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Crazy Little Thing Called Love

original song written and composed by Freddie Mercury; first recorded by Queen
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q178905
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a visual artwork associated with the rockabilly genre. The piece reflects elements characteristic of rockabilly, a music style that emerged in the 1950s. Its thematic and stylistic choices align with the energetic and rebellious spirit of rockabilly.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Summary

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's composer is recorded as Freddie Mercury[4].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's genre is rockabilly[5].
  • Among the performers on Crazy Little Thing Called Love was Queen[6].
  • Among the performers on Crazy Little Thing Called Love was Dwight Yoakam[7].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love is part of The Game[8].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love was released on 1979[10].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's lyricist is recorded as Freddie Mercury[11].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'}[12].
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dad1c2a9-3d32-319f-bfc8-4783b8731be0[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Queen[6] and Dwight Yoakam[7].

Publication

Crazy Little Thing Called Love was published on 1979[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is rockabilly[5]. It is part of The Game[8].

Why It Matters

Crazy Little Thing Called Love ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Dwight Yoakam Freddie Mercury Queen The Game

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Queen, Dwight Yoakam
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0101393649, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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