Queen

A 1975 single almost six minutes long, in three sections with no chorus, its middle passage a mock-operatic pile-up of Galileos and Scaramouches (1975)

'Bohemian Rhapsody' — nine weeks at UK number one in 1975–76, and five more after Mercury's death; produced with Roy Thomas Baker.

A 1977 double A-side pairing a stomp-stomp-clap anthem with a victory ballad, now inescapable at sporting events (1977)

'We Will Rock You' (May) and 'We Are the Champions' (Mercury), from News of the World.

A 1980 single built on a funk bass line written by the band's bassist, which topped the American chart (1980)

'Another One Bites the Dust', written by John Deacon; their biggest-selling US single.

A 1980 single written in ten minutes on the piano, a rockabilly pastiche that also topped the American chart (1980)

'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' — Mercury played rhythm guitar on it himself.

A 1984 single whose video put the four of them in wigs and housecoats in a parody of a Manchester soap opera, and was refused airplay by MTV (1984)

'I Want to Break Free', written by John Deacon; the Coronation Street parody badly damaged the band's standing in America, though the song became an anti-apartheid anthem in South Africa.

A 1986 single inspired by a film about immortal swordsmen, performed at a Wembley concert filmed for release (1986)

'Who Wants to Live Forever', from A Kind of Magic, the soundtrack album to Highlander.

A 1991 single released weeks before its singer's death, its video shot in black and white to disguise how ill he was (1991)

'These Are the Days of Our Lives' — the last footage of Mercury; it topped the UK chart as a double A-side after his death.

A 1974 album cover of four faces emerging from darkness in a diamond, later recreated shot for shot in a famous promo film (1974)

Queen II, photographed by Mick Rock, restaged for the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video.