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{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
{{Infobox Single
| Name = Crazy
| image = Martin Biron.jpg
| Cover = Crazysealsingle.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| team= [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| Artist = [[Seal (musician)|Seal]]
| former_teams = [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| from Album = [[Seal (1991 album)|Seal]]
| B-side = "Sparkle" <small>(7" single)</small><br/>"Krazy" <small>(CD maxi)</small>
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| Released = 1990
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| Format = [[CD single]]<br/>[[CD maxi]]<br/>[[7" single]]
| catches = Left
| Recorded = Sarm West Studios, Northwest London
| height_ft = 6
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 175
| Length = 4:30
| Label = [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| nationality = CAN
| Writer = Seal<br/>Guy Sigsworth
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|08|15}}
| Producer = [[Trevor Horn]]
| birth_place = [[Lac-Saint-Charles, Quebec|Lac-Saint-Charles]], [[Quebec|QC]]
| Last single = "[[Killer (Seal song)|Killer]]"<br/>(1991)
| draft = 16th overall
| This single = "Crazy"<br/>(1991)
| draft_year = 1995
| Next single = "[[Future Love Paradise|Future Love EP]]"<br/>(1991)
| draft_team = [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| career_start = 1996
}}
}}
'''Martin Gaston Biron''' (born [[August 15]], [[1977]]) is a [[Canadian]] [[professional]] [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] who currently plays for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). His younger brother [[Mathieu Biron]] plays for the [[Hamilton Bulldogs]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL).


"'''Crazy'''" is a song written by English [[soul music|soul]] artist [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] (music and lyrics) and producer [[Guy Sigsworth]] (music only). The song was produced by [[Trevor Horn]] for Seal's debut album ''[[Seal (1991 album)|Seal]]'' (1991). Seal's debut [[single (music)|single]], "Crazy" is one of his biggest hits, reaching the top five in the [[United Kingdom]] and the top ten in the [[United States]]. It since has been covered by several artists, including [[Alanis Morissette]], whose version was released as a single from her album ''[[Alanis Morissette: The Collection|The Collection]]'' (2005).
==Playing career==
Biron started his hockey career on the [[Beauport Harfangs]] of the [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]] (QMJHL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the [[1995 NHL Entry Draft]], 16th overall. He got his first NHL start for the [[Buffalo Sabres]] in the [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96 season]]. After posting a 5.04 GAA, with 0 wins and 2 losses, he was sent back to the QMJHL to improve. After the [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01 season]], he was a consistent goaltender for the Sabres, as his play in the crease improved drastically.


==History==
[[Image:Martin Biron3.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Martin Biron in goal for Buffalo.]]Biron, along with [[Rob Ray]] and [[Dominik Hašek]], was one of the three Sabres who, in three consecutive years, the NHL made a specific rule against. The ''Biron rule'' was in regards to which number players could wear on their jerseys, the league limiting it to whole numbers between 1 and 98 (99 being retired in honor of [[Wayne Gretzky]]). Biron was the only NHL player affected as only he wore "00". Upon his return to the NHL three seasons later, Biron switched to number 43, a number he has worn ever since.
===Style and success===
The song's signature is a keyboard mantra that continually swells and swirls, driven by [[bass guitar|bass]]-heavy beats and [[wah-wah pedal]] guitars. Its floating, ambient stylings established a sound years before "The Politics of Dancing" by [[Paul Van Dyk]] or [[William Orbit]]'s work with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[All Saints (band)|All Saints]]. Orbit produced a remix of the track for the single release. Seal's vocals are deeply melodic and soulful, at times with a characteristic rasp, while at others soaring high above the backing track.


