<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Jealousy" (1979) </Td> <Td> "Love of My Life (Live at Festhalle Frankfurt, 2 Feb' 79)" (1979) </Td> <Td> "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Jealousy" (1979) </Td> <Td> "Love of My Life (Live at Festhalle Frankfurt, 2 Feb' 79)" (1979) </Td> <Td> "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Love of My Life" is a ballad by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera . The song was written by Freddie Mercury about Mary Austin, with whom he had a long term relationship in the early 1970s . After performing the song in South America in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers reached number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed in the charts in Argentina for an entire year . </P> <P> Freddie Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitar first, and Brian May rearranged the song for acoustic 12 - string guitar for live performances, also lowering the key by a minor third . May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords . The song is an example of Mercury's familiarity with rubato phrasing, showcasing his classical piano influences, notably by Chopin and Beethoven . </P>

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