Freddie Mercury wrote his tribute song to Elvis Presley in the bath in 10 minutes, his bandmates Roger Taylor and Brian May have said.‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ was released in 1979, two years after the US star’s death at the age of 42.During the latest episode of Queen The Greatest, which looks back on the band’s career, Taylor and May recalled the origins of ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ and its impact on the group.Talking about trying to change tact with their recording process seven albums in, May said Queen “got into this rather indulgent way of just bowling into the studio with no ideas, or very few ideas, and just doing it from scratch”.Taylor added: “The first thing we did was ‘Crazy Little Thing…’, and Fred did write the.
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