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"'''Let's Go Crazy'''" is a 1984 song by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[The Revolution (band)|The Revolution]], from the album ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]''. It was the opening track on both the album and the film ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]''. "Let's Go Crazy" |
"'''Let's Go Crazy'''" is a 1984 song by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[The Revolution (band)|The Revolution]], from the album ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]''. It was the opening track on both the album and the film ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]''. "Let's Go Crazy" was one of Prince's most popular songs, and was almost always a staple for concert performances, often segueing into other hits. When released as a single, the song became Prince's second number-one hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and also topped the two component charts, the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=471}}</ref> and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] charts,<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=208}}</ref> as well as becoming a UK Top 10 hit. The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was the lyrically controversial "[[Erotic City]]". In the UK, the song was released as a double A-side with "[[Take Me with U]]". |
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Common to much of Prince's writing, the song is thought to be exhortation to follow [[Christian ethics]], with the "De-elevator" of the lyrics being a metaphor for the Devil.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title="Just Another One of God's Gifts": Prince, African-American Masculinity, and the Sonic Legacy of the Eighties|author1=Woodworth, G.M.|author2=University of California, Los Angeles|date=2008|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles|isbn=9781109120745|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qXDoK4oZfsYC|page=268|accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> |
Common to much of Prince's writing, the song is thought to be exhortation to follow [[Christian ethics]], with the "De-elevator" of the lyrics being a metaphor for the Devil.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title="Just Another One of God's Gifts": Prince, African-American Masculinity, and the Sonic Legacy of the Eighties|author1=Woodworth, G.M.|author2=University of California, Los Angeles|date=2008|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles|isbn=9781109120745|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qXDoK4oZfsYC|page=268|accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> |
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| B-side | "Erotic City" "Take Me with U" (UK) |
"Let's Go Crazy" is a 1984 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Purple Rain. It was the opening track on both the album and the film Purple Rain. "Let's Go Crazy" was one of Prince's most popular songs, and was almost always a staple for concert performances, often segueing into other hits. When released as a single, the song became Prince's second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and also topped the two component charts, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3] and Hot Dance Club Play charts,[4] as well as becoming a UK Top 10 hit. The B-side was the lyrically controversial "Erotic City". In the UK, the song was released as a double A-side with "Take Me with U".
Common to much of Prince's writing, the song is thought to be exhortation to follow Christian ethics, with the "De-elevator" of the lyrics being a metaphor for the Devil.[5]
The extended "Special Dance Mix" of the song was performed in a slightly edited version in the film Purple Rain. It contains a longer instrumental section in the middle, including a solo on an apparently out-of-tune piano and some muddled lyrics, repeating the track's introduction.
The song was also notable for opening with a funeral-like organ solo with Prince giving the "eulogy" for "this thing called life." The introduction's words are overlapped with each other on the single version. The song climaxes with a distinctive drum machine pattern and then quickly becomes a hard rock scene with heavy guitar outro leads, electronic drums, bass and whirring synthesizers and a climatic drum outro. The song's percussion was programmed with a Linn LM-1 drum machine, an instrument frequently used in many of Prince's songs. The song is also known for its two guitar solos both performed by Prince.
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Singles Chart | 13 |
| UK Singles Chart | 7 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 11 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 10 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 2 |
| USBillboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| USBillboard Hot R&B Singles | 1 |
| USBillboard Hot Dance Club Songs | 1 |
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In 2007, Stephanie Lenz, a writer and editor from Gallitzin, Pennsylvania made a home video of her 13-month-old son dancing to "Let's Go Crazy" and posted a 29-second video on the video-sharing site YouTube. Four months after the video was originally uploaded, Universal Music Group, which owned the copyrights to the song, ordered YouTube to remove the video enforcing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Later in August 2008, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel, of San Jose, California, ruled that copyright holders cannot order a deletion of an online file without determining whether that posting reflected "fair use" of the copyrighted material. Lenz notified YouTube immediately that her video was within the scope of fair use, and demanded that it be restored. YouTube complied after six weeks—not two weeks, as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act—to see whether Universal planned to sue Lenz for infringement. Lenz then sued Universal Music in California for her legal costs, claiming the music company had acted in bad faith by ordering removal of a video that represented fair use of the song.[7]
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| Preceded by "Missing You" by John Waite |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 29, 1984 – October 6, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single October 6, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Erotic City") September 29, 1984 |
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