Bohemian Rhapsody : Rolling Stone

Written by: Freddie Mercury
Produced by: Roy Thomas Baker
Released: Nov. '75 on Elektra
Charts: 24 weeks
Top spot: No. 9

According to queen guitarist Brian May, everyone in the band was bewildered when Mercury brought them a draft of this four-part suite -- even before he told them, "That's where the operatic bits come in!" Recording technology was so taxed by the song's multitracked scaramouches and fandangos that some tapes became virtually transparent from being overdubbed so many times.

Appears on: A Night at the Opera (Hollywood)

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