Bohemian Rhapsody

"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Original cover of the US single release
Single by Queen
from the album A Night at the Opera
B-side	"I'm in Love with My Car" "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (Poland) "Sweet Lady " (Turkey)
Released	31 October 1975
Format	7" cassette CD
Recorded	August–September 1975
Studio	Various Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire Penrhos Court, Herefordshire Roundhouse Studio, London SARM (East), London Scorpio Sound, London Wessex Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock symphonic rock hard rock progressive pop
Length	5:57
Label	EMI Elektra Parlophone Hollywood
Writer(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Roy Thomas Baker Queen
Queen singles chronology
"Lily of the Valley" (1975) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) "You're My Best Friend" (1976)
A Night at the Opera track listing 12 tracks Side one "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" "I'm in Love with My Car" "You're My Best Friend" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "Seaside Rendezvous" Side two "The Prophet's Song" "Love of My Life" "Good Company" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "God Save the Queen"

"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. It is a six-minute suite, consisting of several sections without a chorus: an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda. The song is a more accessible take on the 1970s progressive rock genre. It was reportedly the most expensive single ever made at the time of its release, though the exact cost of production cannot be determined.

When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for another five weeks when the same version was re-released, eventually becoming the UK's third-best-selling single of all time. It is also the only song to be Christmas number one twice by the same artist. It topped the charts in several other markets as well, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and The Netherlands, later becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. In the United States the song originally peaked at number nine in 1976. It returned to the chart at number two in 1992 following Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, as well as its appearance in the film Wayne's World, which revived its American popularity.

Although critical reaction was initially mixed, "Bohemian Rhapsody" remains one of Queen's most popular songs and is frequently placed on modern lists of the greatest songs of all time. The single was accompanied by a promotional video, which many scholars consider ground-breaking.Rolling Stone magazine states: "Its influence cannot be overstated, practically inventing the music video seven years before MTV went on the air." In 2004, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2012, the song topped the list on an ITV nationwide poll in the UK to find "The Nation's Favourite Number One" over 60 years of music.