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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
In cover versions
Rolf Harris
Strewth! It's Bohemian Rhapsody done Rolf-style!

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Queen
81%
Bad News
4%
Williams-Fairley Engineering Band
3%
Fuzzbox
2%
Rolf Harris
7%
Elaine Paige
3%

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