“Crazy” by Aerosmith

"Crazy" was the fifth single Aerosmith pulled from their 1993 album Get a Grip, arriving in May 1994, and it's a ballad with a swagger. Steven Tyler wrote it with Joe Perry and Desmond Child, and it had been kicking around since the days of "Angel", held back because the band didn't want to stack up too many slow ones and lose their rock reputation.

Tyler does everything but sweep the floor: lead vocal, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards. Perry adds an Appalachian dulcimer alongside his and Brad Whitford's guitars, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer keep it rolling, and the Margarita Horns strut in behind them. Bruce Fairbairn produced (and blew some trumpet), Brendan O'Brien mixed, and Marty Callner directed the video, which starred Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone.

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