(You Drive Me) Crazy
(You Drive Me) Crazy (English for " (You drive me) crazy ") is the third single of American pop - singer Britney Spears from her debut album ... Baby One More Time .
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The song was released on August 23, 1999 by Jive Records as the third single from the album. The song was written and produced by Per Magnusson, Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger and Max Martin . The single version is different from the original album version on … Baby One More Time , which was recorded in March 1998 in Sweden . On May 12, 1999, Martin and Spears got together in the Battery Studios in New York and produced The Stop! Remix that was used as a single version.
Music video
The music video accompanying the song was shot by Nigel Dick. Speaking of the video, Spears said in an interview with MTV, "It would be cool to be in a club, and we're silly waitresses, and we break out and start dancing." Spears was also convinced that the video would bring her " to the next level. ”The video also promoted the film Drive Me Crazy , so the two main actors Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier should also appear in the music video. Grenier was opposed to the idea, but Dick ultimately convinced him. The video was first broadcast on July 18, 1999 in the program Making the Video on the music channel MTV. As an additional promotion for the film, which was released on October 1, 1999, the video was released a week before on September 24, 1999, in the TV series Sabrina - Totally Verhext! shown in episode 4x01 (including guest appearance by Britney Spears).
The video begins with Spears and other women in waitress costumes going into the locker room and doing their makeup and changing there. Then she performs a dance choreograph with other people in her new outfit. The setting is based on a modern club.
reception
(You Drive Me) Crazy received mostly positive reviews.
Kyle Anderson of the music broadcaster MTV judged the song to be "a similar sounding hymn [to" ... Baby One More Time '] with a bit of electrifying rock guitar in the center. "The song is catchy.
Caryn Ganz from Rolling Stone thought the song was next to " Sometimes " and " From the Bottom of My Broken Heart " another hit from the debut album " ... Baby One More Time ".
Charts
| Charts (2011) | Best placement |
Weeks |
|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
4th | 17th |
 Austria
|
10 | 17th |
 Switzerland
|
4th | 24 |
 United Kingdom
|
5 | 11 |
 United States
|
10 | 20th |
Awards
The song won several awards including:
| year | event | price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Golden Music Awards | Best Record Dance | Receive |
| 2000 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best dance video | Nominated |
| 2000 | Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards | Best song | Nominated |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b MTV interview ( memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 26, 2015. web.archiv.org
- ↑ Making the Video in IMDb, accessed on June 26, 2015 at imdb.com
- ↑ Review by MTV ( memento of October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 26, 2015 on mtv.com
- ↑ Britney Spears biography on Rolling Stone accessed on June 26, 2015 on RollingStone.com
- ↑ a b c Charts in the DACH countries accessed on June 25, 2015 at austriancharts.de
- ↑ British singles charts accessed on June 25, 2015 on officialcharts.com
- ↑ Billboard Top 100.Retrieved June 25, 2015 from billboard.com
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )