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Beautiful Crazy

Beautiful Crazy

2018 single by Luke Combs


"Beautiful Crazy" is a song recorded by American country music singer Luke Combs. The song, which he wrote with Wyatt Durrette and Robert Williford, is a bonus track to his 2017 debut album This One's for You. The song had gained viral attention prior to its release as a single.

Quick Facts Single by Luke Combs, from the album This One's for You Too ...

History

Before being released as a single, Combs posted videos to Facebook of himself performing the song. It also became a regular performance in his concerts, and in 2018, he re-issued his debut album This One's for You (titled This One's for You Too) with a studio version as a bonus track. It was officially sent to radio with an adds date of December 3, 2018.[1] Taste of Country describes the song as "a slow, personal love song that truly showcases the singer's talents".[2]

Chart performance

On the Hot Country Songs chart dated May 19, 2018, "Beautiful Crazy" debuted at number 6, Combs's highest debut on that chart at the time. The song had not been released as a single at the time, but achieved this position through downloads and streaming following the release of This One's for You Too.[3] The song reached the top 10 at Country Airplay while Combs' previous single "She Got the Best of Me" was still falling out of the top 10. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart dated March 2, 2019, making Combs the first artist to send his or her first five singles to number one since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in January 1990.[4] It stayed there for seven weeks until it was dethroned by Brett Young's "Here Tonight", becoming Combs' longest reign at number one.[5] The same week, it reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, becoming his second number one on that chart.[4] It also reached number one on Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales.[4] The song's seven-week reign atop Country Airplay was the longest since the chart's inception in 2012 and the longest for a song based strictly off airplay since "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw in 2004. It also stayed at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart for 11 weeks.[6]

The song was certified Diamond by the RIAA on June 12, 2023.[7] It has sold 610,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020.[8]

Personnel

From This One's for You Too liner notes.[9]

  • Luke Combs - lead vocals
  • Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
  • Wil Houchens – keyboards
  • Carl Miner – acoustic guitar
  • Scott Moffatt – electric guitar, background vocals, producer, mixing
  • Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar
  • Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar
  • Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar

Charts

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Certifications

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References

  1. "Luke Combs Reveals Next Radio Single". iHeartRadio. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  2. "Luke Combs' 'Beautiful Crazy' Is a Single for the Fans [Listen]". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  3. Bjorke, Matt (March 4, 2020). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: March 2, 2020". Rough Stock. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. This One's for You Too (CD booklet). Luke Combs. River House Artists/Columbia Records. 2018. 19075-82928-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "Top 100 Songs". Rolling Stone. August 9, 2019. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  6. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  7. "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  8. "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  9. "Country Airplay – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  10. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  11. "Top 100 Songs of 2019". Rolling Stone. January 10, 2020. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  12. "Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2020.

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