[[Image:Seal Crazy music video.JPG|thumb|left|The video for "Crazy" features multiple recreations of Seal himself.]]
On June 26, 2006, Biron requested a trade from the Sabres in an effort to get more playing time. On February 27, 2007, Biron was traded to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] for a second round draft pick.<ref>{{cite news | title = Sabres deal Biron to Flyers, get Conklin | publisher = Canadian Press | date = [[2007-02-27]] | url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=197883&hubname=nhl= | accessdate = 2007-02-28 }}</ref>
It was released as the first single from the album ''Seal'' in November 1990 (see [[1990 in music]]) in the United Kingdom. "Crazy" reached number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and is Seal's biggest solo hit there.<ref name="everyHit">[http://www.everyhit.com/ everyHit - UK Top 40 Hit Database]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref> The single was released in the United States in 1991, debuting at number eighty-three on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in mid-June; it peaked at number seven in late August and remained on the chart for nineteen weeks, until October.<ref>''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Issues dated from [[June 22]] to [[October 26]] [[1991]].</ref> It reached the top five on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and the top twenty on the [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] chart.<ref name="Billboard-Seal">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5630&model.vnuAlbumId=683150 "Seal - Artist Chart History"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref> It was the most commercially successful single from ''Seal'', and it is Seal's biggest hit in the U.S. before "[[Kiss from a Rose]]" (1994). In August 2003 an acoustic version of "Crazy" charted at number four on ''Billboard'''s [[Hot Digital Tracks]] chart.<ref name="Billboard-2003">''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. [[August 16]] [[2003]].</ref>


The single's [[music video]], directed by [[Big TV!]], features multiple recreations of Seal himself performing the song against a white background. A female dancer appears just before the [[bridge (music)|bridge]] of the song, and at the end Seal holds a dove while snow falls on him.
On March 27, 2007, Biron signed a two-year, $7 million contract extension with the Flyers to be the starting goalie in Philadelphia. After appearing in 62 games and recording 30 wins in the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], he led the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing in five games to the Eastern Conference champion [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].


The song is heard in the trailer for the film ''[[The Basketball Diaries]]'' (1995) and featured in a scene in [[Spike Lee]]'s ''[[Clockers]]'' (1995).
==Awards==
*QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1995)
*Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team (1995)
*Canadian Major Junior Goaltender of the Year (1995)
*AHL First All-Star Team (1999)
*[[Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award]] (fewest goals against - AHL) (1999) (shared with [[Tom Draper]])
*[[Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award]] (Outstanding Goaltender - AHL) (1999)


==Career statistics==
===Cover versions===

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The hard rock band [[Talisman (band)|Talisman]] covered the song on their 1996 album ''[[Life (Talisman album)|Life]]'', and a version by power metal band [[Iron Savior]] is included as a bonus track on their 2002 album ''[[Condition Red (album)|Condition Red]]''. Two cover versions were released in 2003: one by punk covers band [[Me First and the Gimme Gimmes]] on their 2003 album ''[[Take a Break]]'', and another by alternative metal band [[Mushroomhead]] as a hidden track on their 2003 album ''[[XIII (album)|XIII]]''. The song is also a staple cover during live performances by New York City based [[jamband]] [[U-Melt]].
===Regular season===

{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="95%"
===Track listings===
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
; CD maxi
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
# "Crazy" — 4:30
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
# "Crazy" (extended version) — 5:59
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ALIGN="center"
# "Krazy" — 6:26
! Season

