(You Drive Me) Crazy

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"(You Drive Me) Crazy"

Single by Britney Spears
from the album ...Baby One More Time
Released	UK: September 20, 1999
Format	12" single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop/Dance
Length	3:17
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Max Martin J. Elofsson P. Magnusson D. Krueger
Producer(s)	Max Martin Rami
Certification	Silver in UK
Chart positions
#1 (United World Chart) #3 (Latvia) #5 (U.K.) #10 (U.S.) #12 (Australia) #13 (Canada)
Britney Spears singles chronology
"Sometimes" (1999)	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (1999)	"Born to Make You Happy" (1999)

"(You Drive Me) Crazy" is the third single from pop singer Britney Spears, originally released from her debut album ...Baby One More Time in the third quarter of 1999, but was also later included on her compilation Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. The "The Stop Remix!" version of the song, which was the single (rather than the original non-remix), was first included on the original motion picture soundtrack of the film Drive Me Crazy. The soundtrack was released on September 28, 1999.

The song was primarily written and produced by Spears' musical parent, Max Martin. This dance-based single is about Britney falling head over heels in love with someone, as she proclaims "you drive me crazy".

Richard Cheese covered this as a Jazz style version on his 2002 album "Tuxicity".

1 Music video
2 Tracklisting
3 Remixes/Official Versions
4 Chart performance

[edit] Music video

Spears in the video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy."

As with the previous two singles released from ...Baby One More Time, the video for "Crazy" was also directed by Nigel Dick and managed to retire itself on MTV's TRL. In 2000, it was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in the category of Best Dance Video.

Shot at the Redondo Beach Power Station in California, the video begins with Spears as a waitress in a restaurant. She goes and changes into a shining green top and black pants (as seen on the single cover above), and then begins an extensive dance scene. Next, she climbs up onto a stage and sings; behind her, the word "CRAZY" is seen shining in bright orange. Actress Melissa Joan Hart makes a cameo in the video, as well, being that the song was being coupled with her film, Drive Me Crazy.

Music video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy" at YouTube

[edit] Tracklisting

Australian/EU CD Single:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (03:16)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (Instrumental) (03:16)
I'll Never Stop Loving You (03:41)

Japanese CD Single:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (03:16)
I'll Never Stop Loving You (03:41)
Baby One More Time (Davidson Ospina Chronicles Dub) (06:30)
Sometimes (Soul Solution Mid-Tempo Mix) (03:29)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (Instrumental) (03:16)
Sometimes (Thunderpuss 2000 Mix) (08:02)

UK CD Single:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (03:16)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Dark Dub) (09:15)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Club Mix) (07:20)

UK Promo 12" Vinyl:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Pop Vocal Mix) (08:00)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Club Mix) (07:20)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Spacedust Dark Dub) (09:15)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (03:16)

USA Promo 12" Vinyl:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (Pimp Juice's Souled Out 4 That Suits Vocal Mix) (06:30)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (03:16)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Jazzy Jim's Hip Hop Mix) (03:40)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Jazzy Jim's Hip Hop Bonus Beats) (03:36)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Mike Ski Horn Build+) (03:03)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Mike Ski Dub) (08:24)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Johnick Dub) (06:31)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Pimp Juice's Donkey Punch Dub) (07:10)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Rascal Dub) (06:16)

USA 12" Vinyl:

(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix) (03:16)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Jazzy Jim's Hip-Hop Mix) (03:40)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (03:17)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Pimp Juice's Souled Out 4 That Suits Vocal Mix) (06:30)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (Mike Ski Dub) (08:24)

[edit] Remixes/Official Versions

Album Version (03:17)
The Stop Remix! (03:16)
The Stop Remix! (Instrumental) (03:16)
Jazzy Jim's Hip-Hop Mix (03:40)
Jazzy Jim's Hip-Hop Bonus Beats (03:36)
Pimp Juice's Souled Out 4 Tha Suits Vocal Mix (06:30)
Pimp Juice's "Donkey Punch" Dub (07:10)
Spacedust Club Mix (07:20)
Spacedust Dark Dub (09:15)
Spacedust Pop Vocal Mix (08:00)
Mike Ski's Dub (08:24)
Mike Ski's Horn Build (03:03)
The Rascal Dub (06:16)
Johnick Dub (06:31)
Lenny Bertoldo X Club Mix (06:58)
Lenny Bertoldo X Radio Mix (03:18)
...Baby One More Time/Crazy Medley (Unreleased - Billboard Awards 1999)

[edit] Chart performance

"Crazy" became Spears' second top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No.10 for one week, thanks to the heavy airplay it received; the song peaked at number six on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the highest of any Spears single. However, the single didn't do well in terms of sales, and it failed to chart on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. This can be mainly attributed to the fact that the song was released as a 12" single, and at the time, this format's sales could not compete with those of the regular CD singles.

As with Spears' previous two singles, "Crazy" was also a success at Top 40 radio, reaching the top ten of all three charts: the Top 40 Tracks, Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic Top 40.

"Crazy" proved to be another major international hit, reaching the top five in numerous European nations, though it only managed to reach the top twenty this time around in Canada and Australia.

The single sold a total of 257,000 copies in the UK earning a silver certification. Britney also became the biggest selling single artist of 1999 in the UK selling over 2 million singles in less than a year.

Chart (1999)	Peak*
ARC Weekly Top 40	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales	24
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	4
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	9
Austrian Top 75 Singles	10
Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles	12
Canadian Top 100 Singles	13
Dutch Top 40 Singles	2
Finnish Top 20 Singles	3
French Top 100 Singles	2

Chart (1999)	Peak*
German Top 100 Singles	4
Indonesia Chart	1
Latvian Airplay Top	3
Mexican Top 100 Singles	1
N.P. Top 100 Singles	3
New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Singles	2
Norwegian Top 20 Singles	2
Philippine Top 20 Singles	1
Swedish Top 60 Singles	2
Swiss Top 100 Singles	4
'Tokio Hot 100'	93
U.K. Top (40/75) Singles	5