I Go Crazy (Paul Davis song)

"I Go Crazy"
Single by Paul Davis
from the album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales
B-side	"Reggae Kinda Way"
Released	August 1977
Format	Single
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:52
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Paul Davis
Producer(s)	Phil Benton Paul Davis
Paul Davis singles chronology
"Superstar" (1976) "I Go Crazy" (1977) "Darlin'" (1978)

"I Go Crazy" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the first single he released from his 1977 album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales, and his second-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #7 on the Billboard chart in 1978. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart on 27 August 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after 27 May 1978. Overall, it spent 40 weeks (nine months and one week) on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, setting what was then the record for the longest run on that chart, of consecutive weeks or not.^[1] During the March 4, 1978, American Top 40 show, Casey Kasem related that Paul Davis begged his studio to have the song presented to Lou Rawls, who he thought would make it a huge success but, when the studio saw how much faith he had in the chances of the song's success, it decided to release a lightly edited version of Davis' studio demo version.

Covers

The song has been covered by several artists, including these four whose versions were all released as singles:

• Lee Greenwood, on his 1989 album If Only for One Night. Greenwood's version was issued as a single that summer for the country music market.
• Will Downing, on his 1991 album A Dream Fulfilled. Downing's version was also a single.
• Barry Manilow, on his 1996 album Summer of '78.
• DHT, on their 2005 album Listen to Your Heart.

Chart performance

Paul Davis

Weekly singles charts Chart (1977-78) Peak position Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] 4 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 7 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 25

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Rank Canada [4] 39 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 12 U.S. Cash Box [6] 44

Lee Greenwood

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7]	47
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	55

Will Downing

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	37

Barry Manilow

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	30

DHT featuring Edmée

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[9]	3
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[10]	15
France (SNEP)[11]	76
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]	56

References

1. ""I Go Crazy" singer Paul Davis dies". CNN. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
2. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
4. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
5. "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
7. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6559." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
8. "Lee Greenwood – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lee Greenwood.
9. "Ultratop.be – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
10. "Ultratop.be – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in French). Ultratip.
11. "Lescharts.com – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in French). Les classement single.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – DHT feat. Edmée – I Go Crazy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.