I Guess I'm Crazy

"I Guess I'm Crazy" is a 1955 song composed by Werly Fairburn. The song was first recorded in 1955 by Tommy Collins who peaked at number thirteen on the C&W Best Seller chart.[1]

"I Guess I'm Crazy"
Single by Jim Reeves
from the album The Best 2
B-side"Not Until the Next Time"
ReleasedJune 1964
Recorded1955
GenreCountry
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Werly Fairburn
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Jim Reeves singles chronology
"Love Is No Excuse"
(1964)		 "I Guess I'm Crazy"
(1964)		 "I Won't Forget You"
(1965)

Jim Reeves version
  • In 1964, Jim Reeves had his first of six posthumous number one hits on the U.S. country music chart with his version of "I Guess I'm Crazy", which spent seven weeks at the top and a total of twenty-four weeks on the chart.[2] On the Easy Listening charts it peaked at number eighteen.[3] "I Guess I'm Crazy" also topped the Canadian charts for a single week, making this song to be the first song ever to top the newly formed RPM Country charts in Canada.

Chart performance

Tommy Collins
Chart (1955) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 13

Jim Reeves
Chart (1964) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening Singles 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Other Cover Versions
  • It was later covered in April 1