Roger Taylor wrote or co‑wrote quite a few songs for Queen, both as sole writer and in collaboration with Freddie Mercury and Brian May. Below is a focused list of the best‑known tracks he either wrote alone or co‑wrote for the band’s studio albums.

Key solo‑written songs by Roger

These are tracks credited to “Roger Taylor” alone on Queen albums:

  • “Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll” – Queen (1973)
  • “I’m in Love with My Car” – A Night at the Opera (1975)
  • “Drowse” – A Day at the Races (1976)
  • “Fun It” – Jazz (1978)
  • “Fight from the Inside” – News of the World (1977)
  • “Coming Soon” – The Game (1980)
  • “A Human Body” – The Game (1980)
  • “Action This Day” – Hot Space (1982)
  • “Radio Ga‑Ga” – The Works (1984)
  • “A Kind of Magic” – A Kind of Magic (1986)
  • “A Kind of ‘A Kind of Magic’” – A Kind of Magic (1986)
  • “Don’t Lose Your Head” – A Kind of Magic (1986)
  • “Fun on Earth” – The Works (1984) – Taylor lead vocal, fully written by him
  • “Escape from the Swamp” – Flash Gordon soundtrack (1980)
  • “In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)” – Flash Gordon soundtrack (1980)
  • “Innuendo” (with Freddie Mercury) – Innuendo (1991) – often listed as “Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor”
  • “Breakthru” (with Freddie Mercury) – The Miracle (1989)
  • “Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’)” (with Brian May) – The Works (1984)
  • “Heaven for Everyone” (Taylor‑written, released on Made in Heaven , 1995)
  • “Hijack My Heart” – The Miracle (1989)
  • “The Invisible Man” (with Brian May) – The Miracle (1989)
  • “These Are the Days of Our Lives” – Innuendo (1991)

Notable co‑written Taylor tracks

Some of his most famous songs are written with Freddie or Brian:

  • “Innuendo” – Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor
  • “Breakthru” – Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor
  • “Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’)” – Brian May & Roger Taylor
  • “The Invisible Man” – Brian May & Roger Taylor

Quick reference table

Song| Album| Main writer(s)
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“Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll”| Queen| Roger Taylor 38
“I’m in Love with My Car”| A Night at the Opera| Roger Taylor 38
“Drowse”| A Day at the Races| Roger Taylor 18
“Fun It”| Jazz| Roger Taylor 1
“Fight from the Inside”| News of the World| Roger Taylor 1
“Coming Soon”| The Game| Roger Taylor 1
“A Human Body”| The Game| Roger Taylor 1
“Action This Day”| Hot Space| Roger Taylor 1
“Radio Ga‑Ga”| The Works| Roger Taylor 38
“A Kind of Magic”| A Kind of Magic| Roger Taylor 18
“A Kind of ‘A Kind of Magic’”| A Kind of Magic| Roger Taylor 1
“Don’t Lose Your Head”| A Kind of Magic| Roger Taylor 1
“Fun on Earth”| The Works| Roger Taylor 1
“Innuendo”| Innuendo| Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor 19
“Breakthru”| The Miracle| Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor 15
“Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’)”| The Works| Brian May & Roger Taylor 1
“The Invisible Man”| The Miracle| Brian May & Roger Taylor 19
“Heaven for Everyone”| Made in Heaven| Roger Taylor 1
“Hijack My Heart”| The Miracle| Roger Taylor 1
“These Are the Days of Our Lives”| Innuendo| Roger Taylor 1

If you’d like, I can also pull out just his “top‑10” Queen‑only hits or focus only on tracks he wrote entirely solo.