The Return of the Crazy One

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"The Return of the Crazy One"
Single by Digital Underground
from the album The Body-Hat Syndrome
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993
Recorded1993
Genre Hip hop
Length4:40
Label
Songwriter(s) Gregory Jacobs
Producer(s) Shock G
Digital Underground singles chronology
"I Get Around"
(1993)
"The Return of the Crazy One"
(1993)
"Wussup wit the Luv"
(1994)
Music video
"The Return of the Crazy One" on YouTube

"The Return of the Crazy One" is the first single from Digital Underground's second album The Body-Hat Syndrome . [1] It was written and produced by Shock G. [2]

Charts

Chart (1993–1994)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 77

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References

  1. "The Body-Hat Syndrome". AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  2. "The Return of the Crazy One". AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  3. "Digital Underground Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2022.