Song · Live covers
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Queen song that closed Radiohead's three-song visit to MTV's London studios in October 1994.
1979
a bath at the bayerischer hof
Freddie Mercury wrote it in 1979 as a tribute to Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard. Roger Taylor said Mercury finished the words in the bath at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, and Mercury told Melody Maker the song took him five or ten minutes, on guitar. It got to number two in Britain and was Queen's first American number one, four weeks at the top. Mercury played rhythm guitar on the record, and on stage from 1979 to 1986.
5 oct 1994
mtv studios, london
Radiohead played three songs on 5 October 1994 at MTV's studios in London, and this one came last, after “My Iron Lung” and an acoustic “You”.
Live history
| Times played | 1 show |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Wednesday 5 October 1994 · London |
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sources3
- Freddie Mercury, interview, Melody Maker, 2 May 1981.
- Wikipedia, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, for chart placings, Roger Taylor on the bath in Munich and Mercury's rhythm guitar on stage.
- Performance date and running order from this site's own setlist archive, via setlist.fm.