Crazy Beat

"Crazy Beat"
Single by Blur
from the album Think Tank
Released 7 July 2003
Format CD, DVD, 7" vinyl
Recorded Marrakech, 2002
Genre Alternative rock, alternative dance
Length 3:15
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Damon Albarn, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
Producer(s) Blur, Norman Cook
Blur singles chronology
"Out of Time"
(2003)		 "Crazy Beat"
(2003)		 "Good Song"
(2003)
7"
DVD
Music video
"Crazy Beat" at MTV.com
Music video
"Crazy Beat" on YouTube

"Crazy Beat" is a song by English band Blur. It was released as the second single from their seventh album Think Tank in 2003. "Crazy Beat" has been compared by critics and the band to Blur's 1997 hit "Song 2" in its guitar-driven simplicity. Released in the United States as the first single from the album, it became Blur's first single since "Song 2" to chart on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, reaching No. 22. Graham Coxon, who had left the group prior to the album's release, plays on the single's B-side "The Outsider".

Video

"Crazy Beat" was supported by two music videos. The official video sees the band performing the song and creating a beast composed of green lightning which attacks people in a pub (Graham Coxon does not appear in this video). The alternate video shows four women performing a peculiar dance to the song, wearing matching brown dresses and blonde wigs.

Cover art

The single's cover art features a satirical portrait of the British Royal Family by the English graffiti artist Banksy. The mural was painted on a building in Stoke Newington. In September 2009, workers sent by Hackney London Borough Council painted over most of the mural with black paint, against the building owner's wishes.[1]

Track listings

7"
  1. "Crazy Beat"
  2. "The Outsider"
CD
  1. "Crazy Beat"
  2. "Don't Be"
  3. "Crazy Beat" (alternative video)
DVD
  1. "Crazy Beat" (video)
  2. "Don't Be"
  3. "The Outsider"
  4. "Crazy Beat" (animatic)
CD (Canadian version)
  1. "Crazy Beat"
  2. "Tune Two"

Production credits

  • "Crazy Beat" produced by Norman Cook, Blur and Ben Hillier
  • "Don't Be" and "The Outsider" produced by Blur and Ben Hillier
  • Damon Albarn - vocals, guitars, programming
  • Alex James: bass, backing vocals
  • Dave Rowntree - drums, programming
  • Fatboy Slim - keyboards, synths, programming, effects

Charts

Weekly positions

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[2] 30
Germany (Official German Charts)[3] 98
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 20
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 18
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] 22

References

  1. ↑ Blur Banksy is ruined by mistake, BBC, 4 September 2009, retrieved 7 September 2009
  2. ↑ "Blur Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Musicline.de – Blur Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  4. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Blur – Crazy Beat". Singles Top 100.
  5. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  6. ↑ "Blur Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
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