We Weren't Crazy (song)

"We Weren't Crazy" is a single by American country music artist Josh Gracin. It is the third single released from his second album, also titled We Weren't Crazy. The song, which Gracin wrote with Bobby Pinson and Tony Lopachinski, is Gracin's fourth Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with a peak of number ten.

Content

"We Weren't Crazy" is a moderate up-tempo in which the narrator describes his adult years: starting with a move to California with his lover, then raising children and having a family of his own. In the chorus, he states that he and she, though they may have been "living for the moment", "loving blind [and] borderline reckless", they "weren't crazy" for starting their family the way they did.

Music video

The music video shows clips from Josh Gracin's life, and was directed by Stephen Shepherd.

Reception

The 9513 critic Jim Malec gave the song a thumbs-up rating. Although he said that the lyric was not "brilliant or groundbreaking", he added that Gracin's voice and "infectious chorus" made it a song that "does what it does well".^[1] Thom Jurek of Allmusic cited the song as a standout on his review of the album as well.^[2]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 51 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated November 3, 2007, and entered the Top 40 on the chart week of January 12, 2008. The song reached a peak of number 10 in August 2008 after 40 weeks on the charts, one of the longest climbs to reach the Top 10. ^[3]

End of year charts

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