| Crazy Beat | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gene Vincent |
| Released: | 1963 |
| Recorded: | June 1963 |
| Label: | USA Capitol |
"Crazy Beat" is a 1963 song by Gene Vincent, written by J. Fallin and J. Rhodes. The track came out of Vincent's Hollywood sessions produced by Jimmie Haskell[1] and featured a young Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. Capitol Records issued the single in June 1963 after withdrawing the single originally scheduled, "Rip It Up."[2] The single was issued as title track on the 1963 album The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent.