Crazy

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Written by: Willie Nelson
Produced by: Owen Bradley
Released: Oct. '61 on Decca
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 9

Cline wasn't impressed when she heard a demo by a twenty-eight-year-old rookie Nashville songwriter named Willie Nelson. Told the song's title was "Crazy," she responded, "It sure is." But Bradley helped Cline make it her own with a lush arrangement and understated backing vocals from gospel group the Jordanaires, while Cline infused the lyrics with slow-burn sex appeal. "Crazy" set the stage for a sophisticated new phase of the C&W sound called "countrypolitan," although Cline herself wouldn't be around to shape it; she died in a plane crash less than two years later.

Appears on: Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits (MCA)

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