Song · Heart
“Crazy On You” by Heart
From the album Dreamboat Annie (1975)
“Crazy On You” by Heart appears on 102 radio countdowns from 33 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1975 on the album Dreamboat Annie. Its best result is #4 on the 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Women That Rock 24. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,215 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Crazy on You" comes off Heart's debut album Dreamboat Annie, and in 1976 it became the band's first single in the US and their third in Canada. Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson and guitarist Roger Fisher wrote it, Mike Flicker produced it for Mushroom Records, and it's a whirlwind: Nancy's acoustic guitar racing against Fisher and Howard Leese's electric guitars, Steve Fossen's bass and Kat Hendrikse's drums pushing hard, and Ann's lead vocal climbing into a full-throated roar. She plays flute on it too.
It only reached the top 35 in the US and the top 25 in Canada, but it did better in the Netherlands, where it reached number 2 in early 1977. Classic rock radio made up for lost time: as of 2019 it was one of the format's most played tracks in America, and it has turned up in films from American Pop to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
Also listed as: Crazy on You.
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