Calypso Crazy Explained

Calypso Crazy
Cover:Billy ocean-calypso crazy s.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Billy Ocean
B-Side:"Let's Get Back Together"
Released:25 April 1988[1]
Recorded:1987
Studio:Battery Studios (London)
Length:4:55
Label:Jive
Producer:Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Prev Title:Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:The Colour of Love
Next Year:1988

"Calypso Crazy" is a single by British singer Billy Ocean. It is the second single from the singer's seventh studio album, Tear Down These Walls (1988). Following the successful chart performances of the Tear Down These Walls single "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car", "Calypso Crazy" was released as the album's second single. It became his twelfth and final UK Top 40 hit to date.

The single was not released in the US, where "The Colour of Love" was released instead, peaking at #17. This would later be the album's third single in the UK, reaching #65.

Track listing

  1. "Calypso Crazy (Extended Version)"
  2. "Calypso Crazy (7" Version)"
  3. "Calypso Crazy (Instrumental Version)"
  4. "Let's Get Back Together"
  1. "Calypso Crazy" - 4:26
  2. "Let's Get Back Together" - 4:42

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week. 31.