Bohemian Rhapsody

…created by Queen’s clip for “Bohemian Rhapsody” showed how video could augment if not outright define a song’s qualities (whether they were virtues or vices was up to the listener-viewer). In the late 1970s key videos by Devo and other new wave artists crystallized the nature of the form—including an…

…latter album’s mock-operatic single “Bohemian Rhapsody,” one of a number of Queen compositions written principally by Mercury.

…epitomized by the mock-operatic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Britain’s top single for nine weeks. The song’s accompanying promotional film helped the music industry recognize its future in video.