She's Crazy for Leavin' explained

She's Crazy for Leavin'
Type:single
Artist:Rodney Crowell
Album:Diamonds & Dirt
B-Side:Brand New Rag
Released:September 1988
Recorded:November 1987
Genre:Country
Length:3:16
Label:Columbia
Producer:Tony Brown and Rodney Crowell
Prev Title:I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:After All This Time
Next Year:1989

"She's Crazy for Leavin'" is a song co-written by American country music artists and songwriters Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark. Crowell released the song in September 1988 as the third single from the album Diamonds & Dirt. The song was Crowell's second number one country hit as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks on the country chart.[1]

It was originally recorded by Clark on his 1981 album The South Coast of Texas, which Crowell produced.

The song was also recorded by Steve Wariner and appeared on his 1985 album Life's Highway but was never released as a single.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 50
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 80

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 93.

  2. Web site: RPM 100 Country Singles. RPM. February 4, 1989.
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989. RPM. December 23, 1989. August 28, 2013.
  4. Web site: Best of 1989: Country Songs . . . 1989. August 28, 2013.