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Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ reaches one billion YouTube plays

Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), singer with Queen, standing in front of a drumkit as he sings into a microphone on stage during a live concert performance by the band at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom, on 5 June 1982. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Queen‘s 1975 promo clip for “Bohemian Rhapsody” has become the first pre-1990’s video to reach one billion views on YouTube. In celebration of the milestone, a new hi-def version of the iconic clip has been uploaded, with fans now able to access the song’s lyrics in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, Polish, German, Indonesian Bahasa, Korean, Czech, Russian, and Turkish while watching the video.

May and Taylor said in a statement: “We are honoured that Bohemian Rhapsody has just hit one billion views on YouTube. We want to thank you all and celebrate with our amazing fans all around the world by creating three new music videos to our songs, all featuring you! Whether you are a musician, singer, dancer, visual artist or you just want to have some fun. Go to YouAreTheChampions.com to find out more and we’ll see you on the road somewhere.”

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