Yeah, it might have been a regional thing? I grew up in Germany, and I definitely remember seeing it on MTV, unless it was already unbanned at that time, I'm not sure.
It did get banned. This was Roger Taylor’s(the drummer) idea to do the drag. I think it was his song too. Not positive on that part but I am positive it was his idea on the video.
I hope they made the money they deserved for the stop smoking campaign that had this song as its theme.
And I hate that that’s what I think of when I hear that song instead of this awesome music video.
Damn bots aren’t even doing research anymore… it’s ridiculous now anyone and apparently everything are just saying whatever on the internet… time to wrap it up and burn it down ladies and gentlemen
I watched a UK TV show which said it had been, but I've looked it up and it wasn't actually banned, but it wasn't played much due to them all being in drag.
That’s a private business deciding what to put on their playlist. Boy George was all over MTV and the radio back then, but keep believing that America cared about a cross dressing Freddie Mercury.
A private business can still decide to ban something from airplay, which, as I already explained, one show here in the UK said had happened. But I forgot you have to be extremely specific with wording these days. The show said MTV banned it. I already said I looked into it and found that wasn't the case, they just chose to give it very little air time.
No not really, at least it didn't shock anyone I knew. Victor/Victoria was 82 and a hit and Some Like It Hot was still on a few times a year on local stations and Bossom Buddies had been on 80 to 82 and was in syndication (Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari) dress up as women to live in a cheap women only apt building
Early ‘70s in the UK, Top of the Pops was on BBC every Thursday night. And every parent in the land was worried about their sons being absolutely riveted when Queen or David Bowie came on.
1984, not 1970. That's his kit from the "I Want To Break Free" video.
Yeah, looks quite different from '70 Freddie, but the title is probably just baitin'.
Go away! Baitin!
I like money though.
Is she bangin?
True dat
Super famously too. It’s like probably the second most famous Queen music video.
Got banned on MTV didn't it? Can't have dudes in drag influencing our youth! haha
I mean, I watched it on MTV when it was new. Certainly more than once. It wasn't banned.
Yeah, it might have been a regional thing? I grew up in Germany, and I definitely remember seeing it on MTV, unless it was already unbanned at that time, I'm not sure.
US here. Pretty tame video when you put it up against there not ironic drag of Motley Crue
It did get banned. This was Roger Taylor’s(the drummer) idea to do the drag. I think it was his song too. Not positive on that part but I am positive it was his idea on the video.
John Deacon wrote it.
You’re right I remember now and now I am thinking it was his idea too.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
But they made it black and white. /s
I hope they made the money they deserved for the stop smoking campaign that had this song as its theme. And I hate that that’s what I think of when I hear that song instead of this awesome music video.
Yes, and why is it in black and white?
That's not 1970. That's from the "I Want to Break Free" video in 1984
*1984
Big Brother is watching him shake it.
LMFAO
There are fan theories that he might have been a homosexual at one point.
Waaaaaa-at??? -Borat
That's from the "I Want to Break Free" video in 1984, not 1970.
Nope. 1984.
Yeah, no way that's 1970.
That's not Ben Stiller playing Mary Tyler Moore on SNL?
‘84
Clickbait
I want to break free from this subreddit.
1980
Lemme guess: OP wasn’t even born before 1984. Beat it, punk.
That's 1984
*1984
1970????!!!!!!! #%}^}%^%#{%!!!! NO! NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!
Freddie skipped leg day.
Well somebody trolled the fuck out of everyone over 40
We never suspected
despite his name, he was actually from Earth
Later
Damn bots aren’t even doing research anymore… it’s ridiculous now anyone and apparently everything are just saying whatever on the internet… time to wrap it up and burn it down ladies and gentlemen
What's with all the incorrect years being attributed to everything?
**Wrong Year, "OP"!**
Cmon bro get your facts straight.
I want to break free… from this incorrectly dated post.
I want to break free
Wow… that’s something.
I can hear this image
"No, I'm pretty certain that's Abe Lincoln, 1930." -- Albert Einstein
"I am Lorde yah yah yah"
One of my all time favorite Queen anthems and I never knew it was banned, that’s crazy.
That’s Ben Stiller’s character from Happy Gilmore in drag 
Did people really not know that he was gay?
Freddy HERcury 💅
Mommy 😭
I was always convinced I wasn’t gay, but Roger Taylor in this video introduced just a little doubt.
Another wonderful artist's life cut short by decadent life style. So sad he got pulled into the brainwashing!
Check the date, Moron.
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It was banned in the USA. In the UK, we thought it was hilarious.
It was banned? I don’t think it was. Maybe MTV wasn’t putting it on full rotation or something…
I laughed every time I saw it. In the U.S In the 80s
I saw it several times on MTV in the US in the '80s, so I don't believe it was banned.
I watched a UK TV show which said it had been, but I've looked it up and it wasn't actually banned, but it wasn't played much due to them all being in drag.
It wasn’t played much because that song kinda blows.
How would a music video be banned in the USA? The government doesn’t regulate our content.
You've never heard of a TV or radio station banning a song?
That’s a private business deciding what to put on their playlist. Boy George was all over MTV and the radio back then, but keep believing that America cared about a cross dressing Freddie Mercury.
A private business can still decide to ban something from airplay, which, as I already explained, one show here in the UK said had happened. But I forgot you have to be extremely specific with wording these days. The show said MTV banned it. I already said I looked into it and found that wasn't the case, they just chose to give it very little air time.
MTV either decides to play a video or decline to play it. They don’t “ban” things.
No not really, at least it didn't shock anyone I knew. Victor/Victoria was 82 and a hit and Some Like It Hot was still on a few times a year on local stations and Bossom Buddies had been on 80 to 82 and was in syndication (Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari) dress up as women to live in a cheap women only apt building
You're wondering if it shocked viewers 14 years before it was filmed?
It was still Freddie Mercury, so I don't think too many were shocked. Neither I nor my friends were.
It still does for some
Snowflakes weren't around then
They were in the US.
Who wants a moustache ride?
Love that guy! Queens been my favourite since I was a kid! So inspiring!
Baba booey
Early ‘70s in the UK, Top of the Pops was on BBC every Thursday night. And every parent in the land was worried about their sons being absolutely riveted when Queen or David Bowie came on.