Songfacts®:

• Many Icehouse songs have lots of pop appeal, with lyrics about a guy who finds himself all mixed up over a girl. In this one, the guy is wondering how a woman could love a man like him, thinking it to be crazy.
• "Crazy" was the breakout American hit for Icehouse, which formed 10 years earlier in Australia and first tried their luck internationally in 1981 after their debut album, Icehouse, took off in their homeland. Overseas audiences were less receptive, and unlike Men At Work, they didn't build much of a fanbase away from their home turf.
  
  "Crazy" was the first single from their fifth album, Man Of Colors, and their first to make much impact internationally. It went to #14 in America, leading the way for their next single, "Electric Blue," which reached #7.
• Many Icehouse songs were written entirely by their lead singer, Iva Davies, but "Crazy" also has contributions from band members Robert Kretschmer and Andy Qunta.
• Two music videos were made. The Australian version, directed by Mark Joffe, follows Davies on a rather perilous stroll through Sydney's Pyrmont Power Station as explosions, car crashes, and other antics unfold around him. It was shot in one continuous take.
  
  The US version, directed by John Jopson, explores the theme of romantic obsession. The clip was based on the 1971 thriller Play Misty For Me, which stars Clint Eastwood as a disc jockey who is terrorized by an obsessed fan (Jessica Walter) with an affinity for the jazz standard "Misty." Similarly, Davies acts as a late-night radio host who accepts a call from a mysterious woman (Paris Jefferson) asking, "Can you play 'Crazy' for me?"