! Team
; 7" single
! League
# "Crazy" — 4:30
! GP
# "Sparkle" — 3:36
! W

! L
===Charts===
! T

! OTL
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! SO
{{col-begin}}
! GAA
{{col-2}}
! SV%
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
!align="left"|Chart (1990)
| [[1994–95 QMJHL season|1994–95]]
!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
| [[Beauport Harfangs]]
|-
| [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]]
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="everyHit"/>
| 56
|align="center"|2
| 29
| 16
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1991)
| 9
!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
| -
|-
| 3193
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="Billboard-Seal"/><ref name="AMG-Seal">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:57d6vw9va9tk~T51 "Seal - Billboard Singles"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref>
| 132
|align="center"|7
| 3
|-
| 2.48
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard-Seal"/><ref name="AMG-Seal"/>
|
|- ALIGN="center"
|align="center"|5
|-
| [[1995–96 QMJHL season|1995–96]]
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]]<ref name="AMG-Seal"/>
| Beauport Harfangs
|align="center"|17
| QMJHL
| 55
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-s/seal_main.htm "Seal"]. [[Rock on the Net]]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref>
| 29
|align="center"|5
| 17
| 7
|-
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts">"Crazy", in various singles charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=Crazy&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved [[July 30]], [[2008]])</ref>
| -
|align="center"|9
| 3207
|-
| 152
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
| 1
|align="center"|5
| 2.84
|-
| .897
|align="left"|French SNEP Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|align="center"|5
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
|-
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
|align="left"|German Singles Chart<ref>German Singles Chart [http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Charts-surfer.de] (Retrieved [[July 30]], [[2008]])</ref>
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
|align="center"|2
| 3
| 0
|-
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart<ref>Irish Single Chart [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irishcharts.ie] (Retrieved [[July 30]], [[2008]])</ref>
| 2
|align="center"|6
| 0
| -
|-
|align="left"|Italian Singles Chart
| 119
|align="center"|9
| 10
| 0
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
| 5.04
|align="center"|3
| .844
|-
|- ALIGN="center"
|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
| [[1996–97 QMJHL season|1996–97]]
|align="center"|1
| Beauport Harfangs
|-
| QMJHL
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
| 18
|align="center"|1
| 6
| 10
|-
!align="left"|Chart (2003)
| 1
!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
| -
|-
| 935
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Digital Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard-2003"/>
| 62
|align="center"|4
| 1
| 3.98
| .895
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97
| [[Hull Olympiques]]
| QMJHL
| 16
| 11
| 4
| 1
| -
| 972
| 43
| 2
| 2.65
| .915
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1997–98 ECHL season|1997–98]]
| [[South Carolina Stingrays]]
| [[ECHL]]
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| -
| 86
| 3
| 0
| 2.09
| .929
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 AHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Rochester Americans]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 41
| 14
| 18
| 6
| -
| 2312
| 113
| 5
| 2.93
| .907
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 1
| -
| 281
| 10
| 0
| 2.14
| .917
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 AHL season|1998–99]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 52
| 36
| 13
| 3
| -
| 3129
| 108
| 6
| 2.07
| .930
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1999–2000 AHL season|1999–2000]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| -
| 344
| 12
| 1
| 2.09
| .924
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 41
| 19
| 18
| 2
| -
| 2229
| 90
| 5
| 2.42
| .909
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2000–01 AHL season|2000–01]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| -
| 239
| 4
| 1
| 1.00
| .955
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 18
| 7
| 7
| 1
| -
| 918
| 39
| 2
| 2.55
| .909
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 72
| 31
| 28
| 10
| -
| 4085
| 151
| 4
| 2.22
| .915
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 54
| 17
| 28
| 6
| -
| 3170
| 135
| 4
| 2.56
| .908
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 52
| 26
| 18
| 5
| -
| 2921
| 125
| 2
| 2.52
| .913
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004-05 NHL season|2004–05]]
| DNP — [[2004-05 NHL lockout|Lockout]]
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 35
| 21
| 8
| -
| 3
| 1934
| 93
| 1
| 2.88
| .905
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 19
| 12
| 4
| -
| 1
| 1066
| 54
| 0
| 3.04
| .899
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2006–07
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| NHL
| 16
| 6
| 8
| -
| 2
| 935
| 47
| 0
| 3.02
| .908
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 62
| 30
| 20
| -
| 9
| 3539
| 153
| 5
| 2.59
| .918
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" align="center" | NHL Totals
! 378
! 170
! 143
! 25
! 15
! 21247
! 907
! 23
! 2.56
! .911
|}
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|End of the year chart (1991)
!align="center"|Position
|-
|align="left"|Australian Singles Chart<ref>1991 Australian Singles Chart [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1991.htm aria.com] (Retrieved [[July 30]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|46
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref>1991 Austrian Singles Chart [http://www.austriancharts.at/1991_single.asp Austriancharts.at] (Retrieved [[July 30]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>1991 Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1991 Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved [[July 30]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|}
{{col-end}}


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===Playoffs===
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| before1= "[[Sadeness Part I]]" by [[Enigma (musical project)|Enigma]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| before2= "[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]"<br/>by [[C+C Music Factory]] featuring [[Freedom Williams]]
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| title1 = [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish]] [[List of Swedish number-one hits|number-one single]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| title2 = [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss]] [[List of Swiss number-one hits of 1991|number-one single]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ALIGN="center"
| years1 = [[February 13]], [[1991]] - [[February 27]], [[1991]] (2 weeks)
! Season
| years2 = [[March 10]], [[1991]] - [[March 31]], [[1991]] (4 weeks)
! Team
| after = "[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]" by [[Roxette]]
! League
}}
! GP
{{end box}}
! W

