Released on October 31, 1975, the song was the lead single from the UK band's fourth album, "A Night At The Opera."
The first episode - "The Path To Bohemian Rhapsody" - sees Brian May and Roger Taylor exclusively recall how the song sent shockwaves throughout the music industry, taking everyone by surprise... Everyone, that is, except the band, who by this point had become well used to Freddie's extraordinary flights of fantasy.
"You didn't know where Freddie was coming from," says May. "He comes in and goes 'there's this bit, and there's another bit we'll do, and there's the operatic and then there's another bit we will do.' 'Oh yeah, OK Freddie.' And basically, you have two choices, either going 'well we're really not feeling it,' which we sometimes would do, or we all dive in, and the whole Queen machine swings into action.
"It's interesting. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is viewed as a giant step for Queen creatively, but from the inside, it didn't feel that way. It's one of the threads of Queen in our development."
Queen has reissued "A Night At The Opera" on crystal clear vinyl with gold labels, while "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been released on heavyweight blue 7" and 12" single, 12" picture disc and blue cassette single.
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