Crazy (Ricki-Lee Coulter song)

"Crazy"
Single by Ricki-Lee Coulter
from the album Fear & Freedom
Released 13 July 2012 (2012-07-13)
Format Digital download
Genre Pop[1]
Length 3:26
Label EMI
Writer(s)
  • Ricki-Lee Coulter
  • Brian London
  • Johnny Jam
Producer(s)
  • Brian London
  • Johnny Jam
Ricki-Lee Coulter singles chronology
"Do It Like That"
(2012)		 "Crazy"
(2012)		 "Burn It Down"
(2012)

"Crazy" is a song by Australian recording artist Ricki-Lee Coulter, taken from her third studio album Fear & Freedom (2012). It was written by Coulter, Brian London and Johnny Jam, while the production was also handled by the latter two. The song was released digitally on 13 July 2012, as the third single from the album.

Lyrically, Coulter stated that "Crazy" is about "encouraging you [to] let go of your inhibitions, go crazy and let the music take over".[2] Following its release, "Crazy" peaked at number four on the ARIA Dance Chart and number 46 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The accompanying music video was directed by Melvin J. Montalban and filmed in the Callan Park Hospital for the Insane in Sydney. The video features Coulter playing three characters – a nurse, patient and psychologist.

Background and release

"Crazy" was written by Ricki-Lee Coulter, Brian London and Johnny Jam, while the production was also handled by the latter two. During an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Coulter said she wrote the song "as if I was actually singing it directly to the people on the dance floor".[2] She went on to describe it as "sensual and erotic, encouraging you let go of your inhibitions, go crazy and let the music take over".[2] "Crazy" was released digitally on 13 July 2012.[1] On 23 July 2012, it debuted at number 52 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number four on the ARIA Dance Chart.[3][4] The following week, "Crazy" fell out of the top 100 of the ARIA Singles Chart.[5] On 6 August 2012, the song re-entered the chart at number 46, where it peaked.[6]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Crazy" was directed by Melvin J. Montalban and inspired by the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day and in particular the character of Sarah Connor.[7] The video was filmed in the Callan Park Hospital for the Insane in Sydney,[8] and premiered on Vevo on 25 July 2012.[9] Coulter explained the video's concept in a behind-the-scenes video, saying: "The song 'Crazy' is all about just letting the music take over your body and take control, losing your inhibitions and going crazy and I thought why not do a play on the word crazy and do it in an asylum and act out a bit crazy. I'm actually every character, so I'm the patient but I'm also the nurse and I'm also the psychologist that's evaluating me, so it's like I'm trapped within my own head."[10]

Track listing

  1. "Crazy" – 3:26
  1. "Crazy" – 3:26
  2. "Crazy" (Instrumental) – 3:39
  3. "Crazy" (Bombs Away Remix) – 6:25
  4. "Crazy" (Doctor Werewolf Remix) – 4:53

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 46
Australia Dance (ARIA)[4] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Rank
ARIA Dance Singles Chart[12] 45

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Australia[1][11] 13 July 2012 Digital download EMI Music Australia
10 August 2012 Digital remix EP

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "iTunes – Music – Crazy – Single by Ricki-Lee". iTunes Store (Australia). Apple. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
  2. 1 2 3 McCabe, Kathy (2012-07-13). "Raunchy Ricki-Lee drops her surname Coulter on her new album Fear & Freedom". The Daily Telegraph (News Limited). Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2012-07-22). "fun. Bumps Pink From Number One On ARIA Chart". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
  4. 1 2 "Top 20 Dance Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 2012-07-29.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2012-07-29). "ARIA Number One Is Still fun.". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29.
  6. 1 2 "Ricki-Lee – Crazy". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  7. ↑ Coulter, Ricki-Lee (2012-07-25). "Watch: The brand...". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  8. ↑ Tijs, Andrew (2012-07-13). "Ricki-Lee Delivers 'Crazy' Single, Album Cover And Brisbane Show". Noise11. Noise Network. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  9. ↑ Ricki-Lee – Crazy. YouTube. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  10. ↑ Ricki-Lee – The Making Of the 'Crazy' video. YouTube. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  11. 1 2 "iTunes – Music – Crazy (Remixes) – EP by Ricki-Lee". iTunes Store (Australia). Apple. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  12. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Dance Singles 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2013-01-09.
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