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“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen

From the album The Game (1980)

“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen appears on 72 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1980 and 2026. It was first released in 1980 on the album The Game. Its best result is #73 on the BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #98 alternative song of 1980 and #4,126 alternative song of all time.

72countdowns
29stations
#73best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1980–2026years charted

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Freddie Mercury wrote "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" in 1979, and Queen had it out as a single that year, well before it turned up on The Game in 1980. It went to number two in the UK in late 1979, then gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number one early in 1980, holding the top for four weeks. It later landed on 1981's Greatest Hits.

Mercury composed it on guitar and plays acoustic on the record, a cheeky rockabilly strut that sounds like Queen raiding an old jukebox. John Deacon holds down the bass, Roger Taylor keeps it bopping, all four clap along, and Brian May steps up for the solo. Mack co-produced. Onstage from 1979 to 1986, it was the song that put a guitar in Mercury's hands, and at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 Robert Plant joined the band to sing it.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 98 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 990 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 462 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2001 349 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 206 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 174 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 372 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 337 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 448 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2011 315 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 299 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 73 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 367 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 158 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 218 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 248 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 825 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 237 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 117 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 78 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 353 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 496 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 216 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 81 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 204 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 369 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 82 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 222 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 278 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 318 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 442 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 333 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 108 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 346 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 477 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 216 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 170 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 290 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 240 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 164 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 464 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 354 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 393 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 372 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 89 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 503 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 626 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 290 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 125 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 452 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 363 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 141 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 125 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 347 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 807 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 448 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 353 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 227 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 290 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 468 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 303 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 270 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 376 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 473 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 236 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 311 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2025 778 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 360 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 608 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 379 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 453 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 243 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 1980

Best songs of 1980 →
  1. 1And the Cradle Will RockVan Halen
  2. 2Another One Bites the DustQueen
  3. 3Whip ItDevo
  4. 4Don't Stand So Close to MeThe Police
  5. 5Once in a LifetimeTalking Heads
  6. 6You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC

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