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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (5:56)

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“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night At The Opera.

The song is in the style of a stream-of-consciousness nightmare, and has unusual musical structure for popular music (it has no chorus, instead consisting of seemingly disjointed sections including operatic segments and an a Capella and heavy metal part) which works beyond the range of this reviewer. Despite this, it was released as a single and became a huge commercial success.

Bohemian Rhapsody is widely hailed as Queen’s “magnum opus”, and it marked a decisive point in the band’s career and set them on the way to become one of the world’s most popular music groups. The single was accompanied by a groundbreaking music video (then termed a “promotional video”) which helped establish the visual language of the modern music video.

A truncated version of the song was included in all Queen’s subsequent live concert performances (as the band could not recreate the middle section live, because of the many overdubbed voices) and still enjoys great popularity around the world.

In January 1976, Freddie Mercury was interviewed by Sounds regarding the writing process of the song.:

“I’m going to shatter some illusions, it was just one of those pieces I wrote for the album: just writing my batch of songs. In its early stages I almost rejected it, but then it grew. We started deciding on a single about halfway through. There were a few contenders - we were thinking of ‘The Prophet’s Song’ at one point - but then ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ seemed the one.
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  • granpubah

    The incomparable mr freddy mercury!! What a set of pipes...Queen carries on but without freddy its just not the same

    Monday afternoon

  • mayfly1954

    The best song ever

    Saturday morning

  • Harry_01

    2 words... mind blown

    Wednesday morning

  • maxdaisy1

    2 words... Waynes World

    last week

  • larilovesmusic

    <3

    10 days ago

  • juni_or

    BEST SONG EVER!

    11 days ago

  • laiewfelipe

    Jake Harper *-*

    14 days ago

  • jasminder82

    The way Freddie sings "any way the wind blows" at the very end is so heartbreaking and perfect.

    14 days ago

  • Ariues

    1975!

    17 days ago

  • Ariues

    i thought this was from the 70s! mustve been 1980

    17 days ago

  • ANDYCH3N

    The best song ever. [9]

    22 days ago

  • Metality

    Love the first and last section. The middle section is okay; a bit silly. But that's Queen.

    22 days ago

  • John-Ackles

    The best song ever. [8]

    23 days ago

  • lucas-cg

    NOSTALGIAAAAAAAA!

    24 days ago

  • szmaterlok

    The best song ever. [7]

    24 days ago

  • Svyatoslav_007

    The best song ever. [6]

    26 days ago

  • greglypoop123

    easy come easy go little high little low

    28 days ago

  • lucidllamas

    I am always amazed by how much Wayne's World introduced this song and group to an entire generation. Remember how much album sales soared as a result. I even dusted off the ol' 8-track and rocked out a bit to it. One of my favs. :)

    28 days ago

  • Maars_r

    The best song ever. [5]

    last month

  • lukasz_pulawski

    કળાકાર અતિ લાંબી અસંબદ્ધ કથા કે વ્યાખ્યાન

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