which was criticized by some people for it’s alternating musical style. The group was plotting it’s next move following the modest success of 1978’s Jazz. The band had just come off the promotional cycle for 1978’s Jazz album, which performed reasonably well. Now Queen wouldn’t end up netting their first number 1 hit in America until the late 70’s. Now this was the path that rock band queen followed when it came time to writing their first number 1 hit song in America. Sometimes if you have to overthink things they are probably not worth pursuing. He performed dance interpretations of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the then-new “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”īesides hitting Number One on the Billboard 200 chart, The Game was also a million-seller.I’ve always heard musicians speak about how some of the greatest songs ever written would be created in a matter of minutes or just a few hours. Prior to the release of the The Game, Mercury danced with the Royal Ballet Of England as part of a benefit performance on October 7th, 1979.
We don't stake our reputation on singles and we never have done, but I think it's brought in a lot of younger people to our concerts.”
Guitarist Brain May was amused by the song's success: “We're not a singles group. It only reached Number Two in the U.K., however. but also in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Holland, and Mexico. “Crazy Little Thing…” hit Number One not only in the U.S. It wound up coming out six months before the album, an atypically long lead time. radio stations began playing import copies of the song to such an extent that the label had to release it here.
If that's true - and listen to the last album ( Double Fantasy) it certainly sounds as if he explored similar influences - that's wonderful.”įreddie Mercury wrote the song while in the bathtub.Įlektra Records initially didn't plan to release “Crazy Little Thing…” as a single, but U.S.
Taylor also responded to one legend that's grown around the song: “I read somewhere… that John Lennon heard it and it gave him the impetus to start recording again. Drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor said, “It's not rockabilly, exactly, but it did have that early Elvis ( Presley) feel, and it was one of the first records to exploit that.” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” marked a departure from Queen's usual pop bombast, instead embracing a spare rockabilly style. Recorded: Summer 1979 at Musicland studios in Munich, Germany
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