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<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/I_Go_Crazy_-_Paul_Davis.jpg/250px-I_Go_Crazy_-_Paul_Davis.jpg" height="247" width="250"></p><p><br></p><p><strong>"I Go Crazy"</strong> is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Davis_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Davis</a>. It was the first single released from his 1977 album <em>Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales,</em> and his second-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #7 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> chart in 1978. The song entered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a> on August 27, 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after May 27, 1978. Overall, it spent 40 weeks (nine months and one week) on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a>, setting what was then the record for the longest run on that chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Go_Crazy_(Paul_Davis_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></p><p>During the March 4, 1978 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Top_40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>American Top 40</em></a> show, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Kasem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Casey Kasem</a> said that Davis begged his studio to have the song presented to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Rawls" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lou Rawls</a>, who he thought would make it a huge success. But when the studio saw how much faith he had in the chances of the song's success, it instead decided to release a lightly edited version of Davis's own studio demo version. (Rawls did release his cover version of the song two years later.)</p><h2>Content</h2><p>The lyrics describe the feelings of a man who has an unexpected meeting with a former girlfriend. Both have moved on from the relationship, and he had thought she was out of his life forever. Looking at her, however, rekindles his old affection and makes him "go crazy", at least inwardly. To his credit, he does not act on these feelings, though he does realize that he is not really over her.</p><h2>Personnel</h2><p>Instrumental credits taken from Mixonline.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Go_Crazy_(Paul_Davis_song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Davis_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Davis</a> – lead and backing vocals, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_piano" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fender Rhodes electric piano</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crumar Univox Stringman</a></li><li>Alan Feingold – grand piano, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_Odyssey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ARP Odyssey</a></li><li>Kenny Mims – electric guitar</li><li>Bill Linnane – keyboard</li><li>Ed Seay – bass guitar, backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stroud" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Stroud</a> – drums</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Zager" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Zager</a> – string arrangements</li></ul><p><br></p>