Crazy for You (Hedley song)

"Crazy for You"
Single by Hedley
from the album Wild Life
Released January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
Format
Genre Disco
Length 3:37
3:21 (radio edit)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brian Howes
  • Jacob Hoggard
Hedley singles chronology
"Anything"
(2013)
"Crazy for You"
(2014)
"Heaven in Our Headlights"
(2014)

"Crazy for You" is a song recorded by Canadian pop rock band Hedley for their fifth studio album, Wild Life (2013). It was made available for purchase on iTunes on October 22, 2013 as a promotional single supporting pre-orders of the album.[1] The song was released as the second official single off the album on January 20, 2014 through Universal Music Canada.[2][3] It was a success in Canada, reaching the top 10 and selling over 166,000 copies.[4] In the US, "Crazy for You" was served to hot adult contemporary radio through Capitol Records on March 17, 2014.[5]

Music video

The official music video for "Crazy for You" was directed by J. Lee Williams and Timur Musabay, and premiered on February 14, 2014.[6][7] In the clip, the band members are locked in a psychiatric hospital, from which they escape and subsequently go on the run, whereupon they discover that the world outside is different than they remember.[8][9] The video was nominated for the Post-Production Video of the Year at the 2014 MMVAs, but it lost to City and Colour's "Thirst".[6]

Track listing

UK CD single[10]

  1. "Crazy for You (Radio edit)" – 3:21
  2. "Radio ID" – 0:04
  3. "Song Intro" – 0:10

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 7
Canada AC (Billboard)[12] 8
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[13] 5
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[14] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[15] 22

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16] 2× Platinum 166,000[4]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label(s)
Canada October 22, 2013[1] Digital download Universal Music Canada
January 20, 2014[2][3] Radio airplay
Oman February 5, 2014[17] Digital download
United States March 17, 2014[5] Hot adult contemporary radio Capitol Records

References

  1. 1 2 Hedley. "Twitter / Hedleyonline: You guys get a brand ...". Twitter.
  2. 1 2 Hedley. "Hedley - Cover Photos". Facebook.
  3. 1 2 "Hedley - Crazy For You". Virgin Radio 96. Bell Media.
  4. 1 2 Bliss, Karen (27 January 2015). "Nielsen: Canada Loved Taylor Swift, Streaming Music and, Yep, Vinyl in 2014". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 "R&R:: Going for Adds: Hot AC". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Hedley - Crazy For You (2014)". IMVDb. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ultimate Music | Hedley "Crazy For You" (Video Premiere)". josepvinaixa. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Hedley are on the run in their Crazy For You music video". MuchMusic. Bell Media. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  9. ↑ "Go Behind The Scenes Of Hedley's "Crazy For You" Music Video". ANDPOP. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Crazy For You (CD single) by Hedley: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hedley – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Hedley.
  12. ↑ "Chart Search". Billboard Canada AC for Hedley. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Chart Search". Billboard Canada CHR/Top 40 for Hedley. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Chart Search". Billboard Canada Hot AC for Hedley. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 : Page 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Hedley – Crazy for You". Music Canada.
  17. ↑ "Crazy For You - Single by Hedley". iTunes Store. Apple Inc.


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