Crazy World (Big Trouble song)

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"Crazy World"
Big Trouble Crazy World 1987 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Big Trouble
from the album Big Trouble
B-side "Lipstick"
ReleasedNovember 14, 1987
Genre Pop rock
Length3:16
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s) Giorgio Moroder
Tom Whitlock
Producer(s) Giorgio Moroder
Big Trouble singles chronology
"All I Need Is You"
(1987)
"Crazy World"
(1987)
"When the Love Is Good"
(1988)

"Crazy World" is a song by American female pop group Big Trouble, which was released in 1987 as the lead single from their only studio album, Big Trouble . [1] It was written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock, and produced by Moroder.

Contents

"Crazy World" peaked at No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [2] A re-issue in the UK in 1988 saw the song reach No. 96 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]

Promotion

A music video was filmed to promote the single, which features the band performing the song inside a garage. [4] It was directed by Tony Vanden-Ende and produced by Colleen McLean. [5]

Critical reception

On its release, Billboard listed the single under "new and noteworthy" and commented: "On this synth-rock release, the group draws on the various musical upbringings from which it has emerged; single's Berlin meets ZZ Top stance has great pop potential." [6] In a review of Big Trouble, Saw Tek Meng of the New Straits Times commented: "Big Trouble show enough chops on tracks like "When the Love is Good" [and] "Crazy World" to indicate they should survive longer than the average female band." [7]

In the UK, Lesley O'Toole of Record Mirror considered "Crazy World" to be "not at all what assembled cynics might expect of an all-girl Californian combo" and felt Big Trouble were like a female version of Bon Jovi. She wrote, "Bobbie Eakes belts this out as if there's no tomorrow, drawing more from the Maria McKee school of raunchy vocals than the butter-wouldn't-melt-in-their-mouths Tiffany-type contingent." [8]

Track listing

7" single (American Release)
  1. "Crazy World" - 3:16
  2. "Lipstick" - 3:16
7" single (American Promo)
  1. "Crazy World" - 3:17
  2. "Crazy World" - 3:17
12 single (UK Release)
  1. "Crazy World" - 3:16
  2. "Say Yes" - 3:32
  3. "Trains and Boats and Planes" - 3:49
CD single (1988 UK Release)
  1. "Crazy World" - 3:16
  2. "Say Yes" - 3:32
  3. "Trains and Boats and Planes" - 3:49

Personnel

Big Trouble

Production

Charts

Chart (1987–88)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [3] 96
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 71

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