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As Queen’s video for Bohemian Rhapsody passes 1 billion views on YouTube, Queen release remastered version and announce You Are The Champions campaign
Queen’s video for their classic 1975 track Bohemian Rhapsody has passed the 1 billion views mark on YouTube.
It’s now the first pre-1990’s video to reach 1bn views on the platform – and Queen have celebrated the milestone by releasing a remastered, hi-def version of the promo and announced a campaign titled You Are The Champions.
Queen have teamed up with YouTube Music, Universal Music Group and Hollywood Records for the initiative, which will give fans the chance to have a starring role in three new user generated videos for a trio of the band’s best-loved songs.
Queen are looking for musicians, singers, and instrumentalists for their take on Bohemian Rhapsody, while dancers are invited to submit their own routines and interpretations for Don’t Stop Me Now. Visual artists will also have the chance to design something eye-catching around a word or phrase from A Kind Of Magic’s lyrics.
Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor say: “We are honoured that Bohemian Rhapsody has just hit 1bn views on YouTube. We want to thank you all and celebrate with our amazing fans all around the world by creating three new music videos to our songs, all featuring you!
“Whether you are a musician, singer, dancer, visual artist or you just want to have some fun. Visit the You Are The Champions website to find out more and we’ll see you on the road somewhere.”
The completed videos will be uploaded later this year to the official Queen YouTube channel.
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- Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Variant 1 - Japanese - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.25, €28.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Aug-2020 16:21)on August 3, 2020 at 6:18 pm
QUEEN Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979 Japanese wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including Spread Your Wings, unique picture insert printed with English & Japanese lyrics on the reverse. The insert displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played P-529E)
- Queen - A Kind Of Magic - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $22.50, €20.16 (New Item) (arrived 03-Aug-2020 15:07)on August 3, 2020 at 6:18 pm
QUEEN A Kind of Magic (1986 UK 9-track LP, the twelfth studio album featuring the singles Who Wants To Live Forever, A Kind Of Magic, Princes Of The Universe & One Vision, glossy gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inner. The sleevehassome edgewear & the vinyl is Excellent with light signs Play EU3509)
- Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Variant 1 - Japanese - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.25, €28.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Aug-2020 10:20)on August 3, 2020 at 6:18 pm
QUEEN Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979 Japanese wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including Spread Your Wings, unique picture insert printed with English & Japanese lyrics on the reverse. The insert displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played P-529E)
- Queen - Flash Gordon - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 01-Aug-2020 17:55)on August 3, 2020 at 6:18 pm
QUEEN Flash Gordon (1980 UK 18-track LP, featuring music from the ultra camp motion picture, housed in a striking yellow picture sleeve with die-cut credits inner. The sleeve has some evident edgewear & the vinyl grades Excellent with few signs of play EMC3351)
- Queen - Thank God It's Christmas - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 01-Aug-2020 17:53)on August 3, 2020 at 6:18 pm
QUEEN Thank God It's Christmas (1984 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including the Extended versions of Man On The Prowl and Keep Passing The Open Windows, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve has a few minor storage marks and the vinyl has a few light surface scuffs - an excellent example 12QUEEN5)
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