Crazy (Leah Haywood song)

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"Crazy"
Crazy Leah Haywood Single Cover.jpeg
Single by Leah Haywood
from the album Leah
B-side "Do You Know"
Released14 August 2000 (2000-08-14) [1]
Studio C&J (Copenhagen, Denmark) [2]
Length3:07
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Leah Haywood, Andreas Carlsson
Producer(s) Cutfather & Joe
Leah Haywood singles chronology
"We Think It's Love"
(1999)
"Crazy"
(2000)
"Takin' Back What's Mine"
(2001)

"Crazy" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Leah Haywood, released as the second single from her debut album, Leah (2000), in August 2000. Haywood co-wrote the song with Andreas Carlsson. "Crazy" became a top-40 hit on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, where it debuted and peaked at number 31.

Contents

Release

The single release for "Crazy" contains a B-side track titled "Do You Know" that did not appear on the album, which was also co-written by Leah Haywood and Sydney music producer Barbara Griffin. [2] Both had worked together previously on the track "...And If I Could", which appeared as a B-side on the CD single of "We Think It's Love". [3] The release of this single came with a set of bonus stickers of Haywood as well as an enhanced component featuring the "Crazy" music video and a link to her official website and record company-related sites. [2]

Music video

The music video for "Crazy" was directed by Mark Hartley showing Haywood in various colourful room settings and being accompanied with six female dancers throughout the video. These various settings include Haywood in a room full of feathers, pink room full of trophies and a blue room with white lights outlining the shape of her body.

Track listing

Australian CD single [2]

  1. "Crazy" – 3:07
  2. "Crazy" (Delicious radio mix) – 3:23
  3. "We Think It's Love" (Tracy radio mix) – 3:18
  4. "We Think It's Love" (acoustic) – 3:24
  5. "Do You Know" – 3:56
  6. "Crazy" (video)
  7. Weblink

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 31

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