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Crazy Little Thing Called Love peaked at number two in the UK, it hit number one on the U.S. charts on February 23, 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. It topped the charts in Australia for six weeks.
The song is written in a rockabilly style. As reported by Mercury in Melody Maker, May 2, 1981, Mercury composed “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” on the guitar in just five to ten minutes. Other accounts say that he wrote it while lounging in a bubble bath in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich during one of Queen’s extensive Munich recording sessions. He took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to bandmates Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The three of them, with their new producer Mack, recorded it at Musicland Studios in Munich. The entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour (although Mack says it was six hours)
Freddie Mercury - May 1981, Melody Maker:
‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or ten minutes. I did that on the guitar, which I can’t play for nuts, and in one way it was quite a good thing because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. It’s a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. I couldn’t work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think.
Brian May, 1982 On The Record:
The song is written in a rockabilly style. As reported by Mercury in Melody Maker, May 2, 1981, Mercury composed “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” on the guitar in just five to ten minutes. Other accounts say that he wrote it while lounging in a bubble bath in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich during one of Queen’s extensive Munich recording sessions. He took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to bandmates Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The three of them, with their new producer Mack, recorded it at Musicland Studios in Munich. The entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour (although Mack says it was six hours)
Freddie Mercury - May 1981, Melody Maker:
‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or ten minutes. I did that on the guitar, which I can’t play for nuts, and in one way it was quite a good thing because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. It’s a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. I couldn’t work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think.
Brian May, 1982 On The Record:
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inzepland wrote:
Queen has had so many cool tracks yet this is one of my favorites
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scientist4u wrote:
sure is !!!
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SilAlcantara wrote:
Really crazy... but sooo good!!!!
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xpldng_hlcptr wrote:
Wonderful song!
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great song!
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clouddbrittany wrote:
YEah
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tyrhandske wrote:
So lovely music. Queen was the Kings.
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PurpleHarlequin wrote:
I feel like such a moron - only just now did I discover that Elvis never sang this song. And all my life I thought it was a cover! Freddy, you tricked me with your sexy bluesy voice! :-P
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OLDCHAVYCAR2RED wrote:
a cool tune
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filamentnovice wrote:
Hand claps.
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Dunk_a_roos wrote:
1:50 I'm jealous of that lady! : ( Love you, Freddie! [2] hehe..
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dzoukerka wrote:
1:50 I'm jealous of that lady! : ( Love you, Freddie!
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Froggl wrote:
We was fit and finish with Freddy after this song grandios
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TheBullfrog wrote:
Rockabilly! www.reverbnation.com/jackybullfrog
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
"Everyone knows I can't play the fucking guitar!"
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moquito85 wrote:
\m/
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noiresque wrote:
Ready Freddie
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whuuu let´s swing :))))
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Dunk_a_roos wrote:
crazy little thing called love x__x
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