I Go Crazy (Paul Davis song)
"I Go Crazy" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the first single 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 Hot 100 on August 27, 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after May 27, 1978. Overall, it spent 40 weeks (nine months and one week) on the Hot 100, setting what was then the record for the longest run on that chart.
| "I Go Crazy" | ||||
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German single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Paul Davis | ||||
| from the album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales | ||||
| B-side | "Reggae Kinda Way" | |||
| Released | June 1977 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:52 (album Version) 3:37 (single version − as printed on label but plays identical to album version) | |||
| Label | Bang (US, Canada, UK) Stateside (Australia) Bellaphon (Germany) EMI (New Zealand) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Davis | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Benton Paul Davis | |||
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| Alternative release | ||||
Side A of US single | ||||
During the March 4, 1978 American Top 40 show, Casey Kasem said that 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 instead decided to release a lightly edited version of Davis's own studio demo version. (Rawls did release his cover version of the song two years later.)