It's the World Gone Crazy explained

It's the World Gone Crazy
Type:	studio
Artist:	Glen Campbell
Cover:	Glen Campbell It's the World Gone Crazy album cover.jpg
Released:	January 1981
Recorded:	1980
Studio:	Sound Labs Inc., Hollywood
Genre:	Country
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Gary Klein, Snuff Garrett
Prev Title:	Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Glen Campbell Live
Next Year:	1981

It's the World Gone Crazy is the thirty-seventh album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The lead single, "Any Which Way You Can", was the title song to the 1980 movie Any Which Way You Can, the sequel to Every Which Way But Loose.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "Why Don't We Just Sleep on It Tonight" (duet with Tanya Tucker) (John Lewis Parker, Harry Shannon) – 3:05
2. "I Don't Want to Know Your Name" (Micheal Smotherman) – 4:02
3. "In Cars" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:05
4. "It's the World's Gone Crazy (Cotillion)" (Shel Silverstein, Waylon Jennings) – 2:38
5. "Rollin'" (Joe Rainey, Jack Tempchin) – 3:30

Side 2:

1. "Nothing Quite Like Love" (Micheal Smotherman) – 3:57
2. "A Daisy a Day" (Jud Strunk) – 3:40
3. "Any Which Way You Can" (Milton Brown, Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett) – 3:14
4. "It's Your World" (Joe Rainey) – 3:46
5. "Shoulder to Shoulder" (duet with Tanya Tucker) (Henry Gaffney) – 3:25

Personnel

• Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars
• Tanya Tucker – vocals
• Bill McCubbin – bass guitar
• Steve Turner – drums
• T.J. Kuenster – keyboards
• Craig Fall – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, steel guitars
• Larry Muhoberac – piano
• Joe Rainey – Hammond B-3 organ, harmonica
• Micheal Smotherman – Wurlitzer piano
• Nick DeCaro – accordion
• David Foster – piano
• Larry Byrom, Fred Tackett, Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitars
• Tom Saviano – saxophone on "I Don't Want to Know Your Name"
• Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar on "Any Which Way You Can"

Production

• Executive Producer – Charles Koppelman
• Producers – Gary Klein for The Entertainment Company, Snuff Garrett ("Any Which Way You Can")
• Strings – Nick DeCaro, Steve Dorff
• Conductor – Edward Karam
• Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone
• Engineers – John Arrias, Grover Helsley
• Photography – Mike Rothwell

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	49
U.S. Billboard 200	178

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US AC	CAN Country
1980	"Any Which Way You Can"	10	—	—	10
1981	"I Don't Want to Know Your Name"	54	65	45	—
	"Why Don't We Just Sleep on It Tonight" (with Tanya Tucker)	85	—	—	—

References

• News: Campbell has new album . The Bulletin Journal . Cape Girardeau, MO . 22 . March 15, 1981 . January 15, 2010.