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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen · 1979 · solo by Brian May
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love guitar solo

Queen, 1979, from The Game. Solo by Brian May.

May swapped the Red Special for a Telecaster to play a clean, rockabilly-style solo that suits the song perfectly.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen is ranked #524 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1979.

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Who played the guitar solo on Crazy Little Thing Called Love?

Brian May played the solo on Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979).

What guitar was used on the Crazy Little Thing Called Love solo?

A fender telecaster, according to widely reported accounts.

Where does Crazy Little Thing Called Love rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#524 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.