Crazy for You (Let Loose song)

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"Crazy for You"
Let Loose Crazy for You 1994 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Let Loose
from the album Let Loose
B-side
  • "Cardboard City"
  • "Start a New Day"
Released12 April 1993 (1993-04-12)
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length4:19
Label
Songwriter(s) Richie Wermerling
Producer(s) Nicky Graham
Let Loose singles chronology
"Crazy for You"
(1993)		"The Way I Wanna Be"
(1993)

"Crazy for You" is a song by British pop music trio Let Loose, released in April 1993 by Vertigo Records as their debut single from their self-titled album (1994). The song was written by Richie Wermerling and produced by Nicky Graham. The original 1993 release reached No. 44 in the United Kingdom and debuted at number 157 in Australia. [2]

Contents

On 13 June 1994, "Crazy for You" was re-issued in the UK by Mercury Records and attained a new peak of No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. It became the UK's eighth-best-selling single of 1994.

Speaking to Digital Spy in 2009, Wermerling said of the song and its success: "I wrote the song myself and knew it was a bit prettier than some of my other ones, but I didn't think it would pick up as much as it did. It was around for months and even I had to turn off the radio after a while. I'm pleased though as it still pays for the bacon in the morning now!" [3]

Track listings

1993 release

  1. "Crazy for You" (7-inch) – 4:19
  2. "Crazy for You" (Loose Mix) – 6:06
  3. "Cardboard City" – 4:34
  4. "Crazy for You" (Reg Mix) – 4:18
  1. "Crazy for You" – 4:19
  2. "Cardboard City" – 4:34

1994 re-issue

  1. "Crazy for You" – 4:09
  2. "Cardboard City" – 4:34
  3. "Candy Stripe" – 4:51
  4. "Start a New Day" – 4:43
  1. "Crazy for You" – 4:09
  2. "Start a New Day" – 4:43
  1. "Crazy for You" (Wild Fruit N.R.G. Mix) – 7:57
  2. "Crazy for You" (Wild Fruit Club Mix) – 7:55
  3. "Seventeen" (The Wild Fruit Mix) – 7:35
  4. "Crazy for You" (radio mix) – 4:12

Personnel

Let Loose

Production

Other

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom12 April 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Vertigo [27]
AustraliaJuly 1993CD cassette [2]
United Kingdom (re-release)13 June 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Mercury [28]
Japan24 September 1994CD [29]

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