Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)

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"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"
Pam Tills Mi Vida single.png
Single by Pam Tillis
from the album Sweetheart's Dance
B-side "Ancient History" [1]
ReleasedNovember 7, 1994
Genre Country
Length2:50
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Jess Leary
  • Pam Tillis
Producer(s)
  • Pam Tillis
  • Steve Fishell
Pam Tillis singles chronology
"When You Walk in the Room"
(1994)
"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"
(1994)
"I Was Blown Away"
(1995)

"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in November 1994 as the third single from the album, Sweetheart's Dance . She co-wrote the song with Jess Leary, and co-produced it with Steve Fishell. The song is Tillis' only number-one single on the Billboard country charts and earned her a second nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Contents

Background and writing

Tillis said the idea for the song came when she was watching the talk show Geraldo and saw a guest with a tattoo reading "mi vida loca", which is Spanish for "my crazy life". She presented the idea to co-writer Jess Leary, who came up with a "Tex-Mex/salsa kind of groove". Leary was initially unsure if the song's title would present difficulty to radio programmers. [2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song has a "south-of-the-border Bo Diddley feel." [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in late 1994.

Personnel

Compiled from album liner notes. [4]

Chart positions

"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 19, 1994.

Chart (1994-1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] 41
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 36

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