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How Two DJ’s Turned ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen Into a Hit Before Its Release Date

With such gems as:

There was also the fact that Mercury wasn’t exactly sure how the song was supposed to go (referring to the opera section).  “This is where the opera section comes in!” Then we went out to eat dinner.

.. cutting and adding more tape to the reel due to Mercury’s habit of adding another Galileo every time they tried to record it.

The reaction of their record company’s general manager of international sales to the new single was, “What the fuck is THIS?”  Add to that Elton’s John’s “Are you fucking mad?”