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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is featured on their 1980 album ''The Game'', and also appears on the band's compilation album, ''Greatest Hits''. 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 U.S. in 1979, remaining there for four consecutive weeks; it would be the start of Queen's popularity in America.〔Whitburn, Joel (2006). The ''Billboard'' Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books〕〔Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited〕 It topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven weeks.〔Kent, David (1993) (doc). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W〕
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.〔 Queen played the song live between 1979 and 1986, and a live performance of the song is recorded in the albums ''Queen Rock Montreal'' and ''Queen at Wembley''.〔(Queen Rock Montreal ) Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011〕〔(Live At Wembley 1986 ) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011〕 Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists. The song was played live on 20 April 1992 during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by Robert Plant with Queen.〔(The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Crazy Little Thing Called Love ) Retrieved 4 September 2011〕 The style of the song was described by author Karl Coryat as rockabilly in his 1999 book titled ''The Bass Player Book''.
==Composition==
As reported by Freddie Mercury in ''Melody Maker'', 2 May 1981, he composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on the guitar in just five to ten minutes.〔(Melody Maker 2 May 1981 )〕
The song was written by Mercury as a tribute to Elvis Presley.〔 Absolute Radio. Retrieved 18 December 2011〕 Roger Taylor added in an interview that Mercury wrote it in just 10 minutes while lounging in a bath in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich during one of their extensive Munich recording sessions.〔(ROGER SPEAKS: COLOGNE AUDIO PRESS KIT ) BrianMay.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011〕 Mercury took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to Taylor and John Deacon.〔〔(Billboard 18 Jul 1980 ) p.33. Billboard. Retrieved 29 June 2011〕 The three of them, with their then new producer Reinhold 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). Having written "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on guitar and played an acoustic rhythm guitar on the record, for the first time ever Mercury played guitar in concerts, for example at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium, London in 1985.〔(Lights! Action! Sound! It's That Crazy Little Thing Called Queen ) Circus Magazine. Retrieved 29 June 2011〕〔(Crazy Little Thing Called Love ) UltimateQueen. Retrieved 29 June 2011〕
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