<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen . Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits in 1981 . The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and became the group's first number - one single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks . It topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven weeks . </P> <P> Having composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on guitar, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he played guitar in concert with Queen . Queen played the song live between 1979 and 1986, and a live performance of the song is recorded in the albums Queen Rock Montreal, Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl, Live at Wembley' 86 and Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest' . Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists . The song was played live on 20 April 1992 during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by Robert Plant with Queen . The style of the song was described by author Karl Coryat as rockabilly in his 1999 book titled The Bass Player Book . </P>

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