Here’s a look at some of the ways the music of Queen has been immortalized in various pop culture ways:

• “WAYNE’S WORLD”: It was 1992, and Freddie Mercury had been dead for less than a year when characters Wayne and Garth made the triumphant leap from the small screen of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” to the silver screen. Who can forget the opening scene with Wayne, Garth and three members of their posse as they cruised through the streets of Aurora, Ill., singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the top of their lungs? The movie helped propel the song back to the top of the charts.

• “WE WILL ROCK YOU: THE MUSICAL”: Following other successful musicals based on pop catalogs like “Mamma Mia!” and “Jersey Boys,” this play opened in London in May 2002 and is still going strong. Critics were so-so on it, but audiences continue to eat it up all over the globe.

• “GUITAR HERO” and “ROCK BAND”: Video may have killed some radio stars, but certainly not Queen. What’s more, video games “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” include a huge variety of their songs. Keep up, if you can.

• THE SINGING DRUNK GUY: Soon after being arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in March, a drunk dude sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” in its entirety in the back of a police cruiser. Yep, the clip went viral, and there’s nothing quite like it

• “THE MUPPETS”: except maybe for The Muppets’ rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which also went viral and features Animal singing the word “mama” repeatedly and an ending by the diva herself, Miss Piggy. Absolutely priceless.

• HOMELESS MAN “UNDER PRESSURE”: Los Angeles resident Sky Soleil originally developed his puppet lip-sync sensation years ago as a comedy act when he was in college. He then dreamt up the idea of a duet of the Queen/David Bowie classic “Under Pressure” and decided it would pack the biggest punch if the character performing it was a homeless person. After the clip went global, Soleil realized the impact it could help with the issue of homelessness, and subsequently included links to advocacy groups.

• “GLEE”: Even the TV show “Glee” caught the Queen bug. Both “Somebody to Love” and “Another One Bites the Dust” were featured on the show.

• “FLASH GORDON” SOUNDTRACK: Two words: “Flash ahah!”

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