India, Sept. 25 -- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, the rock band's 1975 song, is one of rock music's most iconic and important songs. The song overdubs together three different sections: ballad, opera, and hard rock. Bohemian Rhapsody stretched the limits of what was capable in a recording era still deeply influenced by analogue tape effects and overdubbing.

Now, it is Spotify's most-streamed song from the 20th century with over 2.8 billion plays. As the song celebrates its 50th anniversary, Queen's surviving members Brian May and Roger Taylor spoke with Rolling Stones about the song's trying day to finish, the anthemic song, and the band's successor.

The track was born from Freddie Mercury's creative vision, with its operatic passages inspi...