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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.

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

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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. 23w 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)
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