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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track appears on their 1980 album The Game. It reached number two in the UK singles chart in late 1979, before becoming the group's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1980, where it remained for four consecutive weeks. The song was Queen's final single release of the 1970s and was later included on their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits.
Having composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on guitar, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live between 1979 and 1986, marking the second instrument he played onstage with Queen besides the piano. Official live recordings of the song appear on Queen Rock Montreal, Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl, Live Aid, Live at Wembley '86, and Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest. The song was also performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert on 20 April 1992, with Robert Plant joining Queen on vocals. Since then, it has been covered by a number of artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Michael Bublé, Diana Ross, Maroon 5, and Brett Eldredge.