New York, NY (Top40 Charts) This morning, Panic! At The Disco shared a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" for Suicide Squad: The Album! The original version of the song was a big part of Suicide Squad's promotional campaign. The recording was featured in a trailer for the movie, used to underscore an early glimpse of the onscreen mayhem while hinting at a higher fun quotient than Warner Bros.' most recent DC Comics adaptations.
The latest entry in the DC Extended Universe series of films, Suicide Squad brings together a diverse cast (including Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis and Jai Courtney) to tell the story of a high-level government program that unites a group of supervillains against their will in order to combat an even greater threat. Arriving on the heels of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earlier this year, Squad serves as a bridge to next year's Wonder Woman and Justice League features.
Panic! At the Disco's "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover, which you can listen to above, helps round out a soundtrack heavy with largely unreleased pop and hip-hop tracks, some of which boast unexpected collaborations - as well as songs by War ("Slippin' Into Darkness"), Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Fortunate Son") and a cover of the Bee Gees' "I Started a Joke," performed by ConfidentialMX.
The award-winning internationally acclaimed rock band Panic! At The Disco released their latest album, Death of a Bachelor, in January 2016. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with their single "Victorious" debuting at No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs, iTunes Alternative Songs, and Billboard and Twitter's Trending 140 charts just hours after its release. The song has amassed over 43 million streams to date. The first song off the album, "Hallelujah," was released to equal enthusiasm early last year and has since accumulated more than 41 million streams on Spotify and over 23 million plays on YouTube.
Their current single, "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time," has over 26 million plays and is steadily climbing the charts as a follow-up to the two Top 10 Alternative hits from Death of a Bachelor, which was recently certified Gold by the RIAA. The band's Gold-certified fourth studio album, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare to Die!, was released in October 2013, and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, marking their second album to do so. The album's lead single, "Miss Jackson (Feat. Lolo)," was certified Gold and charted in the Top 10 on the Alternative and Modern Rock charts, and has amassed over 39 million views on YouTube to date.
The follow-up single, "This Is Gospel," has more than 69 million views on YouTube. Panic! At The Disco's previous albums include 2005's double-platinum A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, 2008's Gold-certified Pretty. Odd., which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, andVices & Virtues, which debuted at No. 7.
Panic! At The Disco have been nominated for multiple awards, including a GRAMMY, Teen Choice Award, Alternative Press Music Award, Kerrang! Award, and MTV Video Music Awards. At the MTV VMAs in 2006, they won the highly coveted Video of the Year trophy for the video for their smash "I Write Sins Not Tragedies."
