Dwight Yoakam – Crazy Little Thing Called Love, is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is included on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band’s compilation album Greatest Hits in 1981. The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, becoming the group’s first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. It topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven weeks. It was the band’s final single release of the 1970s.
American country music singer Dwight Yoakam included a cover of the song on his 1999 album Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam’s Greatest Hits from the 90’s. Yoakam’s version was released as a single. It debuted at number 65 on the US Billboard “Hot Country Singles & Tracks” chart for the week of 1 May 1999, and peaked at number 12 on the US country singles charts that year. It was also used in a television commercial for clothing retailer Gap at the time of the album’s release. The music video was directed by Yoakam. This version appears in the movie The Break-Up (2006), starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston.
Dwight Yoakam – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
From the album Last Chance for a Thousand Years
B-side “Thinking About Leaving”
Released 19 May 1999
Genre Country
Length 2:22
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Freddie Mercury
Producer(s) Pete Anderson
COUNTRYPEDIA
Dwight Yoakam – Crazy Little Thing Called Love Lyrics
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
This thing (this thing), called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby) in a cradle at night
It swings, it jives
It shakes all over like a jellyfish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love
[Verse 2]
There goes my baby
She knows how to rock and roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool, cool sweat
[Verse 3]
I gotta be cool, relax
Get hip and get on my tracks
Take a backseat, hitchhike
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I’m ready
Crazy little thing called love
[Chorus]
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…
GENIUS
