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] Hoggard said the track was inspired by "old school Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder." [9]

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. [10] 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. [11] [12] It was inspired by the 1988 film, They Live . [9] 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". [13]

Awards and nominations

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

References

  1. ↑ "Wild Times for Hedley". Ottawa Citizen . March 24, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Allison Sternall (October 22, 2013). "Hedley Release New Track With Album Pre-Order". Confront Magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Hedley - Crazy For You". Virgin Radio 96. Bell Media. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Bliss, Karen (27 January 2015). "Nielsen: Canada Loved Taylor Swift, Streaming Music and, Yep, Vinyl in 2014". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 "R&R:: Going for Adds: Hot AC". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Jane Stevenson (February 21, 2014). "Hedley's Jacob Hoggard enjoying the 'Wild Life'". Toronto Sun . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  7. ↑ David Berry (March 24, 2014). "Pop Psychology: Hedley loses the plot with Crazy For You". The National Post . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ Francois Marchand (November 10, 2013). "Hedley shows its positively wild side (with video)". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Kevin Apaza (May 2, 2014). "Q&A with Hedley: On U.S Release of 'Wild Life', Next Single & Comparisons!". Directlyrics . Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Hedley "Crazy For You" (J.Lee Williams and Timur Musabay, dir.)". Video Static. February 25, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ Melody. "Hedley are on the run in their Crazy For You music video". MuchMusic . Bell Media. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Go Behind The Scenes Of Hedley's "Crazy For You" Music Video". ANDPOP. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. 1 2 "MuchMusic Video Awards 2014 nods led by Drake, Hedley: See the full list of nominees here". National Post . May 21, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Past Nominees and Winners - The Juno Awards". Juno Awards . Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Nominees And Performers Announced for 2015 Canadian Radio Music Awards". March 31, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Crazy for You - Single by Hedley". Spotify . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Crazy For You (CD single) by Hedley: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon UK. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "ARIA Hitseekers - Week Commencing 23rd June 2014" (PDF). p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-10. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Hedley Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Hedley History (Canada AC)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Hedley History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Hedley Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 - Year-End 2014". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Hedley – Crazy for You". Music Canada.
  25. ↑ "Crazy For You - Single by Hedley". iTunes Store . Apple Inc. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016.


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