Crazy (Franka Batelić song)

"Crazy" is a song performed by Croatian singer Franka Batelić. It was announced on 13 February 2018 by HRT.[1] The song represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

"Crazy"
Single by Franka Batelić
from the album S tobom
Released6 March 2018
Recorded2018
Genre
Length3:00
Label
  • Karpo Media
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Branimir Mihaljević
  • Denis Mevlja
Franka Batelić singles chronology
"S tobom"
(2017)		 "Crazy"
(2018)		 "Kao ti i ja"
(2018)
Music video
"Crazy" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Branimir Mihaljević
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
17th
Semi-final points
63
Entry chronology
◄ "My Friend" (2017)   
"The Dream" (2019) ►

Background

Prior to writing "Crazy", Batelić stated that she had written three other possible Eurovision Song Contest entries, but ultimately chose "Crazy" as she felt "it was the only right choice". "Crazy" was written by Branimir Mihaljević and Franka Batelić and produced by Mihaljević and Denis Mevlja.[2] A snippet of the song was released on 26 February 2018.[3] On 6 March 2018 it was revealed that a longer teaser of the song together with its music video would be shown as part of the evening news on HTV 1.[4] The song was released as a digital download on 7 March 2018 through Karpo Media.[5]

Eurovision Song Contest
Main article: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The Croatian national broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) originally planned to choose its representative through the national selection process Dora. In December 2017 it was revealed that the national selection process had been scrapped and how the representative would be chosen through internal selection instead. On 13 February 2018, the Croatian Broadcaster announced that Batelić would represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[6][7] She performed in the second half of the first semi-final.[8]

Batelić follows Jacques Houdek as the Croatian representative. Houdek qualified to the grand final of the 2017 contest, where he placed 13th with 128 points.[9]

Commercial performance

"Crazy" debuted at number six on the Croatian HR Top 40, marking her third appearance on the chart, her first two being with the singles "Ljubav je..." and "S tobom" respectively.[10] In its second week on the chart the song rose to number three, making it Croatia's highest charting Eurovision Song Contest entry on the HR Top 40.[11] Afterwards it became Batelić's first song to reach number two on the HR Top 40, in the issue dated 2 April 2018; her previous highest peak on the chart was with 2017's "S tobom", which reached number three.[12]

Music video

The video's teaser was released on 26 February 2018.[13] The music video for "Crazy" was directed by Sandra Mihaljević and Igor Ivanović, who had previously collaborated with Batelić on the music video for her single "S tobom". The video was filmed in the "Zorin Dom" theater in Karlovac.[14]

Track listing
Digital download[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Crazy"3:00
2."Crazy" (instrumental)3:00

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Croatia (HR Top 40)[12] 2

Release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Croatia 6 March 2018 Radio premiere Karpo Media [15]
Various 7 March 2018 Digital download [5]

References
  1. "Do pjesme za Eurosong došli smo na neočekivan način!". Večernji list (in Croatian). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. "Prvo predstavljanje "Crazy" - hrvatske pjesme za Eurosong". Croatian Radiotelevision (in Croatian). 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. "Evo kako će zvučati i izgledati 'Crazy' Franke Batelić". Net.hr (in Croatian). 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Predstavljanje spota za "Crazy" u središnjem Dnevniku". Eurosong.hr (in Croatian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "Crazy by Franka - Single". Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. radiotelevizija, Hrvatska. "Eurosong - Franka predstavnica Hrvatske na 63. Eurosongu". Eurosong (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  7. "Franka will sing 'Crazy' for Croatia in Lisbon". EuroVisionary. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  8. "Eurovision Song Contest Lisbon 2018". Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  9. "Eurovision Song Contest Kyiv 2017". Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  10. "HR top 40: Frankin "Crazy" na visokom šestom mjestu". Hrvatski Glazbeni Institut (Croatian Music Institute) (in Croatian). 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  11. "HRTop40, Issue Date: 11 March 2018 - 18 March 2018". Hrvatski Glazbeni Institut (Croatian Music Institute) (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  12. "HRTop40, Issue Date: 19 March 2018 - 25 March 2018". Hrvatski Glazbeni Institut (Croatian Music Institute) (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  13. "Predstavljen dio pjesme "Crazy": Evo kako zvuči Frankina pjesma za Euroviziju". Dnevnik (in Croatian). 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  14. "Franka u bijeloj haljini uz bijele balone: Ipak nije ono na što ste prvo mislili". Novi list (in Croatian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  15. "Stranci oduševljeni: Franka je pokazala teaser pjesme 'Crazy'". Index.hr (in Croatian). 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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