Song · Icehouse
“Crazy” by Icehouse
From the album Man of Colours (1987)
“Crazy” by Icehouse appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1987 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album Man of Colours. Its best result is #28 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1987, #3,251 alternative song of all time and #315 of the '80s.
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"Crazy" opened the account for Man of Colours, Icehouse's fifth album, in 1987, the first of five top 30 singles the Australian band pulled from it. Iva Davies wrote it with bandmates Robert Kretschmer and Andy Qunta, and David Lord produced, giving it a sleek, shimmering glide that's all heartache and chrome. American radio grabbed it the minute it arrived, and it got to 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on Australia's Kent Music Report.
It came with two videos. The Australian one follows Davies through the disused Pyrmont Power Station in Sydney in a single unbroken take while explosions, a car crash and assorted strangers erupt around him. The American cut, directed by John Jopson to a longer edit of the song, moves between Sydney's State Theatre, a DJ booth at Radio 2SM and the Yester Grange estate in the Blue Mountains.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 28 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
| 1987 | 30 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 474 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 429 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 856 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1748 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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