! L
==Alanis Morissette version==
! MIN

! GA
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Singles -->
! SO
| Name = Crazy
! GAA
| Cover = Crazy.jpg
! SV%
| Caption =
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| Type =
| 1994–95
| Artist = [[Alanis Morissette]]
| Beauport Harfangs
| alt Artist =
| QMJHL
| Album =
| 16
| Published =
| 8
| Released =
| 7
| track_no =
| 900
| Recorded = 2005
| 37
| Genre = [[Pop rock]]
| 4
| Length = 3:39
| 2.47
| Writer = [[Alanis Morissette]]
|
| Composer =
|- ALIGN="center"
| Label = [[Maverick Records|Maverick]]
| 1995–96
| Producer = [[Glen Ballard]]
| Beauport Harfangs
| Tracks =
| QMJHL
| Artist = [[Alanis Morissette]]
| 19
| Type =
| 12
| Album = [[Alanis Morissette: The Collection|The Collection]]
| 7
| Type =
| 1134
| Last single = "[[Eight Easy Steps]]"<br/>(2004)
| 64
| This single = "'''Crazy'''"<br/>(2005)
| 0
| Next single = "[[Underneath (song)|Underneath]]"<br/>(2008)
| 3.39
| Misc =
|
}}
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97
===Background===
| Hull Olympiques

| QMJHL
[[Alanis Morissette]] covered the song for a [[Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap]] advertisement in 2005, and a James Michael-produced [[remix]] of her version, which was originally produced by Morissette's longtime collaborator [[Glen Ballard]], was released as a single from her [[greatest hits]] album ''[[Alanis Morissette: The Collection]]'' (2005). Her version is briefly heard over an [[establishing shot]] of [[Central Park]] in the 2006 film ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]''. Morissette said of the cover, "it's poking fun - not only at how I've been perceived but also at what I've accurately been perceived as."<ref>Cooper, Tim. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060111/ai_n16012242 "Still crazy after all these years"]. ''[[The Independent]]''. [[January 11]] [[2006]]. Retrieved [[August 15]] [[2006]].</ref> She called the main line in the song, "You're never going to survive/Unless you get a little crazy", "one of the simplest, yet most profound statements."<ref>Tecson, Brandee J. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1513655/20051114/morissette_alanis.jhtml "Alanis Sheds Her Angst In The Form Of A Hits Album"]. [[MTV News]]. [[November 16]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref>
| 6

| 3
===Chart performances===
| 1

| 325
Released in the U.S. in mid-October 2005 (see [[2005 in music]]), Morissette's cover was less successful than Seal's original; it failed to chart on the Hot 100, instead debuting and peaking at number four on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart (which comprises the most popular songs yet to enter the Hot 100) in late November.<ref name="Billboard-2005">''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. [[December 3]] [[2005]].</ref> It was another top ten hit for Morissette on the [[Adult Top 40]] chart and was popular in [[nightclub]]s, becoming Morissette's second top ten [[Hot Dance Club Play]] hit after "[[Eight Easy Steps]]" (2004). It reached number twenty-nine in [[Canada]], number thirty-three on the United World Chart and the top forty across much of [[Continental Europe]], but in the [[United Kingdom]] it became Morissette's lowest peaking single, reaching sixty-five.
| 19

| 0
===Music video===
| 3.51

|
[[Image:Alanis Morissette Crazy music video.JPG|thumb|right|The video for Morissette's cover features her stalking an ex-lover.]]
|- ALIGN="center"
The single's video was directed by [[Meiert Avis]], who directed the video for Morissette's "Everything" (2004), and shot in [[Los Angeles, California]] in the week ending [[September 24]].<ref>Staff. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510736/20050930/young_buck.jhtml "For The Record: Quick News On Young Buck, Dr. Dre, Bright Eyes, Switchfoot, Elliott Smith, Jin & More"]. [[MTV News]]. [[September 30]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref> In it Morissette is seen walking the streets at night, performing the song in a club and obsessively following a man and his girlfriend. Eventually, Morissette confronts the man at a party. During an [[October 22]] appearance on the UK television show ''[[popworld]]'', Morissette said the video's final shot, which is of a photo showing her and the woman close together, is supposed to reveal to the audience (who, before this point, are meant to believe the man is her ex-boyfriend) that she was actually following the woman.
| 1997–98

