By Trevor Anderson QUEEN CHANNELED ELVIS PRESLEY to earn its first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” which crowned the chart on Feb. 23, 1980. The British ...

Crazy Little Thing Called Love ... Melody Maker. "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 ...

which as he explained in a 1981 interview with Melody Maker (as quoted by Songfacts), helped contribute to the finished product: “‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or 10 minutes.

He told Melody Maker: “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.” Brian May told ...

“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” became one of Queen’s most popular tunes in the United States. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, staying on the chart for 22 weeks. It was the ...