You Drive Me Crazy (T-ara song)

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"You Drive Me Crazy"
Single by T-ara
from the album Breaking Heart
LanguageKorean
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Label
Songwriter(s) Wheesung
Composer(s) Cho Young-soo, Kim Tae-hyun
Producer(s) Kwon Chang-hyun
T-ara singles chronology
"Bo Peep Bo Peep"
(2009)		"You Drive Me Crazy"
(2010)		"Waeroni"
(2010)
Music video
"You Drive Me Crazy" on YouTube

"You Drive Me Crazy" is a single by South Korean girl group T-ara released on February 23, 2010. It served as a bonus track for the repackaged album Breaking Heart . The single became the group's first chart-topper on Gaon chart.

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Background and release

In early February 2010, it was announced that T-ara would be re-releasing their album with two new songs in order to thank their fans for the success of their first album. [1] Entitled Breaking Heart, the reissue centers around a "temptation of the devil" concept. [2] Breaking Heart was physically released on March 3, 2010. [3] The lead single, "You Drive Me Crazy", was penned by singer-songwriter Wheesung, with music by Cho Young-soo and Kim Tae-hyun. [4]

Music video

Filming for the music video, directed by Cha Eun-taek, began on February 18, 2010, in a Namyangju, Gyeonggi studio. Member Ji-yeon suffered a knee ligament injury during production, causing the other members to end their solo shoots with Ji-yeon finishing hers the next morning. [5] The music video premiered on March 15, 2010 on GOMTV. [6]

Composition

"You Drive Me Crazy" [a] was penned by singer-songwriter Wheesung, with music by Cho Young-soo and Kim Tae-hyun. [9] It is an "edgy" electropop song which has received comparisons to "If U Seek Amy" by American singer Britney Spears. [10] It has been called a "song without breaks" and is highlighted for the "important key role" that synthesizers play in "creating a hook song". [11]

Promotion

Promotion for "You Drive Me Crazy" began on March 15, 2010.

Reception

Commercial performance

"You Drive Me Crazy" peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart, [12] holding its position for two weeks. It sold 3 million downloads by the end of 2010 and ranked at number 16 on the annual chart. [13]

Critical reception

Robbie Daw of Idolator drew comparisons to American singer Britney Spears, commenting: "the "Womanizer" beat, the "If U Seek Amy" melody and the wardrobe that looks like it was stolen from the storage unit housing the "...Baby One More Time" video shoot memorabilia. [...] You know, the line "you empower me, sexy shadow" is simply just not used enough in pop songs these days. So props for that, T-ara." [14]

In 2017, SBS PopAsia, along with NME in 2024, named "You Drive Me Crazy" as among the group's best singles. [15] KKBox Hong Kong also included it in their list of "The Best 10 classic K-pop songs of 2010". [16] [17]

In July 2022, "You Drive Me Crazy" was played in the hit TV series Extraordinary Attorney Woo . [18] In 2010, Japanese transgender TV personality Haruna Ai released a remake of the song titled "Crazy for You". [19]

Accolades

Awards and nominations
Award ceremonyYearCategoryResultRef.
Seoul Music Awards 2010Bonsang AwardNominated [20]
Popularity AwardNominated
Music program awards
SongProgramDateRef.
"You Drive Me Crazy" M Countdown March 18, 2010 [21]
Inkigayo March 21, 2010 [22]
March 28, 2010

Release history

CountryDateAlbumDistributing labelFormat
South KoreaFebruary 23, 2010Breaking Heart Mnet Media Download

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  1. ↑ The original Hangul title of the song is "너 때문에 미쳐", which is credited in English as either "You Drive Me Crazy" [7] or "I Go Crazy Because of You". [8]
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