![]() ![]() ![]() The style of the song was described by author Karl Coryat as rockabilly in his 1999 book titled The Bass Player Book. The song was played live on 20 April 1992 during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by Robert Plant with Queen. Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists. Queen played the song live between 19, and a live performance of the song is recorded in the albums Queen Rock Montreal, Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl, Live at Wembley '86 and Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest. Having composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on guitar, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he played guitar in concert with Queen. It topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven weeks. ![]() The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and became the group's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is included on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits in 1981. It proved to be a wise decision.īuy Queen’s News Of The World: 40th Anniversary Edition box set."Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Mercury also revealed in that volume that Queen’s American label, Elektra, were less than enthused about releasing “Crazy Little Thing” as a single, but their hand was forced when radio DJs started playing the import. Listen to the best of Queen on Apple Music and Spotify. It’s not typical of my work, but that’s because nothing is typical of my work.” The finished version sounded like the bathroom version. “We arranged at band rehearsals the following day with me trying to play rhythm guitar. Freddie reportedly got out of the tub to go to his guitar and piano to lay down the melody. “I wrote the song languishing in my bath at the Munich Hilton,” Mercury said in the Billboard Book of Number One Hits, by Fred Bronson. The single was certified gold in both the US and UK, as well as in Holland. It did even better in Australia, with a seven-week reign in March and April and platinum certification. By the second half of February, “Love” was starting a five-week run at the top of that survey. ![]() It was the highest of no fewer than 15 new entries on the American chart in that week before Christmas, at No.58. Written solely by Freddie Mercury, the song became one of Queen’s biggest international singles to that point. ![]()
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