Keep Me Crazy Explained

Keep Me Crazy
Cover:Keep_Me_Crazy_by_Sheppard.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Sheppard
Album:Watching the Sky
Recorded:2016
Genre:Pop
Label:Empire of Song
Producer:Peter Thomas, Kyle Moorman
Prev Title:We Belong
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Edge of the Night
Next Year:2017

"Keep Me Crazy" is a song by Australian indie pop band, Sheppard. It was released in Australia on 10 March 2017 as the second single from the band's second studio album, Watching the Sky (2018). It peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart. It is co-written by the band's members Jason Bovino, Amy and George Sheppard with its co-producers Peter Thomas and Kyle Moorman. The song was used in December 2016 to promote the 2017 season of TV comedy-drama, 800 Words.[1]

In an interview with radio station, Joy 94.9's Chris Furneaux in March 2017, Bovino and George described how, "In this day and age, where nobody wants to settle down and everyone is interested in Tinder swipes, no one wants to find someone to settle down with any more because they fear it might become monotonous and boring, but this song is about finding someone who has the opposite effect and keeps your life exciting."[2] An acoustic version was released in April of that year.

Critical reception

Press Party's correspondent opined, "'Keep Me Crazy' is another immediately chantable anthem... to once again ignite sing-a-longs worldwide this year—a tradition for the band that began with "Geronimo" in 2015."[3]

Nic Kelly of Project U felt, "It's a bit shouty in parts, it'll work well in the stadiums they're doing for the Justin Bieber tour and the little 'cheap... wine... headspins...' bit after the chorus is very cool."[4]

Nicholas Wasiliev from Music Insight rated the track at 7 out of 10, explaining, "[it] lands in the category of the livelier tracks that Sheppard has put out. It's dynamic, it’s a lot catchier; lyrically, it's quite clearly aimed at a young audience out to dance the night away", but noted that with the embrace of electronic beats over the acoustic-based sounds of past tracks like "Geronimo" and "Let Me Down Easy", made "Keep Me Crazy" feeling more "like it's aiming to please."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Keep Me Crazy" – 3:27[6]
  1. "Keep Me Crazy" (acoustic) – 3:22[7]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Independent (AIR)[8] 1
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)[9] 8

Release history

VersionRegionDateFormatLabel
Standard versionAustralia10 March 2017Digital downloadEmpire of Song
Acoustic versionAustralia21 April 2017

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 800 Words Returning in 2017. YouTube. 20 December 2016 . 11 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Sheppard new single 'Keep Me Crazy'. Chris. Furneaux. Joy 94.9. 10 March 2017. 11 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Platinum Pop Group Sheppard Return with New Single 'Keep Me Crazy'. Press Party. 10 March 2017. 11 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Sheppard's New Single 'Keep Me Crazy' Is Brilliant. Kelly. Nic. Project U. 10 March 2017. 11 March 2017. 12 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312051841/https://www.projectu.tv/sheppards-new-single-keep-me-crazy-is-brilliant/. dead.
  5. Web site: Track review: Sheppard – 'Keep Me Crazy'. Nicholas. Wasiliev. Music Insight. 23 March 2017. 20 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Sheppard "Keep Me Crazy" – single. iTunes Australia. 11 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Sheppard "Keep Me Crazy" (acoustic) – single. iTunes Australia. 22 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Independent Label singles Chart wc 20 March 2017. AIR. 21 March 2017. 5 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705064656/https://www.air.org.au/chart/independent_label_singles. dead.
  9. Web site: NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 20 March 2017. 17 March 2017.