Krazy (BlackGirl song)

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"Krazy"
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Single by BlackGirl
from the album Treat U Right
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1994
Recorded1993–1994
Genre
Length4:19
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Derek "DOA" Allen
Producer(s) Derek "DOA" Allen
BlackGirl singles chronology
"Krazy"
(1994)
"90's Girl"
(1994)
Music video
"Krazy" on YouTube

"Krazy" is the title of a 1994 top forty R&B and dance single by BlackGirl. It is also their first single. [1] [2] Larry Flick of Billboard referred to it as "engaging and chock full of pleasant harmonizing". [3] A music video spent various weeks in the top-twenty of the BET network. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

1.) "Krazy" (Boss' Groove Mix w/ Rap) [4:19]
2.) "Krazy" (Krazy Original Radio Edit) [3:50]
3.) "Krazy" (Boss's Hip-Hop Mix) [4:15]
4.) "Krazy" (Krazy Party Mix) [4:12]
5.) "Krazy" (Boss' Groove Mix w/o Rap) [4:19]

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 91
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard )37
US Top 40 ( Billboard )40

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References

  1. https://www.billboard.com/artist/blackgirl/chart-history/
  2. Joel Whitburn (2007). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Record Research. ISBN   978-0-89820-172-7.
  3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (19 February 1994). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  57–. ISSN   0006-2510.
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