Bohemian Rhapsody

artist
Queen

album
A Night at the Opera

genre
progressive rock

decade
seventies

significance

 * charted at number nine
 * certified gold

trivia

 * was not well-known until featured in the popular film Wayne's World
 * the line "Scaramouche Scaramouche will you do the fandango?" refers to a sixteenth century stock clown character
 * "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me" refers to a Philistine god
 * "Bizmillah no! We will not let you go." features the Arabic word "Bizmillah", meaning "In the name of God". Frontman Freddie Mercury was born in Tanzania.