Bohemian Rhapsody was a top hit.
Bohemian Rhapsody . When it was released as a single , `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' became a commercial success , staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976 . It reached number one again in 1991 for another five weeks when the same version was re-released , eventually becoming the UK 's third-best-selling single of all time . In the United Kingdom , Christmas number ones are singles that are top of the UK Singles Chart in the week in which Christmas Day falls .