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"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Queen 

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"Bohemian Rhapsody" represents Queen's greatest achievement and is one of rock music's best-loved singles.
"Bo Rhap" consistently features in Best Song Ever polls and was the first song ever to get to number one twice in the same version.

Queen Song facts

Composer  
Mercury

Genre  
Rock

Album  
A Night at the Opera

Year of Release  
1975

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Rolf Harris

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Queen
82%
Bad News
4%
Williams-Fairley Engineering Band
3%
Fuzzbox
2%
Rolf Harris
7%
Elaine Paige
3%

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