Crazier (Gary Numan song)

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"Crazier"
Single by Gary Numan
from the album Hybrid
Released5 July 2003
RecordedDoghouse Studios, Reading 2003
Genre Industrial rock
Length3:21
Label Jagged Halo
Songwriter(s) Rico and Andy Gray
Gary Numan singles chronology
"Rip"
(2002)
"Crazier"
(2003)
"In a Dark Place"
(2006)

"Crazier" is a single released in 2003 by Gary Numan in collaboration with Rico (billed as Gary Numan vs Rico). "Crazier" became Numan's first new single to make the Top 20 in almost two decades, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Chart [1] and was one of three new tracks recorded for the album Hybrid . It was released on three CD singles. Kerrang! TV playlisted the video for the song which was voted in at #1 for the station as did "Rip" the previous year. It also made #2 on the station's ringtone chart.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

CD1 The Ride JHCDV6
  1. "Crazier" (Single Version) - 3:21
  2. "Listen to My Voice" (Hybrid Version) - 5:10
  3. "Ancients" (Grayed Out Mix) - 7:09
  4. "Crazier" (Video) - 3:21
CD2 JHCDX6
  1. "Crazier" (Slide Mix) - 4:46
  2. "Big Black Sea" - 5:30
  3. "Garden Man" - 4:01
  4. "Crazier" (Arte live TV footage) - 2:00
CD3 The Glide JHCDS6
  1. "Crazier" (Acoustic Glide Mix) - 3:26
  2. "Ancients" (Earlier Version) - 6:23
  3. "A Prayer for the Unborn" (Arte Live TV Mix) - 5:30
  4. "A Prayer for the Unborn" (Atre live TV footage) - 5:13

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