Brian MayВ - lead guitar, backing vocals, handclaps.Freddie MercuryВ - leadВ and backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, handclaps.An alternate version featuring alternate angles, out-takes and backstage footage from the original video shoot was included on the Days Of Our Lives DVD and Blu-ray releases. The music video for the song was filmed at Trillion Studios in September 1979 and directed by Dennis De Vallance featuring four dancers and a floor of hands. 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 AidВ at Wembley Stadium, London in 1985. The entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour (although Mack says it was six hours). The three of them, with their new producer Mack, recorded it at Musicland StudiosВ in Munich. Mercury took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to TaylorВ and John Deacon. Queen drummer Roger TaylorВ added in an interview that Mercury wrote it in 10 minutes while lounging in a bath in the Bayerischer Hof HotelВ in MunichВ during one of their extensive Munich recording sessions. The song was written by Mercury as a tribute to Elvis Presley. I couldn't work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think. It's a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. 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. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' took me five or ten minutes.

ДЄs reported by Freddie MercuryВ in Melody Maker,, he composed 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' on the guitar in just five to ten minutes. The style of the song was described by author Karl CoryatВ as rockabillyВ 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 PlantВ 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 MontrealВ and Queen at Wembley. 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. It topped the Australian ARIA ChartsВ for seven weeks. on 23 February 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks.

The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles ChartВ in 1979, and became the group's first number-one single on the BillboardВ Hot 100В in the U.S. Written by Freddie MercuryВ in 1979, the track is featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits. ' Crazy Little Thing Called Love' is a song by the rockВ band Queen.

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