The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart". Official Charts Company. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018 . Retrieved 14 July 2019. Ghoshal, Neela (4 March 2019). "Egypt Should Win an Oscar for Hypocrisy Over Praise for Rami Malek". Human Rights Watch . Retrieved 1 May 2019. Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1976". Dutch Top 40. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019 . Retrieved 1 April 2020. In 2009, The Guardian 's music critic, Tom Service, examined the song's relationship with the traditions of classical music, describing its popularity as "one of the strangest musical phenomena out there":

In the US, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a double A-side cassette single with " The Show Must Go On" in January1992, two months after the death of Freddie Mercury, with proceeds going to the Magic Johnson Foundation for AIDS research. The song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart after 16years, reaching number two, and spending 17weeks on the chart. [53] After the release of the Queen biopic named after the song, it re-entered the charts for a third time at number33, marking26 years since it last charted. [54] a b Busch, Anita (30 August 2017). "Allen Leech Joins 'Bohemian Rhapsody' As Paul Prenter, Freddie Mercury's Judas". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 30 August 2017. The character of Foster is fictional, and is loosely based on EMI chief Roy Featherstone. While Featherstone and others did think that "Bohemian Rhapsody" was too long to be released as a single, Featherstone was a fan of the band. A Night at the Opera was in fact released by EMI, with "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the lead single, and Queen would remain with EMI for the remainder of their career. [168]Shafer, Ellise (21 July 2019). "Queen and Adam Lambert Play the Hits, Pay Tribute to Freddie Mercury at L.A. Concert". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019 . Retrieved 16 August 2019. Queen – Artist – Grammy.com". Grammy Awards database search. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017 . Retrieved 4 November 2017. a b Galuppo, Mia (12 June 2018). "Bryan Singer to Get Directing Credit on Queen Biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 21 June 2018. Bring Home the Foot-Stomping Box Office Sensation Bohemian Rhapsody Featuring Never-Before-Seen Music Performances On 6 December 2017, Dexter Fletcher was announced as Singer's replacement [57] [54] and on 15 December, filming resumed with Fletcher directing. [58] Fletcher later estimated that two-thirds of the principal photography had been completed when he joined the production, saying, "I came into the last few weeks of principal photography and editing and the bits and pieces like that... I was looking at two complete [acts] in a good film, and [I had to] not let it down." [59]

a b "Bohemian Rhapsody ranked #17 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021 . Retrieved 16 September 2021. Bohemian Rhapsody" topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks (plus another five weeks following Mercury's death in 1991) and remains the UK's third best-selling single of all time. It also topped the charts in countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the Netherlands, and sold over six million copies worldwide. In the United States, the song peaked at number nine in 1976, but reached a new peak of number two after appearing in the 1992 film Wayne's World. In 2004, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [12] Following the release of the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, it became the most streamed song from the 20th century. [13] In 2021, it was certified Diamond in the US for combined digital sales and streams equal to 10 million units. Before the film came out, I got to sit down with the cast ( Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Ben Hardy, Allen Leech) and producer Graham King in London. One of the things I wanted to know about were the Bohemian Rhapsody deleted scenes. While occasionally people involved in a film are guarded about revealing what didn’t make the final cut, the Bohemian Rhapsody cast was pretty open about sharing what was left out. a b Fleming, Mike Jr. (11 September 2017). "Mike Myers Comes Full Circle With 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ". Deadline Hollywood.The film, which has received multiple awards and nominations, won four awards at the 91st Academy Awards for Best Actor (Rami Malek), Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, making it the film with the most wins at the ceremony; [153] it was also nominated for Best Picture, which it lost to Green Book. [154] At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Motion Picture – Drama, winning both. [155] At the 72nd British Academy Film Awards, the film received seven nominations, winning for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Sound. [156] The film was also nominated for Best Theatrical Motion Picture at the 30th annual Producers Guild of America Awards, [157] and received an award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. [158] Freddie Mercury – interview in Sydney, 1985 (1080p video). 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020 . Retrieved 4 December 2018– via YouTube. Rose, Steve (23 October 2018). "Bohemian Rhapsody review: Freddie Mercury biopic bites the dust". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 25 October 2018. Other critics interpreted the lyrics as Mercury's way of dealing with personal issues. [16] Music scholar Sheila Whiteley observes that Mercury reached a turning point in his personal life in the year he wrote "Bohemian Rhapsody". [32] He had been living with Mary Austin for seven years but had just embarked on his first love affair with a man. She suggests that the song provides an insight into Mercury's emotional state at the time, "living with Mary ('Mamma', as in Mother Mary) and wanting to break away ('Mamma mia let me go')". [39] Others suggest it as a veiled reference to coming out, and dealing with the repercussions of the sodomy laws of the time. [44] In addition, the song can be interpreted as coming from the perspective of a person on death row, reflecting on their life and preparing for their last moments. Ben Whishaw says Freddie Mercury film is on hold". The Daily Telegraph. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.

In a retrospective article, Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone explained why the song performed less strongly in the US charts by saying that it is "the quintessential example of the kind of thing that doesn't exactly go over well in America". [17] Its chart run of 24weeks, however, placed it at number18 on Billboard 's year-end chart, higher than some number1s of the year. [51] With the Canadian record-buying public, the single fared better, reaching number one in the RPM national singles chart for the week ending 1May 1976. [52] The Hot 100 the Week of April 24, 1976". Billboard. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 . Retrieved 3 June 2018. a b c d e "Film releases". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018 . Retrieved 10 November 2017.

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Bohemian Rhapsody (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 October 2018 . Retrieved 27 October 2018. a b "Rami Malek on playing Freddie Mercury: 'I could have my Beyoncé moment' ". Entertainment Weekly. 9 May 2017.