"Crazy" is a song written and produced by the Americans songwriters and

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John V. Anderson, Steve Williams and Steve Horton. The song was recorded in 1983 by popular American R&B

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and released the same year on the album '' Forever by Your Side'' by

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. "Crazy" was released as a single in June 1983, reaching No. 4 on the

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, and No. 72 on the

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. Besides the United States, "Crazy" peaked at No. 63 on the

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. Two formats were released for the single of "Crazy". The first was

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, where "Crazy" was only 3:55 in length and containing the song "Love Is Gonna Find You" on

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. The second was

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, containing the instrumental version of "Crazy" on

. "Crazy" was followed later in 1983 by a second single, the title track " Forever by Your Side", which was successful in Brazil in 1985.

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Track listing

7" Single

*The full length of "Crazy" on the album '' Forever by Your Side'' is 4:52. The length of 3:55 on the

is an edited version of the song.

12" Single

*The instrumental version of "Crazy" present on the

of the

was not included in the original 1983 LP '' Forever by Your Side''.

Music video

"Crazy" has an official music video, recorded by

in 1983. The video shows New York City and its buildings at night, the city illuminated by lights. The Manhattans sing "Crazy" in a club, wearing white suits and black pants, making gestures and dancing to the choreography of the song. The video also shows images of couples and at a later time, four women appear dancing on the stage where the Manhattans sing.

B-side

The

of the

contains the song "Love Is Gonna Find You", which was also recorded by

in 1983 for the album '' Forever by Your Side''. It was written by the songwriters and musicians Leo Graham and Paul Richmond, and produced by Leo Graham. It was a simple song from their album that was not released as a single.

Personnel

*Lead Vocal –

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*Backing Vocals – Winfred "Blue" Lovett, Edward "Sonny" Bivins, Kenneth "Wally" Kelly *Writers: John V. Anderson, Steve Williams, Steve Horton *Producers: John V. Anderson, Steve Williams *Executive Producers: Morrie Brown *Drum Programming (Linn): John V. Anderson, Steve Williams *Drums: Leslie Ming *Electric Bass: Wayne Brathwaite *Electric Piano (Rhodes): John V. Anderson *Guitar: Steve Williams *Keyboards: John V. Anderson *Piano: John V. Anderson *Synthesizer (Moog): John V. Anderson

References

External links

*"Crazy" Lyrics: https://genius.com/The-manhattans-crazy-lyrics on

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