Crazy (Kenny Rogers song) explained

Crazy
Cover:Kenny Rogers Crazy single cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Kenny Rogers
Album:What About Me?
B-Side:The Stranger
Released:December 17, 1984
Recorded:1984
Genre:Country
Length:3:43
Label:RCA Records
Producer:David Foster, Kenny Rogers
Prev Title:What About Me?
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Love Is What We Make it
Next Year:1985

"Crazy" is a song by American singer Kenny Rogers, co-written with Richard Marx from his 1984 album What About Me?. It was released in December 1984 as the album's second single, following the title track.

The song was Rogers' eleventh Country chart-topping single as a solo artist. The single spent a total of thirteen weeks in the Country chart's Top 40.[1] It also peaked at number five on the Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984-1985)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[2] 56
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] 31
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 41

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 299.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 256.
  3. Web site: Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1985. Billboard. June 10, 2021.
  4. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985. Billboard. June 10, 2021.