Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest

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[1] 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,[2] except in the United States where it was released a day later.

Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest
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Released16 February 1987 (1987-02-16) (VHS, LD)
20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)
(CD, DVD, Blu-ray)
Recorded27 July 1986
VenueNépstadion, Budapest, Hungary
GenreRock
Length118:47
LabelIsland (UK/International)
Hollywood (N. America)
ProducerJustin Shirley-Smith
Kris Fredrikkson
Josh Macrae
György Kovács
Queen chronology
Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995)
(2011)
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest
(1987)
Icon
(2013)

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

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Additional musicians:

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

Physical video

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VHS, Laserdisc, DVD & Blu-ray

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  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

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Disc one

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  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

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  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

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ)[19] Gold 3,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[20] Platinum 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86 (1987) - IMDb, retrieved 11 October 2021
  2. ^ "Queen live in Budapest". Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1186): 23. 19 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 23.11.2012". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest [DVD]". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Musik DVD Top-10". hitlisterne.dk (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Dutch Charts Portal". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Classifiche". fimi.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Top 20 DVD 12_46" (PDF). promusicae.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". sverigetopplistan.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2012. Search for Hungarian Rhapsody and click Sök.
  11. ^ "Music DVD Top 10 25.11.2012". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody - Queen Live in Budapest" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest". ultratop.be (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  15. ^ "Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  16. ^ "Album – Queen, Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest". charts.de (in German). Media Control. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  17. ^ "2019/13. heti Album Top 40 slágerlista" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 46 (dal 12/11/2012 al 18/11/2012)". fimi.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  19. ^ "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2013" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty DVD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2012 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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