Stone Cold Crazy
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| "Stone Cold Crazy" | ||
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| Song by Queen | ||
| From the album Sheer Heart Attack | ||
| Album released | November 8 / 12 1974 | |
| Recorded | July-September 1974 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 2:16 | |
| Record label | EMI; Elektra Records, Hollywood Records | |
| Producer | Roy Thomas Baker and Queen | |
| Sheer Heart Attack Album Listing | ||
| In The Lap Of The Gods (Track 7) | Stone Cold Crazy (Track 8) | Dear Friends (Track 9) |
Stone Cold Crazy is a song by the rock group Queen from their third album (and second 1974 album) Sheer Heart Attack.
The song was written during singer Freddie Mercury's time with a short-lived college band called Wreckage. Queen played it live as early as 1972, apparently as the first song they performed on stage [link] and, in late 1974, they finally decided to record it onto an album. Since no one could remember who wrote it, it was credited to all four members of the band.
The music is very heavy metal based, and unusually fast for the pre-Punk rock era, making it a precursor to the sub-genres of speed and thrash metal. Songs such as this one influenced metal bands for years to come. The lyrics are about gangsters - Al Capone is even mentioned in the song.
The band Metallica covered this song in 1990 and subsequently won a Grammy Award for their version. It was also covered by Eleven featuring Josh Homme for the 2005 compilation .
The song was re-produced by Trent Reznor and released in the form of a promotional single in 1992.
| Queen |
| John Deacon | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | Roger Taylor |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Queen | Queen II | Sheer Heart Attack | A Night at the Opera | A Day at the Races | News of the World | Jazz | The Game | Flash Gordon | Hot Space | The Works | A Kind of Magic | The Miracle | Innuendo | Made in Heaven |
| Live albums: Live Killers | Live Magic | Live at Wembley '86 | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions |
| Compilations: Greatest Hits | At the Beeb | Greatest Hits II | Classic Queen | Queen Rocks | Greatest Hits III | Stone Cold Classics |
| Box sets: Greatest Hits I & II | The Crown Jewels | |
| DVDs |
| We Will Rock You | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Greatest Video Hits 1 | Queen Live at Wembley Stadium | Greatest Video Hits 2 | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions | Super Live in Japan |
| Musicals |
| We Will Rock You |
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