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and recorded by American

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. It was released in March 2010 as the fourth and final single from Aldean's 2009 album '' Wide Open''. It has become his tenth consecutive Top 20 hit on the US ''

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chart with a peak at number 2, behind

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". It is also Aldean's first single to not have an accompanying music video.

Content

"Crazy Town" is an up-tempo

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song in which the narrator describes the

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music scene as being a "crazy town."

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' stated the song "accents Aldean's voice a bit allowing him to hide the nasal sound that sometimes pops up." Blake Boldt of ''Engine 145'' gave it a "thumbs-down," summarizing his review by saying "'Crazy' is all power and no purpose."

Appearances in media

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uses the song as his walk-up theme.

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relief pitcher

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comes out to pitch with this song. The

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also use the song at their home games in a pregame video. The song was also used by the Predators during their walkout at the

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. The song was also an official theme for WWE SummerSlam 2022.

Chart performance

On the week ending March 6, 2010, "Crazy Town" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

chart and moved up the following week to 36. It debuted at 96 on the

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for the week of June 18, 2010.

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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