"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song is a six-minute suite, notable for its lack of a refraining chorus and consisting of several sections: an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is one of the few songs to emerge from the 1970s progressive rock movement to achieve widespread commercial success and appeal to a mainstream audience. "Bohemian Rhapsody" topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and had sold more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. In 1991, after Mercury's death, it topped the charts for another five weeks, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time. It is also the only song to reach the UK Christmas number one twice by the same artist.
Recorded | August–September 1975 |
Genre | Progressive rock, hard rock, progressive pop |
Length | 5:55 |
Label | EMI |
Writer(s) | Freddie Mercury |
Producer(s) | Roy Thomas Baker, Queen |
About Bohemian Rhapsody
Biographical film chronicling the years of Queen's formation and leading up to their legendary 1985 Live Aid performance. Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Meddows Taylor served as the movie's music producers.
Achievement of Bohemian Rhapsody
Bryan Singer received directorial credit for the picture though he was fired for absence and clashing with the cast and crew in December of 2017. Dexter Fletcher completed the film. Rami Malek won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as Freddie Mercury.
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Latest information about Bohemian Rhapsody updated on July 28 2021.