| Rochester Americans
===Remixes===
| AHL
*Crazy ([[Glen Ballard]] mix)
| 4
*Crazy ([[Tony Kanal]] mix)
| 1
*Crazy ([[Claude Le Gache]] club mix)
| 3
*Crazy (Claude Le Gache club edit)
| 239
*Crazy ([[Eddie Baez]] coo coo club mix)
| 16
*Crazy (Eddie Baez coo coo club edit)
| 0
*Crazy (Monk's mix of meds)
| 4.01
*Crazy (Monk's mix of meds edit)
|
*Crazy ([[Michael Burns (producer)|Interstate]] full length mix)
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
*Crazy (Interstate full length mix)
| 1998–99
*Crazy (Claude Le Gache mixshow)
| Rochester Americans

| AHL
===Singles===
| 20

| 12
'''Brazilian Digital Single''' (UOL Megastore)
| 8

| 1167
'''Maxi Single'''
| 42
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
| 1
|-
| 2.16
| Crazy (Claude Le Gache Club Mix) (Edit)
| .934
|-
|- ALIGN="center"
| Crazy (EddieEdit) Baez Coo Coo Club Mix)
| 2007–08
|-
| Philadelphia Flyers
| Crazy (Monk Mix Of Meds) (Edit)
| NHL
| 17
|-
| Crazy (Interstate Mix) (Edit)
| 9
| 8
| 1048
| 52
| 1
| 2.97
| .904
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" align="center" | NHL Totals
! 17
! 9
! 8
! 1048
! 52
! 1
! 2.98
! .904
|}
|}


'''Single'''
===International===
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{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="95%"
|-
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
Crazy (James Michael Mix)
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ALIGN="center"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! W
! L
! T
! MIN
! GA
! SO
! GAA
! SV%
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1997
| Canada
| [[1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0.00
| .000
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003
| Canada
| [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| colspan="9" align="center" | ''Selected, but did not play''
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ALIGN="center"
! colspan=3 | Senior Int'l Totals
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0.00
! .000
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==Personal life==
===Charts===
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*Is married to Anne Marie Biron with three children: Jacob Mathieu, Grace Anne, and Emily Marie who was born on Tuesday April 14, 2008 (between Games 2 and 3 of the Stanley Cup Eastern Quarterfinals).
*Is good friends with his former coach [[Lindy Ruff]] and [[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]], Daniel recently signed a contract to play in Philadelphia with Biron.
*Has a summer home outside of Buffalo, New York
*His brother-in-law used to make fun of his middle name (Gaston) and they jokingly came up with the Great Gaston, a fictional lumberjack character which now appears on Biron's helmet.
*Speaks Canadian French and English fluently.


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==See also==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*[[Notable families in the NHL]]
!align="left"|Chart (2005)

!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
==References==
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{{reflist}}
|align="left"|[[Canada Top 50 Singles]]<ref name="Mariah-charts">[http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PAlanisMorissette.htm "Alanis Morissette"]. Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved [[December 16]] [[2006]].</ref>
* Meltzer, Bill [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=290770 "Flyers' Biron Getting Settled On, Off Ice" at NHL.com]. Retrieved 03-21-07.
|align="center"|29
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="Billboard-2005"/>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="Billboard-Morissette">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=121494&model.vnuAlbumId=722607 "Alanis Morissette - Artist Chart History"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref><ref name="AMG-Morissette">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:oad8vwmta9lk~T51 "Alanis Morissette - Billboard Singles"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref>
|align="center"|95
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Top 40]]<ref name="AMG-Morissette"/>
|align="center"|10
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|align="left"|U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-m/alanismorissette_main.htm "Alanis Morissette"]. [[Rock on the Net]]. Retrieved [[December 17]] [[2006]].</ref>
|align="center"|27
|-
|align="left"|South Africa [[5FM]] Top 40<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Italy Top 50 Singles<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Austria Top 75 Singles<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|20
|-
|align="left"|Czech republic Singles Chart <ref>[http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=143277&sec=597e85eb4e6ca7e3562dc89a575e72e3 Čns Ifpi<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|align="left"|Spain [[Los 40 Principales]]<ref>[http://www.los40.com/actualidad/listas/busquedas_a.html]</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
|align="left"|[[Tokio Hot 100]]<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|27
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland Top 100 Singles<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="left"|United World Chart<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|33
|-
|align="left"|Germany Top 100 Singles<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|38
|-
|align="left"|Brazil Top 100 Singles<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|56
|-
|align="left"|Sweden Top 60 Singles<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|57
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Top 75 Singles]]<ref name="Mariah-charts"/>
|align="center"|65
|-
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="Billboard-Morissette"/><ref name="AMG-Morissette"/>
|align="center"|6
|-
|}


