She Drives Me Crazy
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| Single by Fine Young Cannibals from the album The Raw and the Cooked |
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| A-side | "She Drives Me Crazy" | ||||
| B-side | "Pull the Sucker Off" | ||||
| Released | January 1, 1989 | ||||
| Format | 7" single 12" maxi CD maxi |
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| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Pop rock | ||||
| Length | 3:38 | ||||
| Label | London Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Fine Young Cannibals | ||||
| Producer | David Z Fine Young Cannibals |
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"She Drives Me Crazy" is a song recorded by the Fine Young Cannibals, included on their 1989 album The Raw and the Cooked. The song peaked at #5 in the band's native UK in January 1989 before hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. on April 15, 1989. A remixed version was released in 1997.
During a short time, the song was used temporarily (because of legal issues with the theme song) as the theme for Rush Limbaugh's radio show, and is currently used by WSB Radio's Clark Howard.
It is one of the '80s tunes that can be heard in the arcade game compilation Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection, for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC.
The unique snare drum "pop" sound was created by recording the snare drum portion separately. A speaker was then placed on top of the snare drum, and a microphone below. The original recording of the snare drum part was played back through the speaker and re-recorded[1].
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[edit] Covers and parodies
The song was parodied twice: In 1989, by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "She Drives Like Crazy" on the soundtrack album "UHF"; and in 1991 by Guns and Moses as "They Drive me Brady", which featured audio snippets of The Brady Bunch.
The Muppets parodied the song with additional lyrics by Jim Lewis for the 1994 album Kermit Unpigged.[1] A music video featured cameo appearances by celebrities such as Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins, David Hasselhoff and Helen Hunt. In the UK version there were still some American stars, but it was edited to include more of Ozzy Osbourne, along with some UK stars like Gloria Hunniford and even a member of Eastenders.
Dolly Parton recorded a cover of the song for her 2008 album, Backwoods Barbie.
[edit] Track listings
- 7" single
- "She Drives Me Crazy" (3:35)
- "Pull the Sucker off" (3:34)
- 12" maxi
- "She Drives Me Crazy" (7:05)
- "Pull the Sucker off" (3:34)
- CD maxi
- "She Drives Me Crazy"
- "Pull the Sucker off"
- "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" (the mayhem rhythm remix)
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1989)[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 54 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 5 |
| US ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 11 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 17 |
| New Zealander Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| Chart (1997)[8] | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart | 36 |
| Preceded by "That's the Way Love Is" by Ten City |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single March 18, 1989 - March 25, 1989 |
Succeeded by "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" by Maurice |
| Preceded by "The Look" by Roxette |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 15, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Like a Prayer" by Madonna |
[edit] References
- ^ Snare Drum Sound. Fine Young Cannibals' She Drives Me Crazy. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
- ^ "She Drives Me Crazy", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 31, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart (1989) Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart (1997) Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
