| Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Johnny Clegg & Savuka |
| Cover: | Cruel Crazy Beautiful World.jpg |
| Released: | 20 December 1989 |
| Recorded: | 1989 |
| Genre: | World music |
| Length: | 49:40 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Hilton Rosenthal and Bobby Summerfield |
| Prev Title: | Shadow Man |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Heat, Dust And Dreams |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World is a studio album from South African artist Johnny Clegg and his band Savuka.
Released in 1989 and produced by Hilton Rosenthal and Bobby Summerfield, it is today recognized as probably the band's greatest album,[1] containing hits such as "Dela" and "Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World". The title track is addressed and dedicated to Clegg's son Jesse, born in 1988, who is depicted on Clegg's shoulders on the album cover. The song "One (Hu)' Man One Vote" was written in honor of David Webster, a friend of Johnny Clegg and anti-apartheid activist who had been assassinated three weeks earlier. The lyrics of "Warsaw 1943" were inspired from the works of Polish author Czesław Miłosz. In Canada, the album reached #67, March 24, 1990.[2]
The title track appears in the soundtrack of the movie Opportunity Knocks.
In 1997, the song "Dela (I Know Why the Dog Howls at the Moon)" was released on the soundtrack of Disney's George of the Jungle.
All songs written by Johnny Clegg except as noted.