The Closest Thing to Crazy

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"The Closest Thing to Crazy"

Single by Katie Melua
from the album Call Off the Search
Released	December 1, 2003
Format	CD
Genre	Jazz/Blues
Length	4:11
Label	Dramatico
Producer(s)	Mike Batt
Chart positions
#10 (UK Singles Chart)
Katie Melua singles chronology
	"The Closest Thing to Crazy" (2003)	"Call Off the Search" (2004)

The Closest Thing To Crazy is the debut single of Georgian born songstress Katie Melua. It is featured on her hugely successful album, Call Off the Search. The single was originally due out in January 2004 but it was released a month early in an attempt by Terry Wogan to make it that year’s Christmas number one. In fact the single only ever reached number ten in the UK charts.

1 Track listings
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 External links

[edit] Track listings

Closest Thing to Crazy (Mike Batt)
Downstairs to the Sun (Katie Melua)
Thank You, Stars (Mike Batt)

The enhanced CD had the video of "The Closest Thing To Crazy".

[edit] Personnel

Katie Melua - guitar, vocals
Mike Batt - organ, piano, conductor
Jim Cregan - guitar
Tim Harries - bass
Irish Film Orchestra - orchestra
Michael Kruk - drums
Alan Smale - leader
Chris Spedding - guitar
Henry Spinetti – drums

[edit] Production

Producer: Mike Batt
Engineer: Steve Sale
Arranger: Mike Batt

[edit] External links

Katie Melua
Albums
Call off the Search \| Piece by Piece
Singles
"The Closest Thing to Crazy" \| "Call off the Search" \| "Crawling up a Hill" \| "Nine Million Bicycles" \| "I Cried for You" \| "Spider's Web" \| "It's Only Pain" \| "Shy Boy"