The extended version lasts 7 minutes 16 seconds and features a longer introduction and ending. For the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack the single introduction is added to the album version creating a 3 minutes 43 seconds edit. The introduction is played on an electronic keyboard and is assisted by cymbals, drums and a guitar ( Red Special). The single version lasts 4 minutes 21 seconds and differs from the album version by the 40-second introduction and a longer synthesizer solo which starts at 2:33. īesides the album version, a single version and an extended version were released. The keyboard solo was done in one take on a Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer, except the last note with a portamento down one octave, which was captured via punching in. The song features session musician Fred Mandel, who plays all of the keyboard parts he was involved with the song when it featured only a drum machine and a guitar part. It has three verses with one bridge, no chorus, and relatively little section repetition.
Most of the song follows a traditional 12 bar blues progression in E major. The song was written in 1983 by John Deacon and released in April 1984. The song features on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits II. It also topped the charts of Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The single reached only number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100, but reached number three in the UK and was certified Platinum with over 600,000 copies sold/equivalent streams. Īfter its release in 1984, the song was well received in Europe and South America and is regarded as an anthem of the fight against oppression. Whereas the parody was acclaimed in the United Kingdom, where cross-dressing is a popular trope in British comedy, it caused controversy in the United States. The second part of the video included a composition rehearsed and performed with the Royal Ballet and choreographed by Wayne Eagling. The song is largely known for its music video for which all the band members dressed in drag, a concept proposed by drummer Roger Taylor, which parodied the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. The track became a staple of the bands during their 1984–85 Works Tour and their 1986 Magic Tour. It appears on the album The Works (1984), and was released in three versions: album, single and extended. " I Want to Break Free" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by their bassist John Deacon.
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