(You Drive Me) Crazy
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" is the third single from pop singer Britney Spears, originally released from her debut album ...Baby One More Time in the third quarter of 1999, but was also later included on her compilation Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. The "The Stop Remix!" version of the song, which was the single (rather than the original non-remix), was first included on the original motion picture soundtrack of the film Drive Me Crazy. The soundtrack was released on September 28, 1999.
The song was written and produced by Per Magnusson, Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger & Max Martin. This dance-based single is about Britney falling head over heels in love with someone, as she proclaims "you drive me crazy".
2002 saw the release of two major-label cover versions of the track. British nu metal band SugarComa released a cover of the track as the second single from their album Becoming Something Else, receiving strong airplay in the UK, and Richard Cheese covered it in a Jazz style on his album Tuxicity.
Release history
| Region | Date | Format |
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| Germany | September 13, 1999 | CD single |
| United Kingdom | September 20, 1999 | |
| United States | September 28, 1999 | 12-inch single |
Music video
As with the previous two singles released from ...Baby One More Time, the video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy" was also directed by Nigel Dick and managed to retire itself on MTV's TRL. The video was first shown on MTV's Making the Video. In 2000, it was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in the category of Best Dance Video. The entire concept was Spears' idea. It was also the beginning of Spears' "image makeover" as she began to dress in skimpier and sexier outfits as compared to her previous videos, "Sometimes" and "...Baby One More Time". It currently has a 4/5 rating on Itunes based on over 75 reviews.It should be noted that "The Stop Remix!" is hardly a remix, but rather a different arrangement of the song containing a newly recorded vocal and arrangement. Also "The Stop Remix!" has a different video with different clips replacing clips from the original.
Shot at the Redondo Beach Power Station in California, the music video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy" begins with Spears as a waitress in a restaurant. She goes and changes into a shining green top and black pants (as seen on the single cover above), and then begins an extensive dance scene. Next, she climbs up onto a stage and sings; behind her, the word "CRAZY" is seen shining in bright orange. Actors Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier make cameo appearances in the video as well, due to the fact that the song was remixed, used in, and made to promote their film, Drive Me Crazy. The video also appeared over the end credits of the season four premiere episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, also starring Hart, in an episode that Spears also guest starred in.
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" was the second video ever featured on MTV's show Making the Video. The first was "I Do (Cherish You)" by 98º.
Chart performance
"Crazy" became Spears' second top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ten for one week, thanks to the heavy airplay it received; the song peaked at number two on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the highest of any Spears single. However, the single didn't do well in terms of sales, and it failed to chart on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. This can be mainly attributed to the fact that the song was released as a 12" single, and at the time, this format's sales could not compete with those of the regular CD singles.As with Spears' previous two singles, "Crazy" was also a success at Top 40 radio, reaching the top ten of all three charts: the Top 40 Tracks, Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic Top 40.
"Crazy" proved to be another major international hit, reaching the top five in numerous European nations, though it only managed to reach the top ten this time around in Canada and Australia. The single sold a total of 257,000 copies in the UK earning a silver certification. Britney also became the biggest selling single artist of 1999 in the UK selling over 2 million singles in less than a year.
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Platinum | 70,000 |
| France | Gold | 200,000+ |
| Germany | Gold | 150,000 |
| New Zealand | Gold | 7,500 |
| United Kingdom | Silver | 257,000 |
| Chart (1999) | Peak Position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 12 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 14 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 2 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 1 |
| European Singles Chart | 2 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 3 |
| French Singles Chart | 2 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 1 |
| Italy Singles Chart | 4 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 3 |
| German Singles Chart | 4 |
| Latvian Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 5 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Mexican Singles Chart | 1 |
| Portuguese Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 3 |
| Spain Los 40 Principales | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 4 |
- All chart positions are for the "Stop Remix".
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "(You Drive Me) Crazy".
UK CD Single (0550582)
UK Cassette Single (0550584)
UK/U.S. Promo CD (JDJ-42606-2)
Europe/Australia CD Single (0550672)
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Taiwan/Hong Kong CD Single (0550672)
Japan CD Single (AVCZ95137)
Colombia CD Promo
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Remixes/Other Versions
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- "(You Drive Me) Crazy" appears as the second track on the U.S. version of Now That's What I Call Music! 4
Trivia
- At the end of the video, Britney's right shoulder strap falls down, so she spends about 3 seconds with her left side toward the camera picking it up.
References
External links
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Last updated on Friday October 10, 2008 at 00:22:23 PDT (GMT -0700)
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