Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest explained

Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest
Type:	live
Artist:	Queen
Cover:	Hungarian rapsody blu ray.jpg
Released:
Recorded:	27 July 1986
Venue:	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary
Genre:	Rock
Length:	118:47
Label:	Island (UK/International) Hollywood (N. America)
Producer:	Justin Shirley-Smith Kris Fredrikkson Josh Macrae György Kovács
Prev Title:	Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995)
Prev Year:	2011
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Queen – Live In Budapest (original title) was retitled later as Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest is a concert film of the British rock band Queen's performance at the Népstadion in Budapest on 27 July 1986. It was part of the band's final tour with original lead singer Freddie Mercury, The Magic Tour. Queen were one of the few bands from Western Europe to perform in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. The film had a limited theatrical release in Eastern Bloc countries in 1987/1988 with the concert physically released on VHS and Laserdisc in the UK and Japan on 16 February 1987 under the original title Queen Live In Budapest, and on CD, DVD and Blu-ray for the first time on 5 November 2012 worldwide,^[1] except in the United States where it was released a day later.

The concert title is a play on the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt and one of Queen's most celebrated hits, "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Band members

• Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano, guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
• Brian May - acoustic and electric guitars, keyboard on "Who Wants to Live Forever", backing vocals
• Roger Taylor - drums, tambourine, co-lead vocals on "Under Pressure", backing vocals
• John Deacon - bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians:

• Spike Edney - keyboards, piano, rhythm guitar on "Hammer to Fall", backing vocals

Physical video

VHS, Laserdisc, DVD & Blu-ray

1. "One Vision" (Queen)
2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May)
3. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" (Freddie Mercury)
4. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Mercury)
5. "Tear It Up" (May)
6. "A Kind of Magic" (Roger Taylor)
7. "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie)
8. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May)
9. "I Want to Break Free" (John Deacon)
10. "Guitar Solo" (May)
11. "Now I'm Here" (May)
12. "Love of My Life" (Mercury)
13. "Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt" (Traditional)
14. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Mercury, May)
15. "Tutti Frutti" (Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin)
16. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury)
17. "Hammer to Fall" (May)
18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury)
19. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor)
20. "We Will Rock You" (May)
21. "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury, Deacon)
22. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury)
23. "God Save the Queen" (End credits) (Traditional, arr. May)

• Extras
  • A Magic Year Documentary (DVD and Blu-ray only)

Compact Disc

Disc one

1. "One Vision" (Queen)
2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (edited on DVD and Blu-ray) (May)
3. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" (Mercury)
4. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Mercury)
5. "Tear It Up" (May)
6. "A Kind of Magic" (Taylor)
7. "Under Pressure" (Queen, Bowie)
8. "Another One Bites the Dust" (omitted on DVD and Blu-ray) (Deacon)
9. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May)
10. "I Want to Break Free" (edited on DVD and Blu-ray) (Deacon)
11. "Looks Like It's Gonna Be a Good Night" (omitted on DVD and Blu-ray) (Queen)
12. "Guitar Solo" (edited on DVD and Blu-ray) (May)
13. "Now I'm Here" (May)

Disc two

1. "Love of My Life" (edited on DVD and Blu-ray) (Mercury)
2. "Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt" (Traditional)
3. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Mercury, May)
4. "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (omitted on DVD and Blu-ray) (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
5. "Hello Mary Lou" (omitted on DVD and Blu-ray) (Gene Pitney)
6. "Tutti Frutti" (edited on DVD and Blu-ray) (Penniman, LaBostrie, Lubin)
7. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury)
8. "Hammer to Fall" (May)
9. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (edited on DVD and Blu-ray) (Mercury)
10. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor)
11. "We Will Rock You" (May)
12. "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury, Deacon)
13. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury)
14. "God Save the Queen" (Traditional, arr. May)

Charts

DVD

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Music DVDs Chart^[2]	8
Austrian Music DVDs Chart^[3]	1
Belgian Music DVDs Chart^[4]	1
Danish Music DVDs Chart^[5]	6
Dutch Music DVDs Chart^[6]	10
Italian Music DVDs Chart^[7]	5
Spanish Music DVDs Chart^[8]	7
Swedish Music DVDs Chart^[9]	8
Swiss Music DVDs Chart^[10]	10

Album

Chart (2012–19)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[11]	90
Dutch Albums Chart^[12]	44
French Albums Chart^[13]	102
German Albums Chart^[14]	23
Hungarian Albums Chart^[15]	7
Italian Albums Chart^[16]	29

External links

• Hungarian Rhapsody: Latest Worldwide Cinema Listings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queen live in Budapest. 9 August 2024.
2. 19 November 2012 . ARIA Top 40 Music DVD . . 1186 . 23 . 12 December 2012 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20121204015700/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20121204-1257/Issue1186.pdf . dead . 2012-12-04 .
3. Web site: Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 23.11.2012 . . Hung Medien . de . 26 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110070248/http://austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2012&date=20121123 . 10 November 2013 . dmy-all .
4. Web site: |title=Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest [DVD] |work=ultratop.be] |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=26 November 2012].
5. Web site: Musik DVD Top-10 . hitlisterne.dk . . da . 26 November 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130213071443/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=45&y=2012&list=v10 . 13 February 2013 . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Dutch Charts Portal . . Hung Medien . nl . 26 November 2012.
7. Web site: Classifiche . fimi.it . it . 26 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041458/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_dvd.php?anno=2012&mese=11&id=417 . 5 March 2016 .
8. Web site: Top 20 DVD 12_46 . . es . 12 December 2012 .
9. Web site: Sveriges Officiella Topplista . . sv . 26 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151226154145/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ . 26 December 2015 . Search for Hungarian Rhapsody and click Sök.
10. Web site: Music DVD Top 10 25.11.2012 . . Hung Medien . 26 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130412234312/http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2012&date=20121125&cat=d . 12 April 2013 . dmy-all .
11. Web site: Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . fr . 12 December 2012.
12. Web site: Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest . dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien . nl . 12 December 2012.
13. Web site: Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest . lescharts.com . Hung Medien . fr . 12 December 2012.
14. Web site: Album – Queen, Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725181846/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Queen&title=Hungarian+Rhapsody+%2D+Queen+Live+In+Budapest&country=de . dead . 25 July 2014 . charts.de . . de . 26 November 2012.
15. Web site: 2019/13. heti Album Top 40 slágerlista. MAHASZ. hu. 29 November 2021.
16. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 46 (dal 12/11/2012 al 18/11/2012) . . 22 November 2012 . 22 November 2012 . https://archive.today/20121122142210/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php . it . dead . dmy-all .