Crazy Love (MJ Cole song)

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"Crazy Love"
Crazy Love MJ Cole cover.png
Single by MJ Cole
from the album Sincere
B-side "Attitude"
Released24 April 2000 (2000-04-24)
Studio Prolific
Genre UK garage
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) MJ Cole
MJ Cole singles chronology
"Sincere"
(1998)		"Crazy Love"
(2000)		"Sincere (reissue)"
(2000)
Music video
"Crazy Love" on YouTube

"Crazy Love" is a song by UK garage musician MJ Cole, released on 24 April 2000 as the second single from his debut album Sincere . Elisabeth Troy Antwi provides vocals on the song. The song peaked at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart, and No. 17 in Iceland. In the United States, exactly one year after its UK release, the song was serviced to rhythmic radio and reached No. 22 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Contents

In 2019, DJ Spoony together with Katie Chatburn and the Ignition Orchestra featuring Emeli Sandé on vocals recorded an orchestral version of the song for the UK garage covers album Garage Classical . In March 2019, for Dummy Mag, the Heartless Crew included "Crazy Love" in their list of "The 10 Best UK Garage Tunes". [1]

Background

Cole has said that although he didn’t initially expect the song to be a hit, he believed in keeping the production authentic and felt that Crazy Love captured something “true” to his vision of UK garage’s musical possibilities. [2]

Critical reception

Melody Maker praised “Crazy Love” upon release, calling it “sumptuous two-step” with a vocal that “lends a heartbreaking edge to MJ Cole’s intricate production.” [3] The Independent praised Sincere, noting Crazy Love as a “recent hit … reflective mood,” highlighting Elisabeth Troy’s vocal performance as giving the song a grace and musicality often missing from more commercial cuts. [4] Music Week called it “a defining UK garage single” in its reviews column, predicting strong mainstream impact due to its “memorable vocal and finely polished strings.” [5]

Crazy Love is viewed as one of the tracks that defined the crossover moment of UK garage, appreciated for its polished production and melodic vocal lines. [6]

Track listings

UK CD single [7]

  1. "Crazy Love" (radio edit) – 3:33
  2. "Attitude" – 5:23
  3. "Crazy Love" (Todd Edwards Discofied 2000 remix) – 6:19
  4. "Crazy Love" (video)

UK 12-inch single [8]

A1. "Crazy Love" – 4:38
A2. "Crazy Love" (Todd Edwards Save Your Crys dub) – 6:29
B1. "Attitude" – 5:23

US 12-inch single [9]

A1. "Crazy Love" (Riprock 'N' Alex G radio edit) – 3:33
A2. "Crazy Love" (Todd Edwards Discofied 2000 vocal mix) – 6:19
A3. "Crazy Dubb" – 5:23
B1. "Crazy Love" (London Underground main mix) – 6:13
B2. "Sincere" (Naked Music Jay's Breakfast dub) – 6:09

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. [7]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom24 April 2000
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [18]
United States24 April 2001 Rhythmic contemporary radio
[19]

References

  1. ↑ "The 10 Best UK Garage Tunes, according to Heartless Crew". DummyMag.
  2. ↑ DJ Mag Staff (11 September 2025). "How MJ Cole's 'Sincere' set the stage for UK garage's next generation". DJ Mag. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Singles". Melody Maker. 3 May 2000. p. 22.
  4. ↑ Farquarson, Andy (23 July 2000). "This week's album releases". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Single reviews" (PDF). Music Week. 6 May 2000. p. 16. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  6. ↑ DJ Mag Staff (11 September 2025). "How MJ Cole's 'Sincere' set the stage for UK garage's next generation". DJ Mag. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 Crazy Love (UK CD single liner notes). MJ Cole. Talkin' Loud, Mercury Records. 2000. TLCD59, 562 709-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Crazy Love (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). MJ Cole. Talkin' Loud, Mercury Records. 2000. TLX 59, 562 709-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Crazy Love (US 12-inch single vinyl disc). MJ Cole. Talkin' Loud, Island Records. 2000. 314-572 842-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 17, no. 20. 13 May 2000. p. 11. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (22.7–29.7 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 July 2000. p. 10. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Dance Club Songs" . Billboard . 28 April 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  16. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias (September 2001). "The Top 200 Singles of 2000" (PDF). Chartwatch. Ilminster, Somerset. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 2 August 2025– via Zobbel.
  17. ↑ "British single certifications – MJ Cole – Crazy Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  18. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting April 24, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 22 April 2000. p. 27. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records . No. 1398. 20 April 2001. p. 58. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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