Seven Seas of Rhye

Info

Seven Seas of Rhye was released on Queen II on March 8, 1974 and was also released as a single on February 25, 1974 (UK) and June 20, 1974 (US). It was written by Freddie Mercury in 1972 and has a runtime of 2:47. It's older version was instrumental and wasn't as long and was mostly piano.

The Videos

Seven Seas of Rhye has 6 different video variants!

The 1st version was on Top of the Tops which was a very popular British TV show. After David Bowie's pre-recorded performance didn't show up in time, Queen were suggested as an alternative and got the gig. The footage was lost in 1975 until found and restored in the 90's. The song was performed on February 21, 1974 and got the single to the number #10 spot on the UK charts. The video is in full but majority of it is in black and white with bad quality. However, some parts of it in color and high quality were released for the documentary "Days of our Lives" released in 2011.

The 2nd version was also on Top of the Pops and was filmed on March 14, 1974 but majority of it is in black and white with the only color footage from the documentary "Days of our Lives" released in 2011. However, the entire video can be viewed in full.

The 3rd version also on Top of the Pops was filmed on March 28, 1974 but it is not in full. Around a minute and 26 seconds of footage is available with some having watermarks, bad color footage, bad quality, not in color, or badly cropped. Most of the bad color footage is from the documentary "Days of our Lives" in 2011.

The 4th version is from Greatest Hits VHS which combines footage of them in Japan in 1975 and also uses Tokyo 1985 footage. Nothing really else about it as it was only created for the Greatest Hits VHS. It was directed by The Torpedo Twins and was released on October 13, 1992.

The 5th version is from Queen Rocks - The Videos which was released in 1997. It's almost identical with the 4th version other than some slight different clips in different places.

The 6th version is from the documentary "Days of our Lives" which was released in 2011. This combines clips from them performing them at the Rainbow Theatre in November 1974, and also includes never before seen footage from the first 3 versions on high quality. This version was released in the Blu-ray version as part of the bonus features.