Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Track:??Crazy Little Thing Called Love, by Queen

I'm a fan of the early days of rock 'n' roll, which this early eighties song really replicates.?The song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” was written by Freddie Mercury in 1979 and appeared on their 1980 album?The Game. According to Freddie, the song took him “five or ten minutes” to write, using a guitar. He explained “I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. I simply had to write within a small framework.” That accounts for the simplistic 1950s feel…along with Freddie’s respect for Elvis and the pre-Beatles British rock-star Cliff Richards.?

On the single, Queen guitarist Brian May wanted to emulate Rick Nelson's and Presley's longtime guitarist James Burton, and at producer Reinhold Mack’s suggestion used a Fender Esquire?rather than his regular Red Special for the recording session. It’s one of the few songs where Freddie played the guitar live, check out his Live Aid performance. As Freddie said at Live Aid. This song “is dedicated to beautiful people here tonight…that means all of you.”?