Crazy (Icehouse song)
"Crazy" | ||||
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Single by Icehouse | ||||
from the album Man of Colours | ||||
B-side | "Completely Gone" | |||
Released | 1987 | |||
Format | 7" vinyl | |||
Genre | Soft rock, synthpop | |||
Label |
Regular (Australia) Chrysalis (rest of the world) | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Iva Davies Robert Kretschmer Andy Qunta | |||
Producer(s) | David Lord | |||
Icehouse singles chronology | ||||
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"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
Charts
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1] | 9 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[2] | 10 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] | 74 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 14[4] |
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] | 38 |
Music video
Australian version
Two versions of the music video exist, an Australian version, and a version for US markets.[6] 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 through the scene. It was shot in one continuous take.
US Release
The US version is based on Play Misty for Me,[7] with Davies hosting a late night radio show, and taking a request from a fan, (the actress Paris Jefferson), who asks "mind if I wake you tonight?". Davies misinterprets this as the request, but the caller goes on to say "play 'Crazy' for me?". The rest of the video shows Icehouse singing and playing instruments in a large mansion. The final scene shows Davies meeting the caller, who has posters of Icehouse and Iva Davies plastered all over her wall. Davies gives a short uneasy smile, before leaving the house.
Track listing
Australian release (7")
- "Crazy"
- "Completely Gone"
US promo release (12")
- "Crazy (12" Mix)"
- "Crazy (Midnight Mix)"
- "Crazy (LP version)"
- "No Promises (Live)
References
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 23 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Charts.nz – Icehouse – Crazy". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Icehouse: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2011 .
- ↑ Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Joel Whitburn
- ↑ "Icehouse: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Icehouse and Iva Davies Official Website - Crazy Single". www.icehouse-ivadavies.com. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ↑ "THE ICEHOUSE STORY - Icehouse On Video". www.spellbound-icehouse.org. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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