She Drives Me Crazy

Infobox Single
Name = She Drives Me Crazy


Caption =
Artist = Fine Young Cannibals
from Album = The Raw and the Cooked
A-side = "She Drives Me Crazy"
B-side = "Pull the Sucker Off"
Released = January 1, 1989
Format = 7" single
12" maxi
CD maxi
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:38
Label = London Records
Writer = Fine Young Cannibals
Producer = David Z Fine Young Cannibals
Certification =
Last single = "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (1987)
This single = "She Drives Me Crazy" (1989)
Next single = "Good Thing" (1989)
Misc =

"She Drives Me Crazy" is a song recorded by the Fine Young Cannibals, included on their 1989 album "The Raw and the Cooked". The song peaked at #5 in the band's native UK in January 1989 before hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. on April 15, 1989. A remixed version was released in 1997.

During a short time in 1999, the song was used temporarily (because of legal issues with the theme song) as the theme for Rush Limbaugh's radio show, and is currently used by WSB Radio's Clark Howard.

The unique snare drum "pop" sound was created by recording the snare drum portion separately. A speaker was then placed on top of the snare drum, and a microphone below. The original recording of the snare drum part was played back through the speaker and re-recordedcite web| last=Daley| first=Dan| date=2001-03-01| title=Fine Young Cannibals' She Drives Me Crazy| url=http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_fine_young_cannibals/| accessdate=2007-07-05] .

Music video

Both an international and a US version of the music video were made by Pedro Romhanyi. [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=10631] Both edits include choreography based on the drum beat. There is also memorable imagery of a person with a television on their head, and a guitar erupting in fire. The US version was nominated for several 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Video.

Cover versions and parodies

The song was parodied twice: In 1989, by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "She Drives Like Crazy" on the soundtrack album "UHF"; and in 1991 by Guns and Moses as "They Drive me Brady", which featured audio snippets of "The Brady Bunch."

The Muppets parodied the song with additional lyrics by Jim Lewis for the 1994 album Kermit Unpigged. [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/She_Drives_Me_Crazy] A music video featured cameo appearances by celebrities such as Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins, David Hasselhoff and Helen Hunt. In the UK version there were still some American stars, but it was edited to include more of Ozzy Osbourne, along with some UK stars like Gloria Hunniford and even a member of Eastenders.

Dolly Parton recorded a cover of the song for her 2008 album, "Backwoods Barbie", titled "Drives Me Crazy".

Track listings

; 7" single
# "She Drives Me Crazy" — 3:35
# "Pull the Sucker off" — 3:34

; 12" maxi
# "She Drives Me Crazy" — 7:05
# "Pull the Sucker off" — 3:34

; CD maxi
# "She Drives Me Crazy"
# "Pull the Sucker off"
# "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" (the mayhem rhythm remix)

Certifications

References