Love Like Crazy (song)

"Love Like Crazy" is a song written by Tim James and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in August 2009 as the fourth single of his career, and the first single and title track from his album Love Like Crazy. In September 2010, the song broke a record established by Eddy Arnold for the longest chart run in the history of the Hot Country Songs charts.

Content

"Love Like Crazy" is a mid-tempo country song that gives a short biography of an older man, in which he takes several large risks criticized by those around him as "crazy" (such as quitting his job in order to go into computers). All of these seemingly questionable decisions end up paying off. In the chorus, the old man explains that his success was made possible by his faithful and loving wife; he then describes the rules of life that made his marriage as successful as it was.

Brice told Country Weekly magazine that he decided to record the song because its storyline reminded him of his own grandmother and grandfather, who were married to each other for more than 50 years.^[3]

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[2]

Lee Brice — lead vocals
Gary Burnette — acoustic guitar
Pat Buchanan — electric guitar
Perry Coleman — background vocals
Dan Dugmore — steel guitar
Tony Harrell — piano
Steve Mackey — bass guitar
Greg Morrow — drums

Chart performance

"Love Like Crazy" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the chart week of September 5, 2009. "Love Like Crazy" entered the top ten on Hot Country Songs in its 46th week on the chart, making for the slowest climb into the top ten in the chart's history.^[4] The previous record-holders were Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need to Be" and Josh Gracin's "We Weren't Crazy" at 40 weeks each.^[4] On the chart dated for the week ending September 18, 2010, the song charted its 55th week, breaking the record set by Eddy Arnold's 1948 single "Bouquet of Roses" for the longest run in the history of the Hot Country Songs chart.^[5] It also debuted at number 97 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of September 25, 2010. In December 2010, Billboard determined, via airplay and chart time, that the song was the number-one country song in all of 2010, becoming the first song to do so without placing at number-one on the Hot Country Songs chart at any point during the year.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2009–10)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[6]	77
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	45
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	3

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[9]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs^[10]	1

References

↑ "Listing for "Love Like Crazy"". Broadcast Music Incorporated.
1 2 Love Like Crazy (CD booklet). Lee Brice. Curb Records. 2010. 78977.
↑ Phillips, Jessica (24 May 2010). "Pictures of Lee: Hit songwriter Lee Brice puts the finishing touches on his debut album". Country Weekly. 17 (21): 50–51. ISSN 1074-3235.
1 2 Trust, Gary (8 July 2010). "Chart Beat Thursday: Katy Perry, Lee Brice, Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
↑ Trust, Gary (7 September 2010). "Lee Brice Breaks Country Songs Longevity Record". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Lee Brice. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Lee Brice. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lee Brice. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
↑ "American single certifications – Lee Brice – Love Like Crazy". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
↑ "Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot Country Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-12-09.

Preceded by "I Run to You" by Lady Antebellum	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single of the year 2010	Succeeded by "Crazy Girl" by Eli Young Band

Lee Brice

Studio albums	Love Like Crazy (2010) Hard 2 Love (2012) I Don't Dance (2014)

Notable singles	"Upper Middle Class White Trash" "Love Like Crazy" "Beautiful Every Time" "A Woman Like You" "Hard to Love" "I Drive Your Truck" "Parking Lot Party" "I Don't Dance" "Drinking Class" "That Don't Sound Like You"

Guest singles	"A Little More Love" (with Jerrod Niemann)

Related topics	Discography Curb Records

Billboard Year-End Hot Country Songs number one single of the year

1980–1989	1980: "My Heart" – Ronnie Milsap 1981: "Fire and Smoke" – Earl Thomas Conley 1982: "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson 1983: "José Cuervo" – Shelly West 1984: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 1985: "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" – Ronnie Milsap 1986: "Never Be You" – Rosanne Cash 1987: "Give Me Wings" – Michael Johnson 1988: "Don't Close Your Eyes" – Keith Whitley 1989: "A Better Man" – Clint Black

1990–1999	1990: "Nobody's Home" – Clint Black 1991: "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson 1992: "I Saw the Light" – Wynonna 1993: "Chattahoochee" – Alan Jackson 1994: "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery 1995: "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" – John Michael Montgomery 1996: "My Maria" – Brooks & Dunn 1997: "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 1998: "Just to See You Smile" – Tim McGraw 1999: "Amazed" – Lonestar

2000–2009	2000: "How Do You Like Me Now?!" – Toby Keith 2001: "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" – Brooks & Dunn 2002: "The Good Stuff" – Kenny Chesney 2003: "My Front Porch Looking In" – Lonestar 2004: "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw 2005: "That's What I Love About Sunday" – Craig Morgan 2006: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)" – Rodney Atkins 2007: "Watching You" – Rodney Atkins 2008: "Just Got Started Lovin' You" – James Otto 2009: "I Run to You" – Lady Antebellum

2010–2019	2010: "Love Like Crazy" – Lee Brice 2011: "Crazy Girl" – Eli Young Band 2012: "Time Is Love" – Josh Turner 2013: "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line 2014: "This Is How We Roll" – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan 2015: "Take Your Time" – Sam Hunt

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