I Go Crazy (Paul Davis song)

"I Go Crazy" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the first single he released from his 1977 album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales, and his second-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #7 on the Billboard chart in 1978. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart on 27 August 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after 27 May 1978. Overall, it spent 40 weeks (nine months and one week) on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, setting what was then the record for the longest run on that chart, of consecutive weeks or not.[2]

"I Go Crazy"
Single by Paul Davis
from the album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales
B-side"Reggae Kinda Way"
ReleasedAugust 1977
GenreSoft rock
Length3:52 (album)
3:37 (single − as printed on label but plays identical to album version)
LabelBang (US, Canada, UK)[1]
Stateside (Australia)
Bellaphon (Germany)
EMI (New Zealand)
Songwriter(s)Paul Davis
Producer(s)Phil Benton
Paul Davis
Paul Davis singles chronology
"Superstar"
(1976)		 "I Go Crazy"
(1977)		 "Darlin'"
(1978)

During the March 4, 1978 American Top 40 show, Casey Kasem said that Davis begged his studio to have the song presented to Lou Rawls, who he thought would make it a huge success. But when the studio saw how much faith he had in the chances of the song's success, it instead decided to release a lightly edited version of Davis's own studio demo version. (Rawls did release his cover version of the song two years later.)

Content

The lyrics are narrated from the point of view of a man who is reuniting with a former girlfriend; both have moved on from each other. However, the man admits that looking his old girlfriend in the eye reawakens his old feelings towards her and makes him "go crazy." To his credit, he does not act on those old feelings, though he does realize that he is not fully over his old girlfriend.

Covers

The song has been covered by several artists, including these four whose versions were all released as singles:

Chart performance

Paul Davis

Lee Greenwood
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 47
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 55

Will Downing
Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 37

Barry Manilow
Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 30

DHT featuring Edmée
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[10] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[11] 15
France (SNEP)[12] 76
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 56

References
  1. "Paul Davis - I Go Crazy / Reggae Kinda Way - Bang - USA - B-733". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. ""I Go Crazy" singer Paul Davis dies". CNN. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  8. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6559." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  9. "Lee Greenwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. "Ultratop.be – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  11. "Ultratop.be – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in French). Ultratip.
  12. "Lescharts.com – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in French). Les classement single.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.


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