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Bohemian Rhapsody ran almost six minutes but became a hit
The label feared it was too long for radio
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, released in October 1975, lasts 5 minutes and 55 seconds, far longer than the usual single. Executives worried that radio would not play it, but DJ Kenny Everett reportedly played it fourteen times in a weekend, and it stayed at number one in the UK for nine weeks.
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