They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Queen received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990. Estimates of their record sales range from 150 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. May and Taylor have performed under the Queen name with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert as vocalists on tours since. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. The last concert featuring their classic line up—the final live performance of Mercury—took place at Knebworth, England in August 1986. Their performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert has been ranked among the greatest in rock history by various music publications. "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980) became their best-selling single, while their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified eight times platinum in the US. By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. The band's 1977 album News of the World contained "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", which have become anthems at sporting events. Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music.
Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (lead guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). He put it through a Mesa/Boggie, which is an amplifier I don't get on well with at all it just doesn't suit me. So I said, "Okay, Mack, if you want to set it up, I'll play it". But "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" was such a period piece, it seemed to need that period sound. I said "I don't want to play a Telecaster. I used on of Roger's really old, beat up, natural wood Telecaster.
Brian May, 1982 On The Record: Interviewer: Did you use a Fender on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"? Yes. I couldn't work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think. 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 entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour (although Mack says it was six hours) Freddie Mercury - May 1981, Melody Maker: 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' took me five or ten minutes. The three of them, with their new producer Mack, recorded it at Musicland Studios in Munich. He took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to bandmates Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Other accounts say that he wrote it while lounging in a bubble bath in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich during one of Queen's extensive Munich recording sessions. As reported by Mercury in Melody Maker, May 2, 1981, Mercury composed " Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on the guitar in just five to ten minutes. The song is written in a rockabilly style. It topped the charts in Australia for six weeks.
charts on February 23, 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. " Crazy Little Thing Called Love" peaked at number two in the UK, it hit number one on the U.S. I gotta be cool relax, get hip Get on my track's Take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motor bike Until I'm ready Crazy little thing called love I gotta be cool relax, get hip Get on my track's Take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motor bike Until I'm ready (Ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love This thing called love I just can't handle it this thing called love I must get round to it I ain't ready Crazy little thing called love
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This thing called love I just can't handle it this thing called love I must get round to it I ain't ready Crazy little thing called love This (This Thing) called love (Called Love) It cries (Like a baby) In a cradle all night It swings (Woo Woo) It jives (Woo Woo) It shakes all over like a jelly fish, I kinda like it Crazy little thing called love There goes my baby She knows how to Rock n' roll She drives me crazy She gives me hot and cold fever Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love.