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I Go Crazy (Paul Davis song)
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Wikipedia article
'"I Go Crazy"' is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the first single he released from his 1977 album 'Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales,' and his second-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #7 on the 'Billboard' chart in 1978. The song entered the 'Billboard' Hot 100 pop singles chart on 27 August 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after 27 May 1978. Overall, it spent 40 weeks (nine months and one week) on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 charts, setting what was then the record for the longest run on that chart, of consecutive weeks or not.
During the March 4, 1978 'American Top 40' show, Casey Kasem said that Davis begged his studio to have the song presented to Lou Rawls, who he thought would make it a huge success. But when the studio saw how much faith he had in the chances of the song's success, it instead decided to release a lightly edited version of Davis's own studio demo version. (Rawls did release his cover version of the song two years later.)
Content
The lyrics describe the feelings of a man who has an unexpected meeting with a former girlfriend. Both have moved on from the relationship, and he had thought she was out of his life forever. Looking at her, however, rekindles his old affection and makes him "go crazy", at least inwardly. To his credit, he does not act on these feelings, though he does realize that he is not really over her.
Covers
The song has been covered by several artists, including these four whose versions were all released as singles:
*Lee Greenwood, on his 1989 album 'If Only for One Night.' Greenwood's version was issued as a single that summer for the country music market.
*Will Downing, on his 1991 album 'A Dream Fulfilled.' Downing's version was also a single.
*David D also covered this song in the early nineties
*Barry Manilow, on his 1996 album 'Summer of '78.'
*DHT, on their 2005 album 'Listen to Your Heart.'
*Hong Kong singer Leon Lai covered in Cantonese titled "".
Chart performance
Paul Davis
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Lee Greenwood
Will Downing
Barry Manilow
DHT featuring Edme
References
Category:1977 singles
Category:Paul Davis (singer) songs
Category:Will Downing songs
Category:Lee Greenwood songs
Category:Barry Manilow songs
Category:Songs written by Paul Davis (singer)
Category:Music published by MPL Music Publishing
Category:1977 songs
Category:Bang Records singles
Category:Epic Records singles
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