I Guess I'm Crazy

"I Guess I'm Crazy"

Single by Jim Reeves

from the album The Best 2

"Not Until the Next Time"

Released

June 1964

Jim Reeves singles chronology

"Love Is No Excuse"
(1964)

"I Guess I'm Crazy"
(1964)

"I Won't Forget You"
(1965)

"I Guess I'm Crazy" is a 1955 song composed by Werly Fairburn. The song was first recorded in 1955 by Tommy Collins who peaked at number thirteen on the C&W Best Seller chart.^[1]

It was later covered in April 1965 By Irish Country singer Larry Cunningham, and peaked #4 at the Irish charts.

Contents

1 Jim Reeves version
2 Chart performance
- 2.1 Tommy Collins
- 2.2 Jim Reeves
3 References

Jim Reeves version

In 1964, Jim Reeves had his first of six posthumous number ones on the U.S. country music chart with his version of "I Guess I'm Crazy", which spent seven weeks at the top and a total of twenty-four weeks on the chart.^[2] Also, topped the Canadian charts for a single week, making this song to be the first song ever to top the newly formed RPM Country charts in Canada

Chart performance

Tommy Collins

Chart (1955)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	13

Jim Reeves

Chart (1964)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	82
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 86.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 286.

Preceded by "Dang Me" by Roger Miller	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Jim Reeves version) August 29–October 10, 1964	Succeeded by "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" by Buck Owens
Preceded by none	RPM Country Tracks number-one single (Jim Reeves version) September 14, 1964	Succeeded by "I Don't Love You Anymore" by Charlie Louvin