Crazy (The Manhattans song)
| "Crazy" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Single by The Manhattans | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Forever By Your Side | ||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Love Is Gonna Find You" | |||||||||||||||
| Released | June 1983 | |||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" Single, 12" Single | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||||||||||||||
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| Length |
4:52 (Album full version) 3:55 (7" Single version) | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) |
John V. Anderson, Steve Williams, Steve Horton | |||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) |
John V. Anderson, Steve Williams | |||||||||||||||
| The Manhattans singles chronology | ||||||||||||||||
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"Crazy" is a ballad 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 American popular R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released in the same year in the album "Forever By Your Side", by Columbia Records. "Crazy" was released as a single in 1983 and became a big hit for The Manhattans that year, reaching at #4 on the R&B chart and peaked at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Besides the United States, "Crazy" was also single in the United Kingdom, peaked at #63 on the UK Singles Chart and is one of the songs of The Manhattans best placed in the charts, alongside their big hits "Kiss and Say Goodbye", "Shining Star" and their cover of "Hurt".
"Crazy" was the first single from the album "Forever By Your Side" and also the great success of this album and of The Manhattans in 1983. It was followed the same year by the title track "Forever By Your Side", which was very successful in Brazil in 1985.
Chart Positions
| Year | Single | Peak chart Positions | ||||||||||||
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| US | US R&B |
US A/C |
AUS | CAN | NLD | NZ | UK | |||||||
| 1983 | "Crazy" | 72 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Music Video
"Crazy" has an official music video, recorded by The Manhattans in 1983. The video shows the high the of New York City and its buildings at night, with lots of lights on illuminating the city. 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. The video lasts approximately 4:00, which is almost the same length the 7" Single version of "Crazy", lasting 3:55. This official music video of "Crazy" can be watched on "Crazy" – The Manhattans (Official Video) on YouTube.
Track listing
7" Single
The original lengths from the album "Forever By Your Side" are 4:52 for "Crazy" and 5:05 for "Love Is Gonna Find You". In this 7" Single, the lengths of 3:55* for "Crazy" and 4:55* for "Love Is Gonna Find You" were edited in smaller lengths than the originals. In 2014, the album "Forever By Your Side" was remastered on CD with the caption "Expanded Edition" and these two edited versions with shorter lengths of "Crazy" and "Love Is Gonna Find You" were included in the final album as two bonus tracks.
| Year | Side | Song | Length | Interpreter | Writer/Composer | Producer | Original Album |
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| 1983 | A-side | "Crazy" | 3:55* (Edited) |
The Manhattans | John V. Anderson, Steve Williams, Steve Horton |
John V. Anderson, Steve Williams |
"Forever By Your Side" |
| 1983 | B-side | "Love Is Gonna Find You" | 4:55* (Edited) |
The Manhattans | Leo Graham, Paul Richmond |
Leo Graham | "Forever By Your Side" |
12" Single
The 12" Single brings the full version of "Crazy", contained in the album "Forever By Your Side", but, its duration is described in single as 5:00*, eight seconds more than the album, which has 4:52. The B-side of this single brings the instrumental version of "Crazy", which also has lasting 5:00. This instrumental version was not released in the 1983 original album. The album "Forever By Your Side" was remastered on CD in 2014 and this instrumental version of "Crazy" in this single was included as a bonus track.
| Year | Side | Song | Length | Interpreter | Writer/Composer | Producer | Original Album |
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| 1983 | A-side | "Crazy" (Original full) |
5:00* | The Manhattans | John V. Anderson, Steve Williams, Steve Horton |
John V. Anderson, Steve Williams |
"Forever By Your Side" |
| 1983 | B-side | "Crazy" (Instrumental) |
5:00 | The Manhattans | John V. Anderson, Steve Williams, Steve Horton |
John V. Anderson, Steve Williams |
— (Non-album track) |
Personnel
- Lead Vocal – Gerald Alston
- 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
B-side
The B-side of 7" Single of "Crazy" contains the song "Love Is Gonna Find You", also recorded in 1983 by The Manhattans for the album "Forever By Your Side". The song was written by the songwriters Leo Graham and Paul Richmond and produced by Leo Graham. The song was a simple song from their album, that was not released as a single.
References
All information about "Crazy" is from the images of the cover, back and discs of the single and of the LP, found in sites 45cat, CD and LP, eBay and Amazon.