(You Drive Me) Crazy

"(You Drive Me) Crazy" is the third single from pop singer Britney Spears, originally released from her debut album ...Baby One More Time in the third quarter of 1999, but was also later included on her compilation Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. The "The Stop Remix!" version of the song, which was the single (rather than the original non-remix), was first included on the original motion picture soundtrack of the film Drive Me Crazy. The soundtrack was released on September 28, 1999.

The song was primarily written and produced by Spears' musical parent, Max Martin. This dance-based single is about Britney falling head over heels in love with someone, as she proclaims "you drive me crazy".

2002 saw the release of two major-label cover versions of the track. British nu metal band SugarComa released a cover of the track as the second single from their album Becoming Something Else, receiving strong airplay in the UK, and Richard Cheese covered it in a Jazz style on his album Tuxicity.

Music video

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Spears in the video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy."

As with the previous two singles released from ...Baby One More Time, the video for "Crazy" was also directed by Nigel Dick and managed to retire itself on MTV's TRL. In 2000, it was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in the category of Best Dance Video.

Shot at the Redondo Beach Power Station in California, the video begins with Spears as a waitress in a restaurant. She goes and changes into a shining green top and black pants (as seen on the single cover above), and then begins an extensive dance scene. Next, she climbs up onto a stage and sings; behind her, the word "CRAZY" is seen shining in bright orange. Actors Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier make cameo in the video as well, being that the song was being coupled with their film, Drive Me Crazy. The video also appeared over the end credits of an episode of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, also starring Hart, in an episode Britney Spears guest starred in.

"Crazy" was the second video ever featured on MTV's show "Making The Video." The first was by 98º

Tracklisting

• Australian CD Single

Released September 28, 1999

#	Title
1.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)	3:16
2.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!) [Instrumental]	3:16
3.	"I'll Never Stop Loving You"	3:41

• Japanese EP

Released November 16, 1999

#	Title
1.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)	3:16
2.	"I'll Never Stop Loving You"	3:41
3.	"...Baby One More Time" (Davidson Ospina Chronicles Dub)	6:30
4.	"Sometimes" (Soul Solution Mid-Tempo Mix)	3:29
5.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!) [Instrumental]	3:16
6.	"Sometimes" (Thunderpuss 2000 Mix)	8:02

• UK CD Single

Released October 19, 1999

#	Title
1.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)	3:16
2.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (Spacedust Dark Dub)	9:15
3.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (Spacedust Club Mix)	7:20

• US 12" Vinyl

Released September 28, 1999

#	Title
1.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)	3:16
2.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (Jazzy Jim's Hip-Hop Mix)	3:40
3.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy"	3:17
4.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (Pimp Juice's Souled Out 4 That Suits Vocal Mix)	6:30
5.	"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (Mike Ski Dub)	8:24

Remixes/Official Versions

• Album Version (03:18)
• The Stop Remix! (03:16)
• The Stop Remix! (Instrumental) (03:16)
• Jazzy Jim's Hip-Hop Mix (03:40)
• Jazzy Jim's Hip-Hop Bonus Beats (03:36)
• Pimp Juice's Souled Out 4 Tha Suits Vocal Mix (06:27)
• Pimp Juice's "Donkey Punch" Dub (07:10)
• Spacedust Club Mix (07:33)
• Spacedust Dark Dub (09:05)
• Spacedust Pop Vocal Mix (08:00)
• Spacedust Radio Mix (?:??) - Released On a Rare Columbian Promo Single of "You Drive Me" Crazy
• Mike Ski's Dub (08:24)
• Mike Ski's Horn Build (03:03)
• The Rascal Dub (06:16)
• Johnick Dub (06:31)
• Lenny Bertoldo X Club Mix (06:58)
• ...Baby One More Time/Crazy Medley (Unreleased - Billboard Awards 1999)
• Wade Robson Remix (Instrumental) (1:34) - From Wade Robson's Dance Beats, Vol. 1

Please note that Lenny B never did a radio edit for his Crazy remix. All edits of his mix on the Net are unofficial.

Chart performance

"Crazy" became Spears' second top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No.10 for one week, thanks to the heavy airplay it received; the song peaked at number six on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the highest of any Spears single. However, the single didn't do well in terms of sales, and it failed to chart on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. This can be mainly attributed to the fact that the song was released as a 12" single, and at the time, this format's sales could not compete with those of the regular CD singles.

As with Spears' previous two singles, "Crazy" was also a success at Top 40 radio, reaching the top ten of all three charts: the Top 40 Tracks, Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic Top 40.

"Crazy" proved to be another major international hit, reaching the top five in numerous European nations, though it only managed to reach the top twenty this time around in Canada and Australia.

The single sold a total of 257,000 copies in the UK earning a silver certification. Britney also became the biggest selling single artist of 1999 in the UK selling over 2 million singles in less than a year.

Chart (1999) Peak* ARC Weekly Top 40 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 24 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 3 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 4 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 9 Austrian Top 75 Singles 10 Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles 12 Canadian Top 100 Singles 13 Chilean Top 100 Singles 1 Dutch Top 40 Singles 2 Dutch Mega Single Top 100 2 Finnish Top 20 Singles 3 French Top 100 Singles 2

Chart (1999) Peak* German Top 100 Singles 4 Indonesia Chart 1 Latvian Airplay Top 3 Mexican Top 100 Singles 1 N.P. Top 100 Singles 3 New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Singles 2 Norwegian Top 20 Singles 2 Philippine Top 20 Singles 1 Swedish Top 60 Singles 2 Swiss Top 100 Singles 4 'Tokio Hot 100' 93 U.K. Top (40/75) Singles 5

• * all chart positions are for the "Stop Remix."