False Memories

We Are the Champions... Of the World!

At the end of Queen's iconic anthem, everyone sings, '...of the world!' But if you listen to the original studio recording, the song just ends after 'We are the champions.' Freddie Mercury often added the 'of the world' line during live performances (like Live Aid), and our brains crave that resolution so much that we mentally insert the live ending onto the studio track.