Crazy for Your Love

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"Crazy for Your Love"
Single by Exile
from the album Kentucky Hearts
B-side "Just in Case"
ReleasedNovember 1984
Genre Country
Length3:28
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) J.P. Pennington
Sonny LeMaire
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
Exile singles chronology
"Give Me One More Chance"
(1984)
"Crazy for Your Love"
(1984)
"She's a Miracle"
(1985)

"Crazy for Your Love" is a song written by J.P. Pennington and Sonny LeMaire, and recorded by American country music group Exile. It was released in November 1984 as the second single from the album Kentucky Hearts . The song was Exile's fourth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week. [1]

Contents

The B-side, "Just in Case", was later a number 1 hit for The Forester Sisters in 1985.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 29

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 140. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Exile Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2021.