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10 things you didn't know about Bohemian Rhapsody

31 October 2021, x:00

Queen in 1975: Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon. Picture: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Queen's legendary song was released on 31 October 1975. But how well practise you know this immortal track?

1. The opening piano section of the track originally known as The Cowboy Song, co-ordinate to Freddie Mercury's friend Chris Smith.

2. Mercury later revealed that Bohemian Rhapsody was three different songs that he'd written, and compiled together into one epic.

3. Bohemian Rhapsody was recorded in Wales - specifically, Rockfield Studios in Momouth.

4. The opera department took 3 weeks to record

   It required so many overdubs, y'all could see clear through the record by the end. Producer Roy Thomas Baker recalled: "Every time Freddie came upwards with another 'Galileo', I would add another piece of record to the reel."

5. Bismillah means "In the name of God!" in Arabic.

   

   Freddie Mercury, John Deacon and Brian May performing live on stage, 29 November 1975. Picture: Andrew Putler/Redferns/Getty Images

6. Mercury later on claimed that the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody are just "random rhyming nonsense".

7. Despite beingness just nether half dozen minutes long, Maverick Rhapsody isn't even the longest vocal on the anthology A Night At The Opera

   That honour goes to the epic track The Prophet'southward Song; an even more complex recording which clocks in at 8 minutes and 21 seconds.

8. The offset person to play the song on the radio was Kenny Everett on Uppercase.

   He played it fourteen times in two days and was in many ways responsible for the success of the single.

   

   Kenny Everett in Jan 1974. Moving picture: Michael Putland/Getty Images

9. The famous video for Bohemian Rhapsody was shot in just four hours.

   The clip was shot by director Bruce Gowers at Elstree studios in Borehamwood - now the home of EastEnders and Big Brother. The ring were concerned that trying to mime to the song on Tv set would exist awkward, plus they were almost to fix off on a Great britain tour that would take them through to Christmas Eve. The promo video was made on 10 November 1975 at the soundstage where Queen were rehearsing for their kickoff date in Liverpool four days later. It wasn't the start popular video e'er made, only was certainly the most influential - the single'south 9 week reign at No ane was attributed to the effectiveness of the clip. From that point on, Queen would shoot a video for every single - and a lot of other artists followed conform.

   

   Queen in Freddie Mercury's apartment, Holland Road, West Kensington in 1974. Picture: Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns/Getty Images

10. Despite reaching Number 1 twice in the U.k. charts, it only reached Number 9 on its initial release in the Usa.

    

    Freddie Mercury and Brian May performing alive on stage in 1975. Moving-picture show: Ian Dickson/Redferns/Getty Images

Source: https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/queen/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bohemian-rhapsody/

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