So I said, 'Okay, Mack, if you want to set it up, I'll play it.' He put it through a Mesa/Boggie, which is an amplifier I don't get on well with at all it just doesn't suit me.
It basically doesn't suit my style.' But 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' was such a period piece, it seemed to need that period sound. I said 'I don't want to play a Telecaster. I used on of Roger's really old, beat up, natural wood Telecaster. Interviewer: Did you use a Fender on 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'? Backing Track - Guitar Techniques November 2001.Guitar Solo - Guitar Techniques November 2001.Karaoke Instrumental - Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50.Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals, handclapsĬrazy Little Thing Called Love, 1988 3" CD Singleġ980. The style of the song was described by author Karl Coryat as rockabilly in his 1999 book titled The Bass Player Book.Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, handclapsīrian May - guitar solo, backing vocals, handclaps This thing called love I just can't handle it This thing called love I must get right to it I ain't ready Crazy little thing called love Oh, this thing (this thing) called love (called love) It cries (like a baby) in the cradle all night It swings. And while the sound of the song is a callback to the Rockabilly style Elvis made famous in his heyday, the track in and of itself is not about him. A year later it featured in the album The Game. Crazy Little Thing Called Love was written by Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury as a tribute to the legendary musician Elvis Presley, who died just a couple of years before this track was penned.
The song was played live on 20 April 1992 during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by Robert Plant with Queen. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' is a song by Queen written by Freddie Mercury as a 1979 single. 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 Montreal, Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl, Live at Wembley '86 and Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest. 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 with Queen.
It topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven weeks. 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 US in 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. 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. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen.
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