Peak
17
Weeks
23
Score
3,108
Chart Year
1994
The video for the song was directed by Marty Callner and received heavy rotation on MTV. It was one of the most requested videos of 1994.[5] It featured the third appearance of Alicia Silverstone in the band's videos, and was the career debut of Steven's then 16-year-old daughter, Liv Tyler. The decision to cast Liv in the video for "Crazy" was based on the video's creators having seen her in a Pantene commercial. "I understand why people might have a problem with [the video's content]," she remarked. "But I have no problem with it, and Steven has no problem with it. And if other people have a problem with it, it's their problem."[6] The film-like video depicts Silverstone and Tyler as schoolgirls who skip class and run away, driving off in a 1993 black Ford Mustang GT convertible in a manner similar to the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.[5] The two use their good looks to take advantage of a service station clerk and, needing money, enter an amateur pole-dancing competition. The video is edited to show the similarities in stage moves of Steven Tyler and daughter Liv. The girls win the dance competition, then spend the night in a motel. They continue their joyride the following day, where they encounter a young, sweaty and shirtless farmer (played by model Dean Kelly) aboard a tractor tilling land in the countryside. They persuade him to join them in their journey, where they all go skinny dipping in a lake. The girls take off with his clothes and leave him behind at the lake. Naked, he chases after them, and rejoins them in the convertible. The final seconds of the video show the word "Crazy" spelled out in cursive in the cropland by the still-running tractor as the farmer runs towards it and the girls drive off. Jason London makes a short cameo at the end in a tag scene, reprising his character from the "Amazing" video.
This song is about a guy whose girlfriend packs up her stuff and leaves, and just how much he misses her. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry wrote the song with Desmond Child, whose knack for coming up with a memorable chorus is often the difference between an album cut and a hit. The trio had written "Crazy" in the late '80s around the same time they wrote "Angel." The songs were deemed too similar, so while "Angel" made the 1987 Permanent Vacation album, "Crazy" didn't appear until two albums later on Get A Grip. Big ballads were good to Aerosmith, but the group had to ration them in order to retain its status as a hard rock powerhouse. The video was the third and final Aerosmith clip starring Alicia Silverstone ("Cryin'" and "Amazing" were the others), and this time she was joined by Steven Tyler's daughter and Liv Tyler, teaming up as runaway school girls who have the time of their lives on the road. >> This won a Grammy in 1995 for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. It was Aerosmith's third Grammy - they had previously won the same award for "Janie's Got A Gun" and "Livin' On The Edge," and won it again in 1999 for "Pink." >>
Come 'ere baby You know you drive me up a wall With all them nasty tricks you try to pull on my ass Seems like we're makin' up more than we're makin' love It always seems you've got something other than me on your mind Girl you got to change your ways, you hear me Say you're leavin' on the seven thirty train And that you're heading out to (Hollywood) Girl you've been givin' me that line so many times It kinda gets like feelin' bad looks good That kinda lovin' turns a man to a slave That kinda lovin' sends a man right to his grave I go crazy crazy crazy I go crazy Yeah you turn it on then you're gone Yeah you drive me crazy crazy crazy for you baby What can I do I feel like the color blue You're packin' up your shit And actin' like it's tough And tryin' to tell me that it's time to go But I know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that overcoat Yeah and it's all a show That kinda lovin' makes me wanna pull down the shade That kinda love yeah Now I'm never never never gonna be the same I go crazy crazy crazy I go crazy You turn it on and you're gone Yeah you drive me crazy crazy crazy for you baby What can I do honey I feel like the color blue I'm losing my mind Girl 'cause I'm goin' crazy I need all your love honey yeah Honey I need your love Crazy crazy crazy I go crazy You turn it on then you're gone Yeah you drive me crazy Crazy crazy for you baby Losin' my mind girl you're gone Yeah you drive Yeah Yeah Let's get outta here
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 21, 1994 | 97 | 29 |
| 2 | May 28, 1994 | 76 | 50 |
| 3 | Jun 4, 1994 | 62 | 64 |
| 4 | Jun 11, 1994 | 45 | 81 |
| 5 | Jun 18, 1994 | 38 | 88 |
| 6 | Jun 25, 1994 | 30 | 96 |
| 7 | Jul 2, 1994 | 25 | 101 |
| 8 | Jul 9, 1994 | 23 | 103 |
| 9 | Jul 16, 1994 | 20 | 106 |
| 10 | Jul 23, 1994 | 19 | 107 |
| 11 | Jul 30, 1994 | 17 | 109 |
| 12 | Aug 6, 1994 | 18 | 108 |
| 13 | Aug 13, 1994 | 19 | 107 |
| 14 | Aug 20, 1994 | 21 | 105 |
| 15 | Aug 27, 1994 | 21 | 105 |
| 16 | Sep 3, 1994 | 22 | 104 |
| 17 | Sep 10, 1994 | 30 | 96 |
| 18 | Sep 17, 1994 | 34 | 92 |
| 19 | Sep 24, 1994 | 35 | 91 |
| 20 | Oct 1, 1994 | 38 | 88 |