Greatest Hits Radio: Bohemian Rhapsody - Still our Number One!

03 November 2025 - Press release

On the day it turns 50 the Queen classic has been voted the greatest hit of the 70s, 80s and 90s
by Greatest Hits Radio listeners for the seventh year in a row

It's official! Just announced by Simon Mayo on his Drivetime show, Greatest Hits Radio listeners have once again voted Bohemian Rhapsody to be the greatest hit of the 70s, 80s and 90s. This is the seventh year in a row the track has taken number one spot in the station's annual countdown, which this year saw over 21,000 total song votes from listeners.

Queen's Brian May thanked all those who voted and assured them that the band still don't take the song's success for granted, saying: 'Thank you for voting Bohemian Rhapsody number one in your 500 top songs. It's not the first time it's happened, but we will never take this for granted, thank you. It's great to be there in the centre of the pulse of music so thank you for tuning in and thank you for staying with us.'

Band mate Roger Taylor agreed: 'We are continually amazed and delighted by the fact that people still seem to love our now very old song and we're just delighted that it's given a lot of pleasure to a lot of people over fifty years. We feel honoured and just continually thrilled, so thank you so much to anybody that voted it number one.'

This year's chart saw:

84 New Entries
205 songs climbing the chart
208 heading down
3 staying the same

In the year that we lost Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath were a new entry at no.182 with Paranoid and the Britpop resurgence following the huge Oasis concerts this summer, saw Don't Look Back In Anger climbing 410 positions, and Champagne Supernova climbing 114 positions – the two highest climbing tracks in this year's Top 500.

The most popular artists to rack up new entries this year are David Bowie, Earth Wind & Fire, and U2, all gaining three more songs on this years Top 500 than one year ago. Kate Bush is the highest placed female solo artist (Wuthering Heights at No.3) and Prince is the highest placed male solo artist (When Doves Cry at No.4)

The most popular acts on this year's countdown are Queen (13 entries), David Bowie (12 entries), George Michael (12 entries, 6 as a solo artist), Elton John (10 entries, 9 as a solo artist), Blondie (8 entries), ABBA (7 entries) and Bruce Springsteen (7 entries).

You can see the full Top 500 chart here

A very special documentary, The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody, narrated by Claire Sturgess and featuring interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor, is exclusively available in the Rayo app following the conclusion of Greatest Hits Radio's Top 500 Countdown and ahead of it's TX on Sunday 2nd November at 4pm on Greatest Hits Radio.

You can hear Top 500 in full for the next 30 days on the Rayo app AND Premium Subscribers can hear it in full on our exclusive Top 500 station.

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody will be on Greatest Hits Radio,
Sunday November 2nd at 4pm.

LINK HERE FOR DOCUMENTARY.

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