Gone Crazy Explained

Gone Crazy
Cover:Gone Crazy.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Alan Jackson
Album:High Mileage
B-Side:Amarillo
Released:January 25, 1999
Genre:Country
Length:3:49
Label:Arista Nashville 13155
Producer:Keith Stegall
Prev Title:Right on the Money
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Little Man
Next Year:1999

"Gone Crazy" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1999 as the third single from his album High Mileage, and peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. country singles chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jackson's "stone-country vocal drips with pain and the remorse of a man who let love slip through calloused hands."[1]

Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time cited the song as a standout track on High Mileage, calling it a "spare, sad ballad" and saying that the song's theme of lost love was "not surprising" given that Jackson had just separated from, and reunited with, his wife.[2]

Chart performance

"Gone Crazy" debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week ending February 6, 1999.

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 28
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 33

Notes and References

  1. Billboard, January 30, 1999
  2. Web site: Remz . Jeffrey B. . High Mileage review . Country Standard Time . May 1, 2009 .
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999. RPM. December 13, 1999. July 7, 2013.
  4. Best of 1999: Country Songs . . . 1999. July 7, 2013.