"Crazy Girl" is the title of a song recorded by the Eli Young Band

Eli Young Band

Eli Young Band is an American country music band based in Denton, Texas. The band is composed of Mike Eli , James Young , Jon Jones , and Chris Thompson . They released their self-titled debut album in 2002, followed by the Carnival records release Level in 2005...

, an American country music

Country music

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 group. It was released in March 2011 as the fifth single of their career, and the first from their album Life at Best

Life at Best

Life at Best is the title of an album by Eli Young Band, an American country music band. It was released on August 16, 2011 via Republic Nashville...

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Liz Rose

Liz Rose

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 co-wrote the song with Curb Records

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 artist Lee Brice

Lee Brice

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. According to Rose, the idea for the song came after the two began talking about how "females[…] have our crazy moments". Of the opening stanza, Rose said, "I know I've had those relationships on both sides, where you wanted to tell somebody[…]'Why don't you just chill? I'm not going anywhere!" Brice added that the song's melody "just took us to a place. It was kind of a sensitive kind of song, but it still had this edge to it that was really cool." He also thought that Rose was "good" at writing with a new artist such as him. Bassist Jon Jones said of the song, "Any time you find one [song] that's written a little differently, that's good."

Critical reception

Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, praising the "particularly good" melody and the "effectively charming" lyrics, although he thought that it would have been better with a third verse. Ben Foster of Country Universe gave the song a C grade, saying that the narrator's attitude sounds "plain disrespectful of the woman's feelings." He goes on to say that "beyond the chorus, the verses are innocuous enough, but there’s just nothing here to overcome the fact that the song’s hook falls spectacularly flat."

Music video

The music video was directed by Brian Lazzaro and premiered in March 2011. A live music video was directed by Mason Dixon.

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position