Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen

This thing called love
I just can't handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby), in a cradle all night
It swings (woo), it jives (woo)
Shakes all over like a jellyfish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to rock and roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
She leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax
Get hip and get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitchhike
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

Yeah

I gotta be cool, relax
Get hip and get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitchhike
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I'm ready (ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love
I just can't handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (yeah, yeah)


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  • +3
    General CommentIt wasn't written in a bath or a hottub. However the inspiration came whilst visiting a SPA in Germany. And it surely read "he drives me crazy" not she, when FM originally penned it.

    Call me crazy, but us heterofreaks don't want to hear about manlove...

    This song was written in 1979, TWO YEARS AFTER
    Elvis had died. So get your facts straight, please...
    Cover-my-arse.
    hairychesteron December 11, 2004   Link
  • +2
    General CommentThey do kind of sound like Elvis, don't they? Funny for a British band. Freddie wrote it in the bathtub while in Paris, I read in the notes to "The Game" CD... go figure...
    scsandon May 09, 2003   Link
  • +2
    General CommentThis is a tribute to Elvis. Freddie wrote it in the bathtub.
    Simmeron July 08, 2003   Link
  • +2
    General CommentIMO Freddie and Elvis are on the same level vocal wise. Vocally Elvis was a killer on stage just like Freddie. Unfortuately whenever anyone talks about great musicians the same ones get repeated: Elvis, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. Freddie was better than all 3 and this is why:
    Elvis had great vocals but he couldn't write music or songs. Freddie did all three.
    The Beatles (Paul & John) were great songwriters but they didn't sing as great as Freddie. Freddie could do both.
    Michael Jackson could dance and I think he wrote a few songs but Freddie had a powerful voice, solely wrote classics and he didn't need to know how to dance because his stage presence as a rock frontman was the best.
    But for some reason Freddie never gets mentioned and I think it's a disgrace because he had more talent than anyone.
    FreddiesYvetteon May 21, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Commentgood song, but i couldnt help but think that they sounded a bit like elvis.
    tekanaon March 14, 2003   Link
  • +1
    General Commentgood song, but i couldnt help but think that they sounded a bit like elvis.
    tekanaon March 14, 2003   Link
  • +1
    General CommentWhat?! Oh my gosh! I only heard it recently and I thought it WAS an Elvis song (but I knew that it was Queen performing it)!!! WOW!
    rockNroll*sennion June 18, 2003   Link
  • +1
    General CommentIt's a Rockabilly song, Rockabilly was big in the UK in the late 70's.
    dengeiston February 04, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General CommentFreddie Mercury wrote this song while languishing on a bathtub! lol! Cool song! I can't help but dance!
    handsdown4dbeatleson November 30, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General CommentAll good comments... now for the *puts on glasses* official analysis haha

    I think it's about falling in love but not being sure if you're ready to get into something serious yet, being slightly afraid of love and unexperienced.
    Also, 'take a long ride on my motor bike' seems to connote either:
    a) being not ready and afraid, running away from someone you love to try and seem 'cool' and not over-keen.
    b) wanting more experience before getting tied down, so turning to promiscuous sex.

    Oh, and i love the 'Ready Freddie!' bit!
    PaleVengeanceon January 13, 2007   Link

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