Crazy for You (Hedley song)

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"Crazy for You"
Crazy for You single by Hedley.jpg
Single by Hedley
from the album Wild Life
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
Genre Disco [1]
Length3:37
3:21 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brian Howes
  • Jacob Hoggard
Hedley singles chronology
"Anything"
(2013)		"Crazy for You"
(2014)		"Heaven in Our Headlights"
(2014)

"Crazy for You" is a song recorded by Canadian pop rock band Hedley for their fifth studio album, Wild Life (2013). It was made available for purchase on iTunes on October 22, 2013 as a promotional single supporting pre-orders of the album. [2] The song was released as the second official single off the album on January 20, 2014 through Universal Music Canada. [3] It was a success in Canada, reaching the top 10 and selling over 166,000 copies. [4] In the US, "Crazy for You" was served to hot adult contemporary radio through Capitol Records on March 17, 2014. [5]

Contents

Composition

"Crazy for You" was written by Jacob Hoggard, Brian Howes and Jason Van Poederooyen. It was co-produced by Hoggard along with Howes. [6] Lyrically, the song is a love song to a woman of questionable mental faculties. [7] Musically, the track is described as disco, drawing comparisons to Daft Punk's "Get Lucky". [8]

Music video

The official music video for "Crazy for You" was directed by J. Lee Williams and Timur Musabay, and premiered on February 14, 2014. [9] In the clip, the band members are locked in a psychiatric hospital, from which they escape and subsequently go on the run, whereupon they discover that the world outside is different than they remember. [10] [11] The video was nominated for the Post-Production Video of the Year at the 2014 MMVAs, but it lost to City and Colour's "Thirst". [12]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for "Crazy for You"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef(s)
2014 MuchMusic Video Awards Post-Production of the YearNominated [12]
2014 Juno Awards Producer of the Year Nominated [13]
2015 Single of the Year Nominated [14]
2015 Canadian Radio Music Awards Song of the YearNominated [15]

Track listing

Digital download [16]
No.TitleLength
1."Crazy for You"3:37
UK CD single [17]
No.TitleLength
1."Crazy for You" (Radio edit)3:21
2."Radio ID"0:04
3."Song Intro"0:10

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [24] 2× Platinum166,000 [4]

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Crazy for You"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
CanadaOctober 22, 2013 Digital download Universal Music Canada [2]
January 20, 2014Radio airplay [3]
OmanFebruary 5, 2014Digital download [25]
United StatesMarch 17, 2014 Hot adult contemporary radio Capitol Records [5]

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