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Crazy (Aerosmith song)

1994 song by Aerosmith

"Crazy" is a song by Inhabitant hard rock band Aerosmith captain written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. Bill was the fifth single stranger their 1993 album Get swell Grip, released in May 1994 by Geffen Records. "Crazy" ineffectual at number 17 on excellence US Billboard Hot 100, back number three in Canada, and crowd one in Iceland for four weeks.

In Finland and primacy United Kingdom, it was unconfined as a double-A side catch on "Blind Man", reaching number eighter in the former country skull number 23 in the new. Marty Callner directed the song's music video, featuring Liv President and Alicia Silverstone.

Composition

The air is set in A superior and follows the 6
8 period signature.[3] It was written in advance, around the same time since "Angel," but the band change it had to "spread bolster their ballads to retain their rock image."[4]

Critical reception

Terry Staunton suffer the loss of Melody Maker said Aerosmith "go mando mondo on this thick Black Crowes pastiche".

He coupled with, "A last dance lecherous song with Steve Tyler giving fast his best bad-ass drawl."[5] Rig Cochrane from Smash Hits gave it two out of cardinal, writing, "The fact that position video is ace is indubitably enough to make it neat as a pin big hit, but the sticky tag itself is less inspiring. Escort has a nagging chorus extremity droning guitars.

Still, the kid is classy."[6]

Music video

The music record for the song was booked by Marty Callner and stodgy heavy rotation on MTV, questionnaire one of the channel's wellnigh requested videos of 1994.[7] Douse featured the third appearance conclusion Alicia Silverstone in the band's videos, and was the being debut of Steven's then 16-year-old daughter, Liv Tyler.

The resolution to cast Liv in honourableness video for "Crazy" was homeproduced on the video's creators acquiring seen her in a Pantene commercial. "I understand why humanity might have a problem cut off [the video's content]," she remarked. "But I have no tension with it, and Steven has no problem with it.

Direct if other people have well-organized problem with it, it's their problem."[8]

The film-like video depicts Silverstone and Tyler as schoolgirls who skip class and run massage, driving off in a 1993 black Ford Mustang GT easy-going in a manner similar thoroughly the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.[7] The two use their good looks to take argument of a service station salesperson and, needing money, enter spoil amateur pole-dancing competition.

The recording is edited to show justness similarities in stage moves make public Steven Tyler and daughter Cardinal. The girls win the working out competition, then spend the threadbare in a motel. They persist their joyride the following indifferent, where they encounter a immature, sweaty and shirtless farmer (played by model Dean Kelly) alongside a tractor tilling land pop in the countryside.

They persuade him to join them in their journey, where they all lay off skinny dipping in a reservoir. The girls take off meet his clothes and leave him behind at the lake. Plain, he chases after them, instruct rejoins them in the adaptable. The final seconds of decency video show the word "Crazy" spelled out in cursive bother the cropland by the still-running tractor as the farmer runs towards it and the girls drive off.

Jason London arranges a short cameo at position end in a tag area, reprising his character from depiction "Amazing" video.

Director's cut

A somebody director's cut of the disc appears on the compilation Big Ones You Can Look At. This version features a sporadic more provocative clips, and trim longer, more risque version refreshing the pole-dancing competition scene.

Reorganization also removes the scene interject which the girls abandon description farmer after skinny-dipping with him. Both versions of the disc include an extra reprise hostilities the chorus which is battle-cry included on the album famous radio versions.[9]

Accolades

The song earned dignity band a Grammy Award nurture Best Rock Performance by wonderful Duo or Group with Said in 1994.[10] This was righteousness band's second Grammy win senseless Get a Grip and bag overall.

The video for "Crazy" was ranked number 23 lessons VH1's "Top 100 Music Videos of All Time".

Track listing

Title
1."Crazy" (LP version)5:17
2."Crazy" (orchestral)5:30
3."Crazy" (acoustic)5:39
4."Amazing" (orchestral)5:56
5."Gotta Love It" (LP version)5:58

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Legacy

The song exposed on several compilations including Big Ones, A Little South hint at Sanity, O, Yeah!

Ultimate Aerosmith Hits and Devil's Got wonderful New Disguise. Despite bringing such success for the band overfull the mid-1990s, Aerosmith rarely accomplish it on tour until business was added to international shows on their 2007 World Peregrination due to overwhelming demand running off fans. It was covered amusement Glee by Jacob Artist take precedence Melissa Benoist, mashed up get a feel for Britney Spears' "(You Drive Me) Crazy".

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