Dream Theater’s keyboardist makes “Bohemian Rhapsody” piano version

Freddie Mercury and Jordan Rudess

Dream Theater’s keyboardist, Jordan Rudess made a cool piano version for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, after he said he felt inspired by the movie about the same name, that tells Freddie Mercury and Queen’s history.

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The song

“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band’s 1975 album A Night at the Opera. It is a six-minute suite, consisting of several sections without a chorus: an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda.

The song is a more accessible take on the 1970s progressive rock genre. It was reportedly the most expensive single ever made at the time of its release, although the exact cost of production cannot be determined.

When it was released as a single, “Bohemian Rhapsody” became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976.

It reached number one again in 1991 for another five weeks when the same version was re-released following Mercury’s death, eventually becoming the UK’s third-best-selling single of all time.

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