Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Written by Freddie Mercury
Recording information by Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de)
Recorded in June 1979 at Musicland-Studios Munich.
Released on the album The Game.
General:
The history of this song starts in the bathroom of the Munich-hilton hotel and reaches his peak with the no. 1 spot in the USA.
Drums & Percussion:
Roger used quite a "silent" drum-kit with a muted bass-drum a decent snare, a Hi-Hat and a crash cymbal.
Later there were handclaps added.
Bass (John):
Nothing spectacular about this. Probably played with Fender Precision Bass.
Recorded via D.I.
Guitars (Freddie & Brian):
Freddie did the acoustic rythm guitars: At first he recorded the basic rythm track and then another guitar to double parts of the first one or to add a few things.
Brian did the electric solo-guitar.
Sounds and Equipment:
Freddie played his stuff with 12-string Ovations. They were picked up with two mics.
Brian played his solo-stuff with an old Fender Telecaster (owned by Roger) and a Mesa/Boogie amp. He played with that equipment under protest, but it suited the song very well.
Vocals:
Brian, Freddie and Roger did the backing-vocals.
Freddie did the lead vocals (not Elvis).
All voices and instruments have got a reverb (room type).