2 after its use in a now-classic scene in the hit movie Wayne’s World.ĭeacon retired in 1997, and after their own brief hiatus, May and Taylor have toured since 2005 with guest vocalists that have included Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert. The following year, the group returned to its highest Hot 100 rank since 1980 when “Bohemian Rhapsody” returned to the Hot 100 and flew to No. 24, 1991, the frontman confirmed long-standing rumors that he had contracted AIDS.
The band continued to record regularly but stopped touring after 1986 due to Mercury’s deteriorating health. 1 for Queen in 1980, “Another One Bites the Dust,” and the album that contained both singles, The Game, became the group’s only No. “Crazy” paved the way for a second Hot 100 No. In a rare instance, he composed the tune on guitar, which he “couldn’t play for nuts … I couldn’t work through too many chords and, because of that restriction, I wrote a good song, I think.” In 1981, Mercury told Melody Maker magazine that he needed only “five or 10 minutes” to write “Crazy” in a bathtub in Munich. The song was “Freddie’s tribute to Elvis,” May told U.K. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” was a departure from the band’s trademark swagger, a rockabilly-style number in which Mercury crooned over an acoustic guitar. 4-peaking “We Will Rock You”/”We Are the Champions” and the positively baroque “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which hit No. The British quartet - Freddie Mercury, then 33 Brian May, 32 Roger Taylor, 30 and John Deacon, 28 - claimed hit albums in the 1970s with a blend of bold arena rock anthems, including 1978’s No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” which crowned the chart on Feb. I couldn’t work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think.QUEEN CHANNELED ELVIS PRESLEY to earn its first No. 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. The song was written by Freddie Mercury as a tribute to Elvis Presley.Ĭrazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or ten minutes. It worked- becoming Queen’s first #1 single in the Billboard Hot 100. ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ – seemed like a way out of left field song for Queen- Queen and rockabilly.
#2 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Australia, Canada, Netherlands. Peaked at #1 4 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.Single: ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’- Queen.Billboard #1 Hits: #483: ‘ Crazy Little Thing Called Love’- Queen.
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