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On this day in 1979, the Queen single “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #58 (December 22)
It went on to become Queen’s first US #1, spending four weeks in the top spot.
The shades-of-Elvis rockabilly style track from “The Game” LP shocked many with its departure from what people considered Queen to be, but hard core fans knew from previous albums that the band always liked to experiment with different musical styles and genres.
Freddie said, “‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love' took me five or ten minutes.
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.
It's a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework.
I couldn't work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think.”
It also topped the Australian ARIA charts for seven consecutive weeks from 1 March to 12 April 1980, and went to #1 in Canada and the Netherlands, #2 in the UK and New Zealand, #3 in South Africa and Belgium, #5 in Switzerland, and #8 in Norway.
Billboard Magazine described Brian May's guitar playing as being "stunning in its simplicity”, with May wanting to emulate Elvis Presley's longtime guitarist James Burton, and using a Fender Esquire rather than his regular Red Special for the recording session.
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