"""I Fall to Pieces"" due to her hospital stay, Cline sought another recording to re-establish herself. When introduced to ""Crazy"", a song written by Willie Nelson, Cline expressed dislike because of the narrative on Nelson's demo recording. On Thursday, August 17, 1961, with Cline on crutches, the session was the rare time that Cline couldn't complete a recording in one take. Working in a Quonset hut (where the original Bradley's Barn Studio was located before moving to Opryland), she tried to follow Nelson's idiosyncratic narrative style. Cline claimed this was too difficult. Her ribs, injured in the crash, were making"
"for the object of his affection. Patsy Cline was already a country music superstar and looking for material to extend a string of hits. She picked it as a follow-up to her previous big hit ""I Fall to Pieces"". ""Crazy"", its complex melody suiting Cline's vocal talent perfectly, was released in late 1961, immediately became another huge hit for Cline and widened the crossover audience she had established with her prior hits. It spent 21 weeks on the chart and eventually became one of her signature tunes. Cline's version is No. 85 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of The 500 Greatest"
"a single. Crazy (The Manhattans song) ""Crazy"" is a song written and produced by the Americans songwriters and music producers John V. Anderson, Steve Williams and Steve Horton. The song was recorded in 1983 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album ""Forever by Your Side"" by Columbia Records. ""Crazy"" was released as a single in June 1983, reaching No. 4 on the R&B chart, and No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides the United States, ""Crazy"" peaked at No. 63 on the UK Singles chart. Two formats were released for"
"Crazy (The Manhattans song) ""Crazy"" is a song written and produced by the Americans songwriters and music producers John V. Anderson, Steve Williams and Steve Horton. The song was recorded in 1983 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album ""Forever by Your Side"" by Columbia Records. ""Crazy"" was released as a single in June 1983, reaching No. 4 on the R&B chart, and No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides the United States, ""Crazy"" peaked at No. 63 on the UK Singles chart. Two formats were released for the single"
"recording with her unique persona. The song became an intimate representation of Cline and is seen as completely unlike Nelson's version. Now a classic, ""Crazy"" ultimately became Cline's signature song. By late 1961, ""Crazy"" was a crossover success, straddling the country and pop genres, and reached the Top 10 on the charts. It became Cline's biggest pop hit. The song subsequently reached No. 9 on the US Hot 100 and No. 2 on both the Hot Country Songs and the Adult Contemporary lists. An album released in November 1961, entitled ""Patsy Cline Showcase"", featured both of Cline's hits of that"
"Crazy (Aerosmith song) ""Crazy"" is a power ballad performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. It was the final single from their massively successful 1993 album ""Get a Grip"". It was released as a single in 1994 and peaked at #17 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, #7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #3 in Canada. In the United Kingdom, it was released as a double-A side with ""Blind Man"", which reached #23. The video for the song was directed by Marty Callner and received heavy rotation on MTV."
"he breaks a guitar string and ends up playing Crazy using Johnny's guitar. According to the Ellis Nassour biography ""Patsy Cline"", Nelson, who at that time was known as a struggling songwriter by the name of Hugh Nelson, was a regular at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on Nashville's Lower Broadway, where he frequented with friends Kris Kristofferson and Roger Miller, both unknown songwriters at that time. Nelson met Cline's husband, Charlie Dick, at the bar one evening and pitched the song to him. Dick took the track home and played it for Cline, who absolutely hated it at first because Nelson's"
"so I'm the patient but I'm also the nurse and I'm also the psychologist that's evaluating me, so it's like I'm trapped within my own head."" Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Fear & Freedom"". Crazy (Ricki-Lee Coulter song) ""Crazy"" is a song by Australian recording artist Ricki-Lee Coulter, taken from her third studio album ""Fear & Freedom"" (2012). It was written by Coulter and Brian London, who also produced the song with Johnny Jam and Thomas Honeywill. The song was released digitally on 13 July 2012, as the third single from the album. Lyrically, Coulter stated that ""Crazy"""
"Crazy (Ricki-Lee Coulter song) ""Crazy"" is a song by Australian recording artist Ricki-Lee Coulter, taken from her third studio album ""Fear & Freedom"" (2012). It was written by Coulter and Brian London, who also produced the song with Johnny Jam and Thomas Honeywill. The song was released digitally on 13 July 2012, as the third single from the album. Lyrically, Coulter stated that ""Crazy"" is about ""encouraging you [to] let go of your inhibitions, go crazy and let the music take over"". Following its release, ""Crazy"" peaked at number four on the ARIA Dance Chart and number 46 on the"
