The Rustenburg High School Choir is getting a fair amount of attention across the internet, after they released a video of their cover of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

The video was posted to the school’s Facebook page on Monday and quickly started collecting thousands of views, shares, and likes.

According to IOL, the video was viewed over half a million times in just over a day after it was posted.

The post’s caption reads: “The young singers from Rustenburg High School/Hoërskool Rustenburg pay tribute to #FreddieMercury, one of Africa’s favourite sons. They have given the Queen hit #BohemianRhapsody – the greatest song of all time – their very own unique choral interpretation.”

Besides the talented singing, the video the North West school’s choir shows that a lot of time and effort went into producing the video with learners filming scenes in multiple locations, and with flashy camera angles.

At the time of writing, the Facebook video had close to 700 000 views.

Rad. Let’s take a look.

Things get a little weird around the three-minute mark but overall, pretty solid:

If you have ever wondered what would happen if Glee and High School Musical had a South African baby, now you know.

While we’re on the topic of high school kids putting on a decent show, here’s DF Malan doing their yearly performance of school spirit:

They’re very coordinated.

For more talented South African youth, check out this choir making waves on America’s Got Talent.

[source:iol]