The Independent effectively having to function under siege from sacked print workers picketing outside. "The Independent" attracted some of the staff from the two Murdoch broadsheets who had chosen not to move to his company's new headquarters. Launched with the advertising slogan "It is. Are you?", and challenging both "The Guardian" for centre-left readers and "The Times" as the newspaper of record, "The Independent" reached a circulation of over 400,000 by 1989. Competing in a moribund market, "The Independent" sparked a general freshening of newspaper design as well as, within a few years, a price war in the market sector. When "The
You Are the Champion You Are the Champion You Are the Champion is a cover version of Queen's iconic We Are the Champions, which was originally written by Freddie Mercury in 1977. Often used during sporting events, especially for victory celebrations, a special version was recorded by Scorpions and Michael Kleitmann in honor of Michael Schumacher winning his seventh F1 Formula One Championship. The song was slightly re-written, most notably changing it from "We" to "You" which is naturally a reference to Schumacher. The version of the song was released as a single "You Are the Champion (Homage to Michael Schumacher)" on September 20,