Heart: "Crazy On You" (Live - 1976)

"Crazy on You" is the guitar-driven debut single from the female-fronted (Nancy and Ann Wilson) rock band Heart's debut album Dreamboat Annie, released in 1976. Starting with an acoustic guitar intro, the song turns into fast-paced rock song that was the signature sound of the band in their early years. "Crazy on You" attracted attention both for the relatively unusual combination of an acoustic guitar paired with an electric guitar, and the fact that the acoustic guitarist was a female – a rarity in rock music during that time. According to co-writer/guitarist Nancy Wilson on an episode of In the Studio with Redbeard (which devoted an entire episode to the Dreamboat Annie album), the rapid acoustic rhythm part was inspired by The Moody Blues song "Question".

The song's lyrics tell of a person's desire to forget all the problems of the world during one night of passion. During an interview on Private Sessions, Ann Wilson revealed the song was written in response to the stress caused by the Vietnam War and social unrest in the United States in the early seventies.

"Crazy On You" became the band's first commercial hit, peaking at #35 on the charts in the summer of 1976. Despite its modest chart, "Crazy on You" remains as one of Heart's signature tunes and is still a staple on U.S. classic rock radio stations. In late 1977, Mushroom Records re-released the single with the same catalog number and B-Side. This re-release peaked at #62 on the Hot 100 in early 1978. In the Netherlands it reached number two on the singles chart in March 1977. The single's B-side, "Dreamboat Annie", was later released on its own as an A-side.


- Lyrics:

We may still have time,
We might still get by,
Every time I think about it, I want to cry,
With the bombs and the devils,
And the kids keep coming,
Nowhere to breathe easy, no time to be young,

But I tell myself that I'm doing alright,
There's nothing left to do tonight, but go crazy on you,

Crazy on you,
Let me go crazy,
Crazy on you, oh,

My love is the evening breeze touching your skin,
The gentle sweet singing of leaves in the wind,
The whisper that calls after you in the night,
And kisses your ear in the early light,

You don't need to wonder, you're doing fine,
And my love, the pleasure's mine,

Let me go crazy on you,
Crazy on you,
Let me go crazy,
Crazy on you, oh,

Wild man's world is crying in pain,
Whatcha gonna do when everybody's insane?
So afraid of wonder,
So afraid of you,
What you gonna do?

Ah, ah, ah, ah,
Ooh,

Crazy on you,
Crazy on you,
Let me go crazy,
Crazy on you,

I was a willow last night in my dream,
I bent down over a clear running stream,
I sang you the song that I heard up above,
And you keep me alive with your sweet, flowing love,

Crazy, yeah,

Crazy on you,
Crazy on you,
Let me go crazy,
Crazy on you, oh,

Crazy on you,
Crazy on you,
Let me go crazy,
Crazy on you, yeah,

Ah, ah, ah, ah,

Crazy on you,
Crazy on you,
Let me go crazy,
Crazy on you, oh.