Song · Patsy Cline
“Crazy” by Patsy Cline
From the album Showcase (1961)
“Crazy” by Patsy Cline appears on 15 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1961 on the album Showcase. Its best result is #12 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,527 alternative song of all time.
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Patsy Cline's "Crazy", cut for her 1961 album Showcase with Owen Bradley producing, began as a Willie Nelson song written back in Houston, when Nelson was playing records on the radio, working clubs and writing for Pappy Daily's D Records. He took it with him to Nashville, where he signed on as a writer at Pamper Music, and Hank Cochran got it to Cline.
She sings it like a woman holding herself together by a thread, every ache weighed and placed just so, and the backing stays hushed enough to hang on each word. Her version went to number two on Billboard's country singles chart and crossed into the pop top 10, then settled in as a country standard; by 1996 no song had been played more on American jukeboxes. The Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry in 2003.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 972 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2001 | 18 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 65 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 233 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 12 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 58 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2014 | 110 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2018 | 105 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 808 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 808 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2020 | 51 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 33 | WYEP | WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown | 168 |
| 2023 | 51 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 343 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2026 | 209 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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