I Guess I'm Crazy
| "I Guess I'm Crazy" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Jim Reeves | ||||
| from the album The Best 2 | ||||
| B-side | "Not Until the Next Time" | |||
| Released | June 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1955 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Werly Fairburn | |||
| Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
| Jim Reeves singles chronology | ||||
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"I Guess I'm Crazy" is a 1955 song composed by Werly Fairburn. The song was first recorded in 1955 by Tommy Collins who peaked at number thirteen on the C&W Best Seller chart.[1]
Jim Reeves version
[edit]- In 1964, Jim Reeves had his first of six posthumous number one hits on the U.S. country music chart with his version of "I Guess I'm Crazy", which spent seven weeks at the top and a total of twenty-four weeks on the chart.[2] On the Easy Listening charts it peaked at number eighteen.[3] "I Guess I'm Crazy" also topped the Canadian charts for a single week, making this song to be the first song ever to top the newly formed RPM Country charts in Canada.
Chart performance
[edit]Tommy Collins
[edit]| Chart (1955) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 13 |
Jim Reeves
[edit]| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening Singles | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 82 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Other Cover Versions
[edit]- It was later covered in April 1965 By Irish Country singer Larry Cunningham, and peaked #4 at the Irish charts.
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 86.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 286.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 202.
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