Seven Seas of Rhye... (Instrumental)

Seven Seas of Rhye... (Instrumental)

Queen

It was mainly written by Freddie Mercury, with Brian May contributing the second middle-eight. The song is officially credited to Mercury only. A rudimentary instrumental version appears as the final track on the group’s debut album Queen (1973), with the final version on the follow-up Queen II (1974).

The song features a distinctive arpeggiated piano introduction. These piano runs are sampled in “It’s a Beautiful Day (reprise)”, on the album Made in Heaven.

In a 1977 radio interview, Mercury described the subject of the song as a “figment of his imagination”.
In the Queen musical We Will Rock You, the Seven Seas of Rhye is a place where the Bohemians are taken after they are brain-drained by Khashoggi.