"it, underscoring that the song was better suited to a palm court orchestra than Hank Williams. Crazy Heart (Hank Williams song) ""Crazy Heart"" is a song by Hank Williams. It was written by Fred Rose and Maurice Murray and reached number four in the record chart for Williams in 1951. It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville on July 25, 1951 with Fred Rose producing and backing from Don Helms (steel guitar), Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Sammy Pruett (lead guitar), Howard Watts (bass) and probably Jack Shook (rhythm guitar). It was one of Williams least commercially successful singles of the"
"Crazy (Seal song) ""Crazy"" is a song written by English singer Seal and Guy Sigsworth. The song was produced by Trevor Horn for Seal's debut album ""Seal"" (1991). Released as his official debut single, ""Crazy"" became one of Seal's biggest hits, reaching the top five in the United Kingdom while becoming his first top ten single in the United States. It has since been covered by several artists, including Alanis Morissette, whose version was released as a single from her album ""The Collection"" (2005). Seal wrote ""Crazy"" in 1990 inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Tiananmen"
"Let's Get Crazy (Cassie song) ""Let's Get Crazy"" is a song recorded by American singer Cassie. It features a guest appearance from American rapper Akon, who co-wrote the song with Bilal Hajji, Kinnda Hamid and RedOne, with the latter also helming the song's production. The single impacted rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States on August 10, 2009, and was initially digitally released on September 1, 2009, through Bad Boy in association with Atlantic Records. It peaked at number thirty-three on the US ""Billboard"" Rhythmic chart. A reworked version of the song titled ""Party Rock Remix,"" featuring American hip"
"Qobuz, ASCAP and the liner notes of ""Let's Get Crazy"". Let's Get Crazy (Cassie song) ""Let's Get Crazy"" is a song recorded by American singer Cassie. It features a guest appearance from American rapper Akon, who co-wrote the song with Bilal Hajji, Kinnda Hamid and RedOne, with the latter also helming the song's production. The single impacted rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States on August 10, 2009, and was initially digitally released on September 1, 2009, through Bad Boy in association with Atlantic Records. It peaked at number thirty-three on the US ""Billboard"" Rhythmic chart. A reworked version"
"Crazy (Eternal song) ""Crazy"" is a song performed by the British R&B girl group Eternal. Written and produced by BeBe Winans, the song is the sixth and final single to be released from their debut album ""Always & Forever"" (1993). This was also the only Eternal single to feature all members of the group singing lead vocals, where usually it would only have been lead singer Easther Bennett. The single entered and peaked at number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart, staying inside the charts for seven weeks. This would also be the last single to feature member Louise Redknapp,"
"Crazy Heart (Hank Williams song) ""Crazy Heart"" is a song by Hank Williams. It was written by Fred Rose and Maurice Murray and reached number four in the record chart for Williams in 1951. It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville on July 25, 1951 with Fred Rose producing and backing from Don Helms (steel guitar), Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Sammy Pruett (lead guitar), Howard Watts (bass) and probably Jack Shook (rhythm guitar). It was one of Williams least commercially successful singles of the period, only spending two weeks on the chart, although Guy Lombardo dented the Top 20 with"
"Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song) ""Crazy"" is the debut single by the American soul duo Gnarls Barkley (a group consisting of Danger Mouse and CeeLo Green), taken from their 2006 debut album ""St. Elsewhere"". It peaked at number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and other countries. The song was leaked in late 2005, months before its regular release, and received a lot of airplay on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom, most notably by radio DJ Zane Lowe, who also used the song"
"So Wrong ""So Wrong"" is a song written by Carl Perkins, Danny Dill and Mel Tillis and popularized by country music artist Patsy Cline. The song was released as a single on Decca Records in 1962 by Patsy Cline. Patsy Cline was best known for her string of Country and Pop ballads like ""I Fall to Pieces"", ""Crazy"" and ""She's Got You"". By 1962, Cline was already successful on both the Country and Pop singles charts. Her first hit that year was the song ""She's Got You"". After that, Cline released a string of hits, including ""So Wrong"". ""So Wrong"""
"Goin' Crazy (Natalie song) ""Goin' Crazy"" is a song written and performed by American singer Natalie. It was released as her debut single from the album ""Natalie"" in the United States in February 2005 as a digital download, and March 2005 as a CD single. Natalie was initially signed to Latium Entertainment as a rapper before she began singing hooks. She had become known within the underground rap circles in her hometown of Houston, Texas that originally caught the attention of her production team. While working on her own material, Natalie was asked to sing hooks for other artists' tracks."
