It proved to be a wise decision.īuy Queen’s News Of The World: 40th Anniversary Edition box set. 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. 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. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' is a song by the British rock band Queen. 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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