Who wrote Stone Cold Crazy?

I always thought it was Freddie, but I remember reading somewhere that they said it was Roger.
Any idea who truly wrote it?

Some people speculate that it was written before Queen in Freddie's band Wreckage or Sour Milk Sea. I'm sure other fans here will elaborate with what info they have on this topic.

Indeed, apparently Freddie wrote it before Queen even formed.

But the song must have been radically re-worked for the the song to be credited to all the band members.

I believe the song was much slower in it's original form too. So one of them obviously changed that aspect.

Djdownsy wrote: I believe the song was much slower in it's original form too. So one of them obviously changed that aspect.
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Wasn't that just a rumour?

Queen myths are fun though!

That's why I said i believe, I wouldn't be 100% sure.
I have a book called 'Queen;Complete Works' (Not Official, I don't think, but detailed and concise) which lists more or less any song associated with Queen, solo projects or other bands involving the members, and provides a description about each song. Here is just the opening paragraph;

Stone Cold Crazy:
                                  Originally written by Freddie in 1969 during his tenure as the lead singer of Wreakage, 'Stone Cold Crazy' was one of the first songs performed by Queen the following year, and underwent a series of transformations until it became the blistering rocker presented on Sheer Heart Attack.

Thanks guys! I guess I was right!
I'm sure that they all had some input in the end, but it was written before Queen even formed.
Thanks again!

I can't imagine SCC in its original form, when Freddie wrote that to Wreckage, sounding like the speed metal Queen version.
In my opinion, i think that Brian May may have been the one that worked more on it to become what we know, i remember to think that this song was written by him.

The whole thing about it being slower in the beginning was debunked by former Queen bass player Barry Mitchell, who confirmed it was always that speed.

But it would be in his interest to say that. Didn't he also claim that John copied his bass parts for most of the first album, when it's far more likely than john wrote his own lines seeing as they seemingly didn't record anytthing with him as any kind of reference? I dont' see that Freddie would have shared the credits to the song if the the other 3 hadn't contributed quite heavily to it - ie, completely re-worked it.

Most likely, the bass lines on the first album were written by each song's particular songwriter.

I'm more than happy to stand corrected *if* a more reliable source than Barry (e.g. a recording) ever comes up and confirms if it was a slower version. But between the recollection of somebody who was there (unlike us) vs unfounded internet gossip, I'll always believe the former.

Sharing out the writing credit would suggest reworked lyrics and substantial changes to the music, regardless of tempo. The lyrics may have also been set to completely different chord sequences for all we know.

Sebastian wrote: Most likely, the bass lines on the first album were written by each song's particular songwriter.

I would imagine John's bass lines didn't copy Barry's attempts beyond the root notes and that John jammed with the band to learn the songs - which is fairly standard practise.

They're not "composers" who could read and write music and would have the music written out for each part for others to play like a bloody musical or something. I also doubt there is much in the way of home demos from that period either. They were a rock band - whilst each member may have made suggestions to each other about what would suit each song and occasionally would have such a strong opinion on a part that they would actually play it themselves, they would have all contributed to most songs their own parts regardless of the end writing credit - hence why they eventually started sharing the writing credits.

Sebastian wrote:

But between the recollection of somebody who was there (unlike us) vs unfounded internet gossip, I'll always believe the former.
... unless it's Brian May's recollection :)

Touche, Wiley :)