Welcome to this Queen The Greatest Special, in which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the phenomenal 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

50 Years ago today, on October 31st, 1975, Queen’s masterpiece was released, and began the journey to becoming one of the greatest songs of all time.

“It’s interesting. Bohemian Rhapsody is viewed as a giant step for Queen creatively, but from the inside, it didn’t feel that way. It’s one of the threads of Queen in our development. You’ve only got to look at the first album, with My Fairy King.”  Brian May

“On the second album, Queen II, there's a monumentally long and complicated track called March of the Black Queen. Which involved a lot of rehearsal, a lot of singing, and it had so many different, little sections. It's a lot more complicated in many ways than Bohemian Rhapsody." Roger Taylor

Queen The Greatest Special : The Path To Bohemian Rhapsody (Episode 1)

In this special episode of Queen The Greatest, Brian May and Roger Taylor exclusively recall how Bohemian Rhapsody sent shockwaves throughout the music industry, taking everyone by surprise. Everyone, that is, except the band, who by this point had become well used to Freddie's extraordinary flights of fantasy.