Way back around late 89 early 90 I recall I was learning to drive and my dad sat in the car as I wanted some practice with my test due soon. Annie Nightingale played Dead On Time on Radio 1, during her request show. That was a bolt from the blue if ever I'd heard one.
I thought I mentioned it earlier but I remember in 1989 hearing One Year Of Love playing from a shop or taxi in a small French town while sitting outside a cafe. I never liked the song, but it fitted in so perfectly on that beautiful afternoon. The smooth Euro pop ballad always seemed as alien to me as the other French language songs surrounding it. It really made me appreciate it, and be able to consider other tier 3 or 4 songs from the Queen catalogue afresh.
I heard Keep Yourself Alive in Barnes and Noble (that very day I saw the Queen vinyls for sale), but I think they were playing the Bohemian Rhapsody OST. I went across the road to the Chipotle and they were playing Cool Cat.