2002 Freddie Mercury Image Credit: AP Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, the British band’s first Top 10 hit in the US, was voted the UK’s favourite single of all time in a poll by the Guinness Hit Singles book. The song, which features in the epic ‘A Night At The Opera’ album, was voted ahead of ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon, ‘Hey Jude’ by The Beatles, ‘Dancing Queen’ by ABBA and ‘Like A Virgin’ by Madonna. Thanks in the main to the complex styles and music of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, A Night At The Opera became the most expensive album ever record at the time as the band hired six different studios for the recording.