Must Have Been Crazy

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"Must Have Been Crazy"
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Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 13
B-side "Closer to You"
ReleasedAugust 1979 (1979-08) [1]
Recorded1979
Genre Folk rock
Length3:26
Label Columbia
Songwriter Donnie Dacus
Producers
Chicago singles chronology
"Gone Long Gone"
(1979)		"Must Have Been Crazy"
(1979)		"Street Player"
(1979)

"Must Have Been Crazy" is a song by the American rock band Chicago. It was released in August 1979 as the lead single from their eleventh studio album, Chicago 13 , and was written by Donnie Dacus, who performs lead vocals in the song. It peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

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Reception

Billboard characterized the song as having "a funky, guitar-dominated Southern California rock approach" that forwent the band's "trademark brassy pop punch". They also said that the song's "familiar vocal harmonies at the tag give it a distinctive hook". [3] Cashbox felt that the song signified the band's pivot toward rock music with "smokin' slide guitar work, pounding drums and cowbell". [4]

SomethingElse Reviews! gave a mixed evaluation of the song, saying that it was "not a bad song" musically with a "kind of catchy" groove and guitar textures courtesy of Donnie Dacus that lend a "Texas roadhouse" flair. They called the lyrics "uninspired, bland, repetitive, and unoriginal" and also labeled the lead vocals as "forgettable". The review concluded by portraying "Must Have Been Crazy" as a hollow attempt to recapture their earlier success amid the commercial and artistic struggles surrounding Chicago 13. [5]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 83
US Cashbox Top 100 Singles [7] 84

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago – Must Have Been Crazy". Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Chicago – Must Have Been Crazy". elpee.jp. Bee-Media. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Billboard's Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard . August 18, 1979. p. 67. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Singles to Watch" (PDF). Cashbox . August 18, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Chicago, "Must Have Been Crazy" from 'Chicago 13' (1979): Saturdays in the Park". Something Else!. February 2, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 . Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-209-0.
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