"Goin' Crazy (Dizzee Rascal song) ""Goin' Crazy"" is a song by Dizzee Rascal, featuring vocals from English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. The song was written and produced by Tim Anderson and Jamin ""J-Man"" Wilcox, with additional production by Nick Cage, and co-written by Dizzee Rascal. The song was released on 16 June 2013 as a digital download in the United Kingdom as the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album ""The Fifth"" (2013). Dizzee originally had Example sing the chorus instead of Williams, but he felt it didn't work out, paving the way for Williams to sing it. The music"
"to Pieces' and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm really worried because I have a new hit single out and it's called 'Crazy'. Willie Nelson stated on the 1993 documentary ""Remembering Patsy"" that Cline's version of ""Crazy"" was his favorite song of his that anybody had ever recorded because it ""was a lot of magic"". Country singer LeAnn Rimes recorded ""Crazy"" for her self-titled cover album, released in 1999. It was released as the second and final single from the album. She also performed this song at the White House for President George W. Bush and particularly for"
"Go."" Canadian singer recorded a version of ""Crazy"" on the album ""Patsy Cline"", on which all songs are from the well-known country musician. Influential 90s Emo band, Mineral, recorded a version in 1996 for the Band Crazy Vol. 1 compilation from Bzar records. The cover also appeared as a bonus track on the band's 2014 release, Mineral 1994-1998 The Complete Collection, on the second disc for the remastered re-release of &Serenading, the band's second full-length album. Italian-French singer and former French First Lady Carla Bruni released a cover version on her 2017 album French Touch, featuring Willie Nelson. Crazy (Willie"
"Crazy (K-Ci and JoJo song) Crazy is a R&B love song by duo K-Ci & JoJo. It was released in 2001 and was their first single off the album ""X"". It was also featured on the soundtrack to the hit dance film ""Save the Last Dance"", starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas. The song is notable for making prominent use of auto-tune years before it became popular. ""Crazy"" tells the story of a lover who has made a mistake and cannot stop thinking about his misdeeds and his partner. The song discusses losing sleep over it and begging his"
"to a major car accident, Cline could not promote the song. Its follow-up, ""Crazy"", was released in October and became another crossover hit, reaching #2 on the ""Billboard"" Country and Adult Contemporary chart, and #9 on the Pop chart. Cline's second studio album was then issued in November 1961, entitled ""Patsy Cline Showcase"" and containing both hits. In its re-release in 1963, the album peaked at #73 on the ""Billboard"" 200 Albums Chart. Cline's third Decca single, ""She's Got You"" was released in January 1962, and became her fourth major hit, reaching number one on ""Billboard""'s Country Chart, #14 on"
"Beat Crazy (song) ""Beat Crazy"" is the title track to the Joe Jackson Band's 1981 album, ""Beat Crazy"". Written by Joe Jackson, it was released as a single in 1981. According to Jackson when he performed the song live at Pinkpop Festival in 1980, the song is dedicated to ""drug-crazed teenagers all over the world."" The lyrics of the song complain of how kids of the time are too busy on drugs - saying that they are all too ""beat crazy"" - to take responsibility and get jobs. Musically, the song, like many others on ""Beat Crazy"", is more reggae-influenced"
"Patsy Cline (1962 EP) Patsy Cline is an EP released by American country music singer, Patsy Cline on January 29, 1962. It included four new songs from her recording sessions under Decca Records the previous year. This was Cline's third extended play album to be self-titled. The EP consisted of four songs Cline had recorded since her near-fatal automobile accident in June. The first side of the record contained her single from late 1961, ""Crazy"" and a cover of Buck Owens' ""Foolin' Around."" The flip side contained ""Who Can I Count on"" (the original B-side the ""Crazy"" single) and a"
