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"Crazy For You"
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Single by Madonna
From the album Vision Quest Motion Picture Soundtrack
Single Released March 2nd, 1985
June 5th, 1985 (Japan)
April 16th, 1991 (re-release)
Single Format 12" Maxi Single7" Single Shaped Picture Disc 5" CD Single Cassette Single
Genre Pop
Record Label Geffen Records and Sire
Writers John Bettis
Jon Lind
Producers John "Jellybean" Benitez
Certification Gold in the United Kingdom & the United States
Chart Positions #1 US
#1 AU
#2 United Kingdom (1985 / 1991)
Madonna single chronology
"Material Girl"
1985 		"Crazy For You"
1985 		"Angel"
1985

Crazy For You is a hit single recorded by Madonna, released in 1985 and 1991. The song was recorded for the soundtrack to the movie Vision Quest, which also featured a guest appearance by Madonna herself, portraying a nightclub singer.

Song history

Released just three weeks after the release of "Material Girl", the song was Madonna's first song (along with "Gambler") that was written specifically for a soundtrack. Madonna has a cameo in the film as a nightclub singer singing both "Crazy For You" and "Gambler" in the film.

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The cover of the 1991 UK re-release.

The ballad has become a fan favourite, with numerous radio stations play the song regularly since its release. Due to the success of the song, "Vision Quest", on its release in Europe, was renamed "Crazy For You" to capitalize on the song's popularity.

On its original release the single was backed by with Berlin's song, "No More Words". The song was a minor hit in Europe. The band at the time were signed to Geffen Records, who released the single and the Vision Quest soundtrack.

In April 1991 the song was re-release in the UK as the third single from her multi-platinum greatest hits album "The Immaculate Collection". The single cover for the songs re-release was the same photo used on the cover of the US release of "Rescue Me". The cover photograph is from the photoshoot of Madonna's controversial 1990 music video for "Justify My Love", and was taken by Stephane Sednaoui.

The music video, directed by "Vision Quest" director Harold Becker, shows parts of the movie and explaining how the two lead characters fall in love. Meanwhile, Madonna sings about their love in a night club. A video was not made for the 1991 re-release.

Credits

Chart performance

"Crazy For You" became Madonna's second number one hit single in the USA. The song also was a huge hit in many European countries and reached number one in Australia and Japan.

When it was re-release in the UK in 1991 the song peaked at number 2 for two weeks.

Charts (alphabetical order)

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia 1 (4 wks)
Canada 4
Germany 36
France 47
Japan 1 (3 wks)
UK Singles Chart 2
UK Singles Chart 2 (2 wks) (re-release)
USA Billboard Hot 100 1

Certifications

Country Certification
UK Gold
UK Silver (re-release)
USA Gold

Official versions

Original versions

  1. Album Version 4:10
  2. Album Edit

Remixes

  1. Shep Pettibone/Michael Hutchinson Mix/ Q-Sound Mix 3:45
  2. Circuit Boys Mix 9:06
  3. Circuit Boys Mix Edit 6:19

Live Versions

  1. Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour ??
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