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“I Go Crazy” by Flesh for Lulu

Released 1986

“I Go Crazy” by Flesh for Lulu appears on 24 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1986. Its best result is #21 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 1987, #1,932 alternative song of all time and #92 of the '80s.

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10stations
#21best position
0#1 finishes
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1987–2023years charted

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"I Go Crazy" comes from Long Live the New Flesh, the third album by British band Flesh for Lulu, released in 1987 on Beggars Banquet. Stephen Hague produced it, and Rocco Barker, Nick Marsh, Kev Mills and James Mitchell share the writing. Hague gives it a gleaming new wave sheen, all ringing chords and a yearning, sing-along chorus.

It became a hit on American college radio, and its spot on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful carried it much further. Two videos were made: one by Andy Morahan built around clips from the movie, and a promo for the single directed by Nick Egan.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 72 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 21 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 22 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 69 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 457 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 44 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 358 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 230 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 358 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 381 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 407 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 195 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 471 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 427 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 472 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 235 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 752 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 247 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 819 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 1243 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1922 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2021 816 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 554 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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