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The follow up single to Crazy Little Thing Called Love in the UK was Brian's tender ballad Save Me. Yet despite a solid appearance at number 11 in the UK charts, and a top five placing in Holland, the single was never released in America - Queen's record company there, Elektra, preferring instead the John Deacon penned pop-rocker Need Your Loving Tonight, though at the time of its UK release Crazy Little Thing Called Love was still riding very high in the American charts.

Filmed at the Alexandra Palace Theatre in London just prior to Christmas 1979, and at the Rainbow Theatre a week earlier, the video featured one or two firsts for the band. On a technical scale, Queen became one of the first to mix live action and animation in a music video, with Rotoscope sections storyboarded by Brian merging into the Alexandra Palace footage shot by Keith McMillan. The video was also the first that Queen made with Peter Freestone, Freddie's new personal assistant in tow. Freestone would go on to work for Freddie until his death, and is known to fans across the world affectionately as 'Pheobe'. His memories of the filming are simply being around to provide "a drink and a hairbrush" for his boss!

The concept of the video was certainly Brian's - as he said in 2002, "This one I had a lot to do with. It was very seldom that my songs became singles, so I was sort of leaping at the chance!" On top of storyboarding the Rotoscope sequences, Brian worked closely with Keith McMillan to ensure that the piece conveyed the story of the song adequately. This included several shots of the dove, an intricate blend of live action and animation, literally turning into Freddie Mercury - an idea that has been frequently copied ever since.

Accidents on the set of Queen's videos were rare, but just as Roger had diced with death filming Tie Your Mother Down, this time it was McMillan who was the unlucky party - after stepping back a bit too far, falling off the stage and to the bottom of the 9ft orchestra pit below.

Credits

Version	Name	Artist	Recorded	Format	Length	Director	Filming Location
Standard Version	Save Me	Queen	22nd December 1979	Film	3.49	Keith McMillan	Alexandra Palace and Rainbow Theatre, London

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