Crazy Love

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"Crazy Love" is a torch ballad written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, Moondance. Released as a single in May 1970 with "Come Running" as the A side, the cover of the single shows Morrison with his then-wife, Janet "Planet" Rigsbee. The photograph was taken by Elliot Landy, the official photographer of the 1969 Woodstock festival.

Van Morrison and Bob Dylan sang a duet of "Crazy Love" on the BBC film, One Irish Rover in 1991. Morrison played guitar and Dylan played harmonica in this appearance together.

Belfast born former Van Morrison back-up singer, Brian Kennedy's cover of "Crazy Love" was featured in the 1994 movie, ''When a Man Loves a Woman.

Ray Charles introduced Van Morrison by starting the first verse before Van's appearance when he was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2003. Morrison and Charles then finished with a duet of "Crazy Love". Ray Charles remarked about this performance: "It meant a lot to sing 'Crazy Love' on stage that evening." Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles' 2004 album, includes this duet featuring the two singers.

"Crazy Love" was listed as No. 198 on the All Time 885 Greatest Songs compiled in 2004 by WXPN from listener's votes.

Appearance on other albums

The duet featuring Ray Charles and Van Morrison as performed at the 2003 HOF awards is one of the 31 songs on the compilation album The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 released in 2007.
"Crazy Love" is one of the hits included on the 2007 compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.