For the 2020 Brett Kissel song, see She Drives Me Crazy (Brett Kissel song).
"She Drives Me Crazy"
Standard artwork for original 1988 release
Single by Fine Young Cannibals
from the album The Raw & the Cooked
B-side
"Pull the Sucker Off"
Released
26 December 1988
Studio
Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, US
Genre
Dance-rock[1]
funk[2]
soul[2]
pop[2]
Length
3:38 (LP version)
3:48 (single remix)
Label
London Records
Songwriter(s)
Roland Gift
David Steele
Producer(s)
David Z
Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals singles chronology
"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (1987)
"She Drives Me Crazy" (1988)
"Good Thing" (1989)
Music video
"She Drives Me Crazy" on YouTube
"She Drives Me Crazy" is a song by British group Fine Young Cannibals, released in 1988 by London Records as the first single from their second and final album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was written by the group's frontman Roland Gift with David Steele and produced by FYC with David Z. It peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart in January 1989, becoming the band's highest charting single.[3] "She Drives Me Crazy" proved an even bigger hit in the US, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on 15 April 1989 for one week and becoming the first of two chart-topping singles for the band on that chart. It also reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart,[4] as well as in countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand and Spain. It reached the top 3 on several European charts including Belgium, West Germany, Iceland, Ireland and Switzerland. Two different music videos were produced for the song, directed by Philippe Decouflé and Pedro Romhanyi.
In 2018, Time Out magazine listed "She Drives Me Crazy" at No. 28 in their countdown of "The 50 Best '80s Songs".[5] In 2023, Billboard magazine ranked it No. 77 in their "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".[6]
American country artist Dolly Parton included a reimagined country cover version on her 2008 album Backwoods Barbie.
^Breihan, Tom (28 July 2021). "Fine Young Cannibals' 'Good Thing'". Stereogum. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^ abcBillboard Staff (19 October 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 24 February 2024. But its blend of funk, soul, rock and pop melodies into something a little weird and wonderful proved alchemical...
^"Official Charts; Fine Young Cannibals. Retrieved 19 October 2018". Official Charts.
^"Fine Young Cannibals Artist Biography by Ed Nimmervoll - Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^"The 50 best '80s songs". Time Out. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^"The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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