News Of The world LP (1977) Queen approached Freas some 24 years after the publication of his original painting and asked him to re-create the image, this time swapping the unfortunate pilot for the four members of Queen. Mercury and May lie prone and bloody in the robot's hand, while Deacon and Taylor drop lifeless to the ground. Freas also created the apocalypric gatefold image to complement the cover. a b c d e f Epstein, Daniel (28 October 2017). "Queen's 'News of the World: 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. The song was introduced into the band's live show immediately after its release, and remained a staple of their "medley" until the end of the Hot Space Tour of 1982. On the Hot Space tour, the song was reduced to the first verse/chorus only as a way to lead into May's guitar solo. In live versions of this song, Taylor used Latin-influenced percussion with timbales on the News of the World Tour, and tightly tuned Remo Roto-Toms on the Jazz Tour, Crazy Tour, The Game and Hot Space tours.

Dutch album certifications – Queen – News of the World" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter News of the World in the "Artiest of titel" box.a b Kot, Greg (19 April 1992). "An 18-record, 80 Million-copy Odyssey". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 19 April 2016. Schroer, Brendan (8 October 2010). "Review: Queen – News of the World". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved 24 May 2014. Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5thed.). Omnibus Press. p.2248. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8. British album certifications – Queen – News of the World". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Fight from the Inside" was written and sung by Taylor. In addition to the drums, he also plays rhythm guitar and bass guitar; for the latter he borrowed Deacon's instrument. It is also one of the few songs in the band's discography recorded almost entirely by one member. Purvis, Georg (2007). Queen: Complete Works. Richmond: Reynolds & Hearn. p.43. ISBN 978-1-905287-33-8.Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2009 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. 8 July 2009.

Roger Taylor receives a copy of Astounding Science Fiction during a party thrown for Queen by Elektra Records, 1977. The News of the World Tour was a concert tour by Queen to promote the album. Queen played 26 shows in North America and 21 in Europe, beginning on 11 November 1977 in Portland, United States and concluding the tour on 13 May 1978 in London. a b "Queen: Less Flamboyance, More of the Beatles". Originally published by Washington Post. Currently mirrored by Queen Archives. 28 December 1978 . Retrieved 6 December 2007. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. a b c Purvis, Georg (2007). Queen: Complete Works. Richmond: Reynolds & Hearn. p.44. ISBN 978-1-905287-33-8.a b Tony Stewart (18 June 1977). "Freddie Mercury: Is This Man a Prat?". NME . Retrieved 12 December 2018. The album as a whole has been released on Super Audio CD. [43] In 2012, the TV show Family Guy dedicated an episode plot line to the album cover, in which Stewie Griffin is frightened of the cover. Show creator Seth MacFarlane stated that it was based on his own fear of the cover when he was a child. [44] [45] [46] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. Astounding Science Fiction had been in print since 1930, but the 50s were its "golden age". Taylor had seen the October 1953 edition (reprinted in the UK in March 1954), which featured the very same tearful robot that would later appear on the cover of News Of The World. In its hand is the lifeless body of a man.

Italian album certifications – Queen – News of the World" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 23 March 2021. Select "2021" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "News of the World" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".

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American album certifications – Queen – News of the World". Recording Industry Association of America. Being a classical music fan, Freas had never heard of Queen, but he was up for the commission. The image appeared when the album was released 28 October 1977, which later made Number 4 in the UK charts. The story culminates in a man trapped in a rapidly accelerating spaceship, unable to tell the robot that's keeping him under sedation to stop the craft. The moral of the story is: "Machines are the servants of humans, not their equals. There will always be a gulf between Flesh and Steel. Read those five words on the panel before you and you will understand." Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1978. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021 . Retrieved 2 April 2022.