“Stone Cold Crazy” by Queen

"Stone Cold Crazy" is Queen at full throttle on 1974's Sheer Heart Attack, and it's one of the oldest tunes in their book. Freddie Mercury first wrote it for Wreckage, one of his earlier bands, and Queen played it constantly early on, until newer material shoved it aside. Back then, Brian May has said, it was a much more easygoing thing; somewhere along the way the riff changed and it hardened into the version on the album.

Mercury sings lead and his own backing vocals, May plays electric guitar, John Deacon plays bass and Roger Taylor drums, with Roy Thomas Baker producing alongside the band. It's also an early rarity, credited to all four members, a habit Queen didn't make official until 1989's The Miracle. In 1992 it landed on the compilation Classic Queen, and Hollywood Records issued it as a promo single that year.

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