Crazy (Icehouse song)

"Crazy"
Single by Icehouse
from the album Man of Colours
B-side"Completely Gone"
Released8 June 1987 (1987-06-08)[1]
Genre
Length3:24
Label
Songwriters
ProducerDavid Lord
Icehouse singles chronology
"Paradise"
(1986)		 "Crazy"
(1987)		 "Electric Blue"
(1987)
Music video
"Crazy" on YouTube

"Crazy" is a song by the Australian rock band Icehouse, released in 1987 as the first of five top 30 singles from their fifth studio album Man of Colours (1987). The single peaked at no.4 on the Australian Kent Music Report and no.14 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The song was written by band members Iva Davies, Robert Kretschmer and Andy Qunta, and produced by David Lord. "Crazy" was picked up by every major radio station in the USA as soon as it was released.[3]

Music videos

Two versions of the music video exist; an Australian version, and a version for US markets.[4]

Australian version

The Australian version features Davies wandering through the disused Pyrmont Power Station in the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont while various events occur around him, such as explosions, a car crashing and various people wandering through the scene. It was shot in one continuous take.

USA release

The USA version was directed by John Jopson and features a longer version on the song than the Australian release. It was filmed in Sydney at the city's State Theatre and at Radio 2SM DJ studio[5] in McMahons Point, as well as at the Yester Grange estate at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains.[6]

It is based on the American neo-noir psychological thriller film Play Misty for Me (1971),[7] with Davies hosting a late night radio show, and taking a request from a fan (Paris Jefferson), who asks "do you mind if I wake you tonight?". Davies misinterprets this as the request, but the caller goes on to say "can you play 'Crazy' for me?". The rest of the video shows Icehouse singing and playing instruments in an opulent 1920s era theatre. The final scene shows Davies meeting the caller, who has posters of Icehouse and Iva Davies plastered all over her wall. Davies gives a short uneasy smile, before leaving the house.

Part of the USA version music video appears in a voice-over skit by Weird Al Yankovic in his 1988 MTV special AL-TV #3.[8]

Track listing

Australian release (7")

  1. "Crazy"
  2. "Completely Gone"

US promo release (12")

  1. "Crazy (12" Mix)"
  2. "Crazy (Midnight Mix)"
  3. "Crazy (LP version)"
  4. "No Promises (Live)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1988) Peak
position
Australia (Australian Music Report) [9] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10]20
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11]22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12]9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13]17
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14]10
UK Singles (Official Charts)[15]74
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 14
US Cashbox[17] 20
Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts)[18]38

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Position
Australia (Australian Music Report)[19] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[20] 96
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 33

References

  1. ↑ "Kent Music Report No. 671 – 1 June 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ↑ "ICEHOUSE (@Icehouseband) on X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Trove". 10 July 1987.
  4. ↑ "Icehouse and Iva Davies Official Website - Crazy Single". www.icehouse-ivadavies.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gibson and Moore Gallery". www.debbiekruger.com. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "ICEHOUSE (@Icehouseband) on X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "THE ICEHOUSE STORY - Icehouse On Video". www.spellbound-icehouse.org. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Weird Al mocks U2 and Icehouse. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  10. ↑ "Icehouse – Crazy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Image 0932". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "Icehouse – Crazy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Icehouse – Crazy". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  15. ↑ "Icehouse Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  16. ↑ Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Joel Whitburn
  17. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  18. ↑ "Icehouse Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  19. ↑ "Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  20. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987". Official New Zealand Music Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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