11th January 2026

Planet Rock votes Bohemian Rhapsody Greatest Rock Song of All Time

Planet Rock Radio listeners have voted 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the Greatest Song of All Time in their Top 500 countdown. Queen had a staggering 18 songs amongst the 500.

According to their website: "The epic five-day countdown commenced at 7am on Monday 5th January with The Kinks' 1964 classic 'All Day and All of the Night' at Number 500 and concluded shortly after 5pm on Friday 9th January when Darren Redick played the Number 1, Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'."

Click here to check out more details and an in-depth look at the Top 20, which includes Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Alter Bridge, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and Guns N' Roses.

1) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

Queen's 1975 rock epic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has officially been crowned the Greatest Rock Song all Time ahead of Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven'. Multi-layered and ambitious in musical scope, the Freddie Mercury-penned six-minute suite that is 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has topped the charts twice in the UK, and it's been introduced to new generations of fans via 1992's Wayne's World and the 2018 Queen biopic of the same name, Bohemian Rhapsody. It's also only one of a handful of songs to surpass 2 billion views on YouTube.

Queen's other entries were: 

494) Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1980)

467) Queen - I Want It All (1989)

443) Queen - I Want to Break Free (1984)

422) Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)

409) Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls (1978)

397) Queen - We Are the Champions (1977)

377) Queen – Innuendo (1991)

330) Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever (1986)

322) Queen - One Vision (1985)

312) Queen - Radio Ga Ga (1984)

294) Queen - Hammer to Fall (1984)

268) Queen - The Prophet's Song (1975)

261) Queen - The Show Must Go On (1991)

244) Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye (1973)

158) Queen - Tie Your Mother Down (1976)

128) Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (1978)

112) Queen - We Will Rock You (1977)