Gone Crazy

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"Gone Crazy"
Gone Crazy.jpg
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album High Mileage
B-side "Amarillo"
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1999
Genre Country
Length3:49
Label Arista Nashville 13155
Songwriter(s) Alan Jackson
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"Right on the Money"
(1998)
"Gone Crazy"
(1999)
"Little Man"
(1999)

"Gone Crazy" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1999 as the third single from his album High Mileage , and peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. country singles chart.

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Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jackson's "stone-country vocal drips with pain and the remorse of a man who let love slip through calloused hands." [1]

Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time cited the song as a standout track on High Mileage, calling it a "spare, sad ballad" and saying that the song's theme of lost love was "not surprising" given that Jackson had just separated from, and reunited with, his wife. [2]

Chart performance

"Gone Crazy" debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week ending February 6, 1999.

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 43
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] 28
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 33

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References

  1. Billboard , January 30, 1999
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