"Gone Crazy"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album High Mileage
B-side"Amarillo"
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1999
GenreCountry
Length3:49
LabelArista Nashville 13155
Songwriter(s)Alan Jackson
Producer(s)Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"Right on the Money"
(1998) 		"Gone Crazy"
(1999) 		"Little Man"
(1999)

"Gone Crazy" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1999 as the third single from his album High Mileage, and peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. country singles chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jackson's "stone-country vocal drips with pain and the remorse of a man who let love slip through calloused hands."[1]

Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time cited the song as a standout track on High Mileage, calling it a "spare, sad ballad" and saying that the song's theme of lost love was "not surprising" given that Jackson had just separated from, and reunited with, his wife.[2]

Chart performance

"Gone Crazy" debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week ending February 6, 1999.

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 43
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 28
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 33

References

  1. ^ Billboard, January 30, 1999
  2. ^ Remz, Jeffrey B. "High Mileage review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8150." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 24, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
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