"Crazy" by Patsy Cline

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"Crazy" by Patsy Cline is a landmark 1961 country-pop ballad, written by Willie Nelson and renowned for Cline’s emotive vocal performance and its enduring crossover success.

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"Crazy" by Patsy Cline canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country song ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Showcase ⓘ
associatedAct The Jordanaires ⓘ
backingVocalsBy The Jordanaires ⓘ
bSide Who Can I Count On ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard Easy Listening number 2 ⓘ
Billboard Hot 100 number 9 ⓘ
Billboard Hot Country & Western Sides number 2 ⓘ
composer Willie Nelson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coveredBy LeAnn Rimes ⓘ
Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
crossoverSuccess yes ⓘ
decade 1960s ⓘ
era Nashville Sound ⓘ
linked to: Nashville sound
genre country ⓘ
country pop ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasCoverVersions yes ⓘ
instrumentation orchestral strings ⓘ
piano ⓘ
steel guitar ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Decca 31317 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:41 ⓘ
notableFor country-pop crossover appeal ⓘ
emotive vocal performance by Patsy Cline ⓘ
signature song of Patsy Cline ⓘ
originalArtist Patsy Cline ⓘ
performer Patsy Cline ⓘ
producer Owen Bradley ⓘ
recordedBy Patsy Cline ⓘ
recordingDate 1961-08-21 ⓘ
recordingLocation Bradley Film and Recording Studio, Nashville ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1961-10-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1961 ⓘ
songwriterCareerImpact early hit for Willie Nelson as a songwriter ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme heartbreak ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
title Crazy ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy Patsy Cline ⓘ
vocalStyle torch ballad ⓘ
writer Willie Nelson ⓘ

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Nashville sound → hasCrossoverHits → "Crazy" by Patsy Cline ⓘ