didn't make it to release in the full version as the average hit song on the radio is a mere 3 minutes and 30 seconds (on average).
"There was a time when the others wanted to chop it around a bit, but I refused. If it was going to be released, it would be in its entirety. We knew it was very risky, but we had so much confidence in that song – I did anyway. I felt, underneath it all, that if it was successful it would earn a lot of respect. People were all going, You're joking, they'll never play it, you'll only hear the first few bars and then they'll fade it out. We had numerous rows. EMI were shocked – a six-minute single? You must be joking! The same in America – oh, you just got away with it in Britain.”
— Freddie Mercury, 1976
It's so popular that it has its own page in Wikipedia!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody |
