Crazy Little Thing Called Love

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a 1979 song by Queen and is taken from their eighth studio album The Game (1980). It went to number 1 in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States, number 2 in Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, number 3 in Belgium and South Africa, number 5 in Switzerland, number 8 in Norway, number 9 in Austria and number 13 in Germany. It has been covered by Dwight Yoakam.

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Single by Queen
from The Game"
B-side
Released
  • 5 October 1979 (UK)[1]
  • 7 December 1979 (US)
RecordedJune–July 1979
StudioMusicland (Munich, Germany)
Genre
Length2:42
Label
Songwriter(s)Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)
Queen UK singles chronology
""Love of My Life"
(1979)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love ""Save Me"
(1980)


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"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" at YouTube

References

  1. "Queen singles".
  2. Crouse, Richard (1998). Who Wrote The Book of Love?. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0385257329.
  3. Bogdanov, Vladimir (2003). All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music. Backbeat Books. p. 368. ISBN 978-0879307608.
  4. July 2016, Paul Elliott 13 (13 July 2016). "Every song on Queen's Greatest Hits, ranked from worst to best". loudersound. Retrieved 2020-05-30.