She Drives Me Crazy

by

Fine Young Cannibals

Album: The Raw and the Cooked      Released: 1989

US Chart: 1     UK Chart: 5

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When Fine Young Cannibals first tried to record this, lead singer Roland Gift used his regular voice and the song was "She's My Baby." No one involved with the recording liked it, but a revamping of the lyrics and a falsetto voice for the new "She Drives Me Crazy" changed everybody's opinion of the song.

After Berry Levinson heard the music The Fine young Cannibals provided for Jonathan Demme's Something Wild, he asked them for some songs for a movie he was directing called Tin Men. One of the songs the group provided was "She Drives Me Crazy."

This was their first #1 single in the US. They had another just months later - "Good Thing." (thanks Brad Wind - Miami, FL for above 3)

Despite being from England, FYC never had a #1 single in the UK. This album went to #1, though.

Dolly Parton covered this on her 2008 album Backwoods Barbie The country legend explained to Observer Music Monthly April 2008: "It's a song my husband loves. So I did it as bluegrass with a little hoedown towards the end."

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Comments:

Alan, I agree with you. I like the song, but the music video sucks.
- Lucy, Rhinebeck, NY

I really like this song but the video was awful. If I had to list the worst videos ever it would be in my top ten.
- Alan, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

She drives me crazy poop poop,she drives me crazy poop poop,and I like nothing else.How can anyony like this ridiculous poop poop song.If you like someone saying she drives me crazy poop poop 20 times then you must go to a nut house.I know there are other words in this song but what are they?
- john, Brisbane, United States

I love it, good 80s flaw...
- montse, verdú, Spain

Lol I remember when I was 3 years old I loved this song! So much so that Mum bought the tape of this album 'The Raw and the Cooked' and would play it in the car when we went out. I had good taste for an 80's kid!
- Ben, Gosford, Australia

Someone (don't know who) covered this song as a parody entitled "She Drives Me Brady"
- Ed, Incognito, IL

I gotta say, I originally thought that the "things you do don't seem real" lyric was actually "Daisy Duke does it real". So for the longest time I thought the lead singer was some big The Dukes of Hazzard fan.
- Stephanie, Tampa, FL

The Fine Young Cannibals get their name from a line in a Natalie Woods Movie. I get TFYC confused with the group London Beat. LB song "I've been thinking about you" is very similar in sound to TFYC songs. Go figure.
- Don, B G, KY

Of course, there is always Arsenio Hall's version of this song, "The Ho is Lazy", recorded under his alter rap ego Chunky A.
- James, Westchester, England

this is a good song it was used in Namco Museum 50th anniversary
- nathan, l-burg, KY

Great song, personally i like Good Thing more.
- Nathan, Defiance, OH

Kermit the Frog covered this, and apparently he meant for the lyrics to refer to Miss Piggy.
- Jude, Thomasville, GA

great song indeed, makes u think about the late 80's england, and it reminds me of the girl i fell in love with who just didnt care about me and was never interested in me
- ALI, LAHORE, Pakistan

David Steele and Andy Cox, formally from The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals, realeased a song called "Tired Of Being Push Around" and their bacnd was called Two Men, A Drum Machine and a Trumpet
- Alan, Singapore, Singapore

Roland Gift was also an aspiring actor. He acted in the TV series of Highlander
- Alan, Singapore, Singapore

F.Y.C. is comprised of members from the English Beat (an 80's ska band) and the singer was a sax player in some other early 80's ska band. Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling (both also from the English Beat), formed their own band (can you guess who?) ;-)
- Montgomery, Florence, KY

Consumer Advocate and radio show host Clark Howard uses the intro music to this song for his radio show.
- Patrick, Conyers, GA

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