The sprawling operatic song proved a challenge to record, especially given the technology of the time.
We did the whole beginning bit, then the whole middle bit and then the whole end.
It was complete madness.
Roy Thomas BakerJim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The song, released in 1978, originally reached No.
4 on the Billboard 200.
It found a whole new life when it became part of the soundtrack forWaynes Worldin 1992.
Brian May, John Deacon and Freddie Mercury of Queen with Roy Thomas Baker in 1978 (David Tan/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
We didnt know it was going to be quite that big.
I didnt realize it was still going to be talked about 30 years later.
I regret slipping out of touch lately with Roy.
