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Freddie Mercury Wrote This Elvis Tribute in Just Five Minutes — and It Became Queen’s First #1 Hit

From “Bohemian Rhapsody” to “Who Wants to Live Forever”, Queen released hit after hit for many decades. However, it was “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” that helped them gain traction and was a ...

47 years ago, this No. 1 Queen song inspired by Elvis Presley became one of the band’s biggest hits

Written in only 10 minutes, Queen’s Crazy Little Thing Called Love was inspired by Elvis Presley and became one of the band’s most unexpected No. 1.
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Freddie Mercury Wrote This Elvis Tribute in Just Five Minutes — and It Became Queen’s First #1 Hit

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...