In May 2013, May teamed up with actor Brian Blessed and Flash cartoonist Jonti “Weebl” Picking, as well as animal rights groups including the RSPCA, to form “Team Badger”, a “coalition of organisations that have teamed up to fight the planned cull of badgers”. With Weebl and Blessed, May recorded a single, Save The Badger Badger Badger – amashup of Weebl’s viral 2003 Flash cartoon meme, Badger Badger Badger, and Queen’s Flash, featuring vocals by Blessed. Weebl animated the music video on YouTube, parodying both Weebl’s original animation on YouTube and a scene from Flash Gordon, a film featuring music by Queen, and in which Blessed played Prince Vultan. On 1 September 2013, Save The Badger Badger Badger charted at No. 79 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 39 on the UK iTunes chart and No. 1 on the iTunes Rock chart.