Song · Willie Nelson
“Crazy” by Willie Nelson
From the album …and Then I Wrote (1962)
“Crazy” by Willie Nelson appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 1962 on the album …and Then I Wrote. Its best result is #846 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,848 indie & aaa song of all time.
Willie Nelson cut his own "Crazy" for …and Then I Wrote, released in September 1962 with Joe Allison producing, and by then Patsy Cline had already made the song famous, in 1961. He'd written it back in Houston, where he was working for Pappy Daily's label, D Records, moonlighting as a radio DJ and playing the clubs. Then came the move to Nashville and a writing job at Pamper Music, and it was Hank Cochran who got the song to Cline.
His recording is the writer reclaiming his own song, words and music both his, in his own voice.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 846 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2014 | 874 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1443 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2026 | 1130 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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