Classic pop songs 

- I have said before that I didn't really like Queen but the video is a first as the first full pop music video* for a hit single seven years before MTV made the genre so viable and it has reached iconic status and makes me smile every time I hear it (largely thanks to Wayne's Worlds) It's histrionic camp overblown nonsense is hysterical
I also seriously respect the musicians in this and the work gone into the overdubbing not least the guitar playing from Brian May . . . . . and I always tend to overlook how well Freddie played the piano  . . . but its is bloody funny!

On this day in music history: August 24, 1975 - Queen begin recording “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield Studio 1 near Monmouth, Wales, UK. Written by Freddie Mercury, the band start the process of recording the complicated and intricate song after three weeks of rehearsals. The remaining sessions for the track takes place at four different studios (Roundhouse, SARM (East), Scorpion, and Wessex Studios in London) over the next three weeks that it takes to complete the song. The most complex portion of the track, the multi-layered vocal harmonies sung by Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor, spend anywhere from ten to twelve hours a day, perfecting their parts. Some parts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” feature as many as 180 separate overdubs. Due to the limited number of tracks available on the 24-track master, makes it necessary to bounce the vocal and instrumental tracks up to eight times. In fact, at one point it is necessary to transfer the entire two inch reel to another fresh tape when master begins shedding oxide due to the numerous times the tape is run over the record and playback heads during the tracking and mixing process. When the song is completed, it clocks in at nearly six minutes. When Queen presents the finished track to their UK label EMI Records, they immediately insist that the band edit it down to a more radio friendly length. The band get around this by leaking a tape copy of the song to Capitol Radio DJ Kenny Everett who immediately loves the track, and plays it on his show fourteen times in two days. Public reaction is swift and overwhelmingly positive, forcing EMI to release the record as is. Word of the sensation the record has created in England reaches Paul Drew of RKO Radio in the US, who acquires a dub copy of the still unreleased song. This in turn forces Queen’s US label Elektra Records to release the song as a single, in its complete, unedited form. “Bohemian Rhapsody” goes on to top the UK singles chart for 9 weeks in late 1975, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April of 1976. The record is re-released after Freddie Mercury’s death, returning to the top of the UK singles chart for another five weeks, and is featured in the comedy “Wayne’s World” which puts it back on the US Hot 100, peaking at #2 in May of 1992.

* "Bohemian Rhapsody" remains one of Queen's most popular songs and is frequently considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The single was accompanied by a promotional video, which many scholars consider ground-breaking.^[9] Rolling Stone stated that its influence "cannot be overstated, practically inventing the music video seven years before MTV went on the air."^[10] The Guardian ranked the music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" number 31 on their list of the 50 key events in rock music history,