I Want Crazy (album)

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I Want Crazy
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Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)
Recorded2011–15
Genre
Label Atlantic
Producer
Hunter Hayes chronology
Storyline
(2014)
I Want Crazy
(2015)
21
(2015)
Singles from I Want Crazy
  1. "Light Me Up"
    Released: March 13, 2015 [1]
  2. "Tattoo"
    Released: March 23, 2015 [2]
  3. "I Want Crazy"
    Released: April 17, 2015 [3]

I Want Crazy is a compilation album by American country music singer Hunter Hayes, first released on April 3, 2015 by Atlantic Records. [4] The album serves as Hayes' international debut studio album. [5] I Want Crazy features songs from Hayes' two studio albums, Hunter Hayes (2011) and Storyline (2014), with two of the songs being re-produced by Ryan Tedder ("I Want Crazy") and Duck Blackwell ("Light Me Up"), respectively. The album entered the UK Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company at number 85 for the week ending June 6, 2015. [6]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Want Crazy" (Ryan Tedder mix)
3:15
2."Invisible"
  • Huff
  • Hayes
  • Duck Blackwell [b]
4:34
3."Tattoo" (UK version)
  • Hayes
  • Verges
  • Barry Dean
  • Huff
  • Hayes
  • Blackwell [b]
3:21
4."Light Me Up"
  • Huff
  • Hayes
  • Blackwell [b]
3:27
5."Wanted"
  • Hayes
  • Verges
  • Huff
  • Hayes
  • Blackwell [b]
3:44
6."You Think You Know Somebody"
  • Hayes
  • Sam Ellis
  • Huff
  • Hayes
4:26
7."Secret Love"
  • Hayes
  • Ellis
  • Huff
  • Hayes
3:38
8."What You Gonna Do"Hayes
  • Huff
  • Hayes
4:48
9."Everybody's Got Somebody but Me" (featuring Jason Mraz)
  • Huff
  • Hayes
2:39
10."Somebody's Heartbreak"
  • Huff
  • Hayes
3:37
Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 85

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog No.Ref.
AustraliaApril 3, 2015 Digital download Atlantic Records N/A [4]
BelgiumMay 6, 2015 [8]
France [9]
Germany [10]
Ireland [11]
United Kingdom [12]
WorldwideJune 2, 2015 CD B00VKS9QA6 [13]

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