Queen's 1975 opera-inspired hit, Bohemian Rhapsody, has been named the most popular song ever in the UK by BBC Radio 4 listeners. Host Scott Simon talks to music writer Alan Connor about the ...

In May 2023 it was discovered that “Bohemian Rhapsody” originally went by a different title altogether. ... "Bohemiam Rhapsody," Queen’s classic “mock opera,” was released on October 31 ...

"Bohemian Rhapsody" was different for its time and still is today. Unlike most pop hits that lasted around three minutes, it was a six-minute pop single that has an opera, an opera, right in the ...

In “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the combination of Mercury’s expressive range and interpretive genius, Roy Thomas Baker’s production, ... And we aren’t even at the opera section yet ...

"Bohemian Rhapsody" had never been as big of a hit in the United States. It reached only the No. 9 position on Billboard's Hot 100 when it first came out. That is, until Myers' "Wayne's World." ...

Since its release in 1975 with the album A Night at the Opera, “Bohemian Rhapsody” has proven a resilient hit. On May 9, 1992, it peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart, ...

My grandmother was 23 when she experienced her first live opera. Penniless, gamine and disguised as student ushers (“All you needed was an ID card!”), she and her sister, my great-aunt Helen ...

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” from Queen’s album “A Night At The Opera,” was Queen’s first Top 10 hit in the United States and topped the charts in the UK for nine consecutive weeks, ...

An early draft of the lyrics to one of rock’s most famous songs contains a secret. When Freddie Mercury wrote Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” he originally seemed to have toyed with another ...

Queen battles with EMI over the “A Night at the Opera” album, particularly over “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which gives the eponymous film one of its most rapturous segments, as the band pieces ...

The story of how ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ ended up in ‘Wayne’s World’ and became a phenomenon again. November 2, 2018 More than 6 years ago By Elahe Izadi ...