Queen: The Greatest Legend Lives Forever

I Go Crazy

I took my baby to see a heavy band
But I never saw my baby 'till the encore
She had the singer by the hand
I didn't wanna cry 'cause I had to be cool
I didn't wanna tell you that you're too cruel
Did you have to run off with that dog-gone fool?
All I gotta do is think about you
Ev'ry night and day I go crazy
All I gotta do is get my hands on you
You better stay away from me baby
I wouldn't mind the postman if the neighbours didn't know
Or the gas man the electric man - man to fix the car
I'd have to let it go
But you had to bring me down for a rock 'n roll clone
Leave me like a sucker standing all alone
Did you have to run off with that rolling stone?
All I gotta do is think about you
Ev'ry night and day I go crazy
All I gotta do is get my hands on you
You better stay away from me baby
So I ain't gonna go and see the Rolling Stones no more
no more
I don't wanna go see Queen no more no more
Now I don't wanna hurt you like you been a-hurting me
But you know that I'll be watching
Rolling on the floor next time you're on TV
Had enough of your pretending that you know where it's at
Coming on to all the boys like a real spoilt brat
To think that I nearly let you get away with all that
No way man
All I gotta do is think about you
Ev'ry night and day I go crazy
All I gotta do is get my hands on you

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♪ Song fact: This song is about a man who takes his girlfriend to see a "heavy band." He never sees the girl until the end of the show when she is holding hands with the lead singer. The band is assumed to be The Rolling Stones by the lyrics "Did you have to run off with that rolling stone?" and "So I ain't gonna go and see the Rolling Stones no more, no more," which is humorously followed by "I don't wanna go see Queen no more, no more." Queen's success as a band came from each member being honest and critical with each other over songwriting, which did cause many arguments but also meant songs got fine-tuned. Brian May wrote the song as early as 1981 (it is rumored to originally be an out-take from The Game) and it was met with a less than warm reception from his bandmates - they were according to him "ashamed to play it!", as he noted in a 1984 interview with Faces magazine.
In the end, the song didn't make the album, but became the B-side to the "Radio Ga Ga " single. According to May this was a good decision "as it gives the fans a song they didn't receive on the album, more for their money. But you see, it was kept off the album by the majority."
It later appeared as a bonus track on the 1991 CD reissue of The Works .