"Gone Crazy ""Gone Crazy"" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1999 as the third single from his album ""High Mileage"". The song peaked at number 4 on the U.S. country singles charts in 1999. ""Gone Crazy"" is a mid-tempo ballad where the male narrator expresses his feelings over a lost love, saying ""But ever since you left, I've been gone / Gone crazy, goin' out of my mind[…]"". Deborah Evans Price, of ""Billboard"" magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jackson's ""stone-country vocal drips with pain and the"
"his previous bassist Johnny Paycheck quit, Nelson joined Price's touring band as a bass player. While playing with Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, his songs became hits for other artists, including ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" (Billy Walker), ""Pretty Paper"" (Roy Orbison), and, most famously, ""Crazy"" by Patsy Cline. Nelson and Cochran also met Cline's husband, Charlie Dick at Tootsie's. Dick liked a song of Nelson's he heard on the bar's jukebox. Nelson played him a demo tape of ""Crazy."" Later that night Dick played the tape for Cline, who decided to record it. ""Crazy"" became the biggest jukebox hit"
"Today it is one of highest-selling country music box sets. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, additional labels released compilation albums of Cline's material. In 1989, Rhino Records released three separate volumes of her 1950s recordings at Four Star Records. In 1990, her original version of ""Crazy"" reached #14 in the United Kingdom, and ""I Fall to Pieces"" peaked at #87. Both songs were then included on her 1992 British compilation, ""The Definitive Patsy Cline."" In 1995 the MCA compilation, ""Patsy Cline Sings Songs of Love"" sold one million records in the United States. In 1999, Mercury Records released"
"all released as singles: I Go Crazy (Paul Davis song) ""I Go Crazy"" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the first single he released from his 1977 album ""Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales"", and his second-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #7 on the ""Billboard"" chart in 1978. The song entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart on 27 August 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after 27 May 1978. Overall, it spent 40 weeks (nine months and"
"smile, before leaving the house. Crazy (Icehouse song) ""Crazy"" is a 1987 single by the Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse, from the ""Man of Colours"" album, the single peaked at Number 4 on the ARIA charts. The song was written by band members Iva Davies, Robert Kretschmer and Andy Qunta. and produced by David Lord Two versions of the music video exist, an Australian version, and a version for US markets. The Australian version features Davies wandering through the unused Pyrmont Power Station in Sydney while various events occur around him, such as explosions, a car crashing and various people wandering"
"Songs of All Time. According to Willie Nelson in an interview with Sirius XM satellite radio he said that he was in a bar called Tootisie's and had put his own song ""Crazy"" in the jukebox. Patsy Cline's husband heard it and wanted to get it to Patsy. They were both drunk and Willie was reluctant even stayed in the car while her husband played it for her. In the end she recorded it a few weeks later. In another interview Willie says that the song was originally called ""Stupid"", this matches with the live performance with Johnny Cash where"
"following Cline's death. It reached #5 on the Billboard Country chart, #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on Billboard Easy Listening. ""Crazy"", by songwriter and singer Willie Nelson, was released by Cline in 1961. It went to #2 on Billboard's Country chart, #2 Easy Listening, and #9 on the Hot 100. ""I Fall To Pieces"" was released in 1961; it was #1 on Billboard's Country chart, #12 on the Hot 100 and #6 Easy Listening. ""So Wrong"" was released in 1962. It was one of Cline's lesser hits, reaching #14 Country and #85 on the Hot 100. ""Strange"""
"tango, waltz, foxtrot, and bunny hop, instead of the dances of the younger generation such as the Frug, the Swim, the Mashed Potato or the Jerk. Crazy Downtown ""Crazy Downtown"" is a song written and performed by Allan Sherman. The song is a parody of Tony Hatch's song ""Downtown"" which was a hit for Petula Clark (because of the use of the melody, Hatch also receives songwriting credit). The song reached #6 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and #40 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1965; it was Sherman's last top-40 hit. The song is sung from the point"