Crazy for This Girl

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"Crazy for This Girl"
Crazyforthisboy.jpeg
Single by Evan and Jaron
from the album Evan and Jaron
B-side
  • "Luckiest of the Lucky Ones"
  • "Can't Get You Off My Mind"
  • "Nature Co."
ReleasedJuly 24, 2000 (2000-07-24)
Length3:22
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Evan and Jaron singles chronology
"Crazy for This Girl"
(2000)
"From My Head to My Heart"
(2001)
Music video
"Crazy for This Girl" on YouTube

"Crazy for This Girl" is the debut single of American pop rock duo Evan and Jaron, released on July 24, 2000. It is from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Billboard Adult Top 40. It also became a hit in Canada, Italy and New Zealand, reaching number nine on the Italian Singles Chart, number 35 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and number 45 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. The song was included on the second volume on the soundtrack of The WB's television drama Dawson's Creek .

Contents

Music video

Directed by Dani Jacobs,[ citation needed ] the video features the band's tour bus traveling on a highway at night before stopping at a gas station and diner called "Four Aces". They enter the diner and are persuaded by some girls who give them guitars (from the boss's office) to perform on stage. It attracts a crowd of people who were informed by one of the diner's bartenders played by Daphne Zuniga. An alternative version of the video features scenes from the third season of Dawson's Creek .

Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United StatesJuly 24, 2000 Columbia [22] [23]
July 25, 2000 Contemporary hit radio [23]
February 13, 2001
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[24]

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