"Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" is a song by Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

 pop band soulDecision

SoulDecision

soulDecision is a Canadian pop group active from 1993 to 2005, best known for their hit single "Faded".-Career:The group was formed in Vancouver under the original name Indecision by singers Trevor Guthrie and David Bowman, and keyboard player Ken Lewko, who were studying music together at Capilano...

. The song was written by front man Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie is the former lead singer of the now defunct pop group soulDecision and is now a solo artist.- Early years :...

 and was the second single of their Platinum Selling Album

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 No One Does It Better

No One Does It Better

-History:The Canadian pop band soulDecision released their debut album, No One Does It Better. The album was a mixture of R&B, Soul, and Pop.'Faded'was the first single of the album. The second single was "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy"...

. The song was originally released in 1998

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 as an independent single when the band was known as Indecision. Many AC & hot AC

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 radio stations in Canada

Canada

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 play the 1998 version rather than the album version. Even though some critics pointed to its striking similarity to George Michael

George Michael

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's "Fastlove

Fastlove

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", the song was released in 2000 in the States and a video was shot, it was directed by Stephen Scott. That video became soulDecision's first number one on TRL.

History

Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie is the former lead singer of the now defunct pop group soulDecision and is now a solo artist.- Early years :...

 is the author of the song, and he sings about a love interest who evades him. The lyrics stem from a sour relationship lead singer Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie is the former lead singer of the now defunct pop group soulDecision and is now a solo artist.- Early years :...

 went through. "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" was recorded when the band was known as Indecision and the demo can be found on the up coming "Best Of" album Faded: The Best of soulDecision.

Music video

The video begins with Dave Bowman waking up listening to the former single "Faded" and Bowman crushes the radio with a hammer and wakes up to a crowd of screaming girls. Throughout the video the members of soulDecision tries their best to evade the adoring crowd through silly costumes as they attempt to get to soundcheck. Eventually the band makes it to their soundcheck which eventually turns into a concert. This video became a hit on both Total Request Live

Total Request Live

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 and MuchMusic

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, reaching number two.

Track listing

Canada Promo Single http://www.discogs.com/soulDecision-Ooh-Its-Kinda-Crazy/release/884983

• 1 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Radio Mix] 4:08
• 2 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Club Mix] 9:39
• 3 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Club Mix - Instrumental] 9:39

Canada Vinyl, 12", Promo http://www.discogs.com/soulDecision-Ooh-Its-Kinda-Crazy/release/1643714

• A1 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Club Mix] 9:40
• A2 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Radio Mix] 4:08
• B1 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Club Mix Instrumental] 9:40
• B2 Ooh It's Kinda Crazy [22 Green Radio Mix Instrumental] 4:08

"22 Green" remixes were reproduced and mixed by Mark Ryan

H.A. Der-Hovagimian

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Charts

"Ooh Its Kinda Crazy" reached #45 on the Canadian RPM

RPM (magazine)

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Singles Chart

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. when first released in 1998. The song gained significantly on the chart when re-released in 2000, reaching #18. The song had similar success in the U.S, reaching #26 on the Mainstream Top 40. The single however seemed a bit of a letdown abroad, not charting in the United Kingdom

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or Asia, or the Hot 100. "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" went on to be a fan favorite. After this single, the band would never chart again in the United States.