==External links==
== References ==
*{{hockeydb|19345}}
{{Reflist|2}}
*{{legendsofhockey|18254}}
*{{nhlprofile|8462047}}
*[http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/biron.html Profile at Hockey Goalies]


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"Crazy"
Song
B-side"Sparkle" (7" single)
"Krazy" (CD maxi)

"Crazy" is a song written by English soul artist Seal (music and lyrics) and producer Guy Sigsworth (music only). The song was produced by Trevor Horn for Seal's debut album Seal (1991). Seal's debut single, "Crazy" is one of his biggest hits, reaching the top five in the United Kingdom and the top ten in the United States. It since has been covered by several artists, including Alanis Morissette, whose version was released as a single from her album The Collection (2005).

History

Style and success

The song's signature is a keyboard mantra that continually swells and swirls, driven by bass-heavy beats and wah-wah pedal guitars. Its floating, ambient stylings established a sound years before "The Politics of Dancing" by Paul Van Dyk or William Orbit's work with Madonna and All Saints. Orbit produced a remix of the track for the single release. Seal's vocals are deeply melodic and soulful, at times with a characteristic rasp, while at others soaring high above the backing track.

File:Seal Crazy music video.JPG
The video for "Crazy" features multiple recreations of Seal himself.

It was released as the first single from the album Seal in November 1990 (see 1990 in music) in the United Kingdom. "Crazy" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and is Seal's biggest solo hit there.[1] The single was released in the United States in 1991, debuting at number eighty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-June; it peaked at number seven in late August and remained on the chart for nineteen weeks, until October.[2] It reached the top five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the top twenty on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.[3] It was the most commercially successful single from Seal, and it is Seal's biggest hit in the U.S. before "Kiss from a Rose" (1994). In August 2003 an acoustic version of "Crazy" charted at number four on Billboard's Hot Digital Tracks chart.[4]

The single's music video, directed by Big TV!, features multiple recreations of Seal himself performing the song against a white background. A female dancer appears just before the bridge of the song, and at the end Seal holds a dove while snow falls on him.

The song is heard in the trailer for the film The Basketball Diaries (1995) and featured in a scene in Spike Lee's Clockers (1995).

Cover versions

The hard rock band Talisman covered the song on their 1996 album Life, and a version by power metal band Iron Savior is included as a bonus track on their 2002 album Condition Red. Two cover versions were released in 2003: one by punk covers band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their 2003 album Take a Break, and another by alternative metal band Mushroomhead as a hidden track on their 2003 album XIII. The song is also a staple cover during live performances by New York City based jamband U-Melt.

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Crazy" — 4:30
  2. "Crazy" (extended version) — 5:59
  3. "Krazy" — 6:26
7" single
  1. "Crazy" — 4:30
  2. "Sparkle" — 3:36

Charts

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Alanis Morissette version

"Crazy"
Song

Background

Alanis Morissette covered the song for a Gap advertisement in 2005, and a James Michael-produced remix of her version, which was originally produced by Morissette's longtime collaborator Glen Ballard, was released as a single from her greatest hits album Alanis Morissette: The Collection (2005). Her version is briefly heard over an establishing shot of Central Park in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. Morissette said of the cover, "it's poking fun - not only at how I've been perceived but also at what I've accurately been perceived as."[13] She called the main line in the song, "You're never going to survive/Unless you get a little crazy", "one of the simplest, yet most profound statements."[14]

Chart performances

Released in the U.S. in mid-October 2005 (see 2005 in music), Morissette's cover was less successful than Seal's original; it failed to chart on the Hot 100, instead debuting and peaking at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart (which comprises the most popular songs yet to enter the Hot 100) in late November.[15] It was another top ten hit for Morissette on the Adult Top 40 chart and was popular in nightclubs, becoming Morissette's second top ten Hot Dance Club Play hit after "Eight Easy Steps" (2004). It reached number twenty-nine in Canada, number thirty-three on the United World Chart and the top forty across much of Continental Europe, but in the United Kingdom it became Morissette's lowest peaking single, reaching sixty-five.

Music video

File:Alanis Morissette Crazy music video.JPG
The video for Morissette's cover features her stalking an ex-lover.

The single's video was directed by Meiert Avis, who directed the video for Morissette's "Everything" (2004), and shot in Los Angeles, California in the week ending September 24.[16] In it Morissette is seen walking the streets at night, performing the song in a club and obsessively following a man and his girlfriend. Eventually, Morissette confronts the man at a party. During an October 22 appearance on the UK television show popworld, Morissette said the video's final shot, which is of a photo showing her and the woman close together, is supposed to reveal to the audience (who, before this point, are meant to believe the man is her ex-boyfriend) that she was actually following the woman.

Remixes

  • Crazy (Glen Ballard mix)
  • Crazy (Tony Kanal mix)
  • Crazy (Claude Le Gache club mix)
  • Crazy (Claude Le Gache club edit)
  • Crazy (Eddie Baez coo coo club mix)
  • Crazy (Eddie Baez coo coo club edit)
  • Crazy (Monk's mix of meds)
  • Crazy (Monk's mix of meds edit)
  • Crazy (Interstate full length mix)
  • Crazy (Interstate full length mix)
  • Crazy (Claude Le Gache mixshow)

Singles

Brazilian Digital Single (UOL Megastore)

Maxi Single

Crazy (Claude Le Gache Club Mix) (Edit)
Crazy (EddieEdit) Baez Coo Coo Club Mix)
Crazy (Monk Mix Of Meds) (Edit)
Crazy (Interstate Mix) (Edit)

Single

Crazy (James Michael Mix)

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Canada Top 50 Singles[17] 29
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[15] 6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[18][19] 95
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[19] 10
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40[20] 27
South Africa 5FM Top 40[17] 2
Italy Top 50 Singles[17] 3
Austria Top 75 Singles[17] 20
Czech republic Singles Chart [21] 22
Spain Los 40 Principales[22] 23
Tokio Hot 100[17] 27
Switzerland Top 100 Singles[17] 31
United World Chart[17] 33
Germany Top 100 Singles[17] 38
Brazil Top 100 Singles[17] 56
Sweden Top 60 Singles[17] 57
UK Top 75 Singles[17] 65
Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18][19] 6

References

  1. ^ a b everyHit - UK Top 40 Hit Database. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  2. ^ Billboard. Issues dated from June 22 to October 26 1991.
  3. ^ a b c "Seal - Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  4. ^ a b Billboard. August 16 2003.
  5. ^ a b c "Seal - Billboard Singles". Billboard and Allmusic. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  6. ^ "Seal". Rock on the Net. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Crazy", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved July 30, 2008)
  8. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved July 30, 2008)
  9. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved July 30, 2008)
  10. ^ 1991 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved July 30, 2008)
  11. ^ 1991 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved July 30, 2008)
  12. ^ 1991 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved July 30, 2008)
  13. ^ Cooper, Tim. "Still crazy after all these years". The Independent. January 11 2006. Retrieved August 15 2006.
  14. ^ Tecson, Brandee J. "Alanis Sheds Her Angst In The Form Of A Hits Album". MTV News. November 16 2005. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  15. ^ a b Billboard. December 3 2005.
  16. ^ Staff. "For The Record: Quick News On Young Buck, Dr. Dre, Bright Eyes, Switchfoot, Elliott Smith, Jin & More". MTV News. September 30 2005. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Alanis Morissette". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved December 16 2006.
  18. ^ a b "Alanis Morissette - Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  19. ^ a b c "Alanis Morissette - Billboard Singles". Billboard and Allmusic. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  20. ^ "Alanis Morissette". Rock on the Net. Retrieved December 17 2006.
  21. ^ Čns Ifpi
  22. ^ [1]
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