A song as good as todays inductee being performed by a band as talented as Queen should be more popular than it is. However, I hardly ever hear this during the holidays. Released as a single in 1984 the highest the song reached was #21 on the British charts and #8 on the Irish charts. The song was released once more when it was included on Queens Greatest Hits volume 3 as a bonus track.
One of the reasons the song may not have become popular is because a video for the song was never made. Back in 1984/1985 the MTV video boom was what would make or break a song. Even a good song by a legendary rock group had difficulty getting a foothold on the charts back in the mid 80's without a video. That was when MTV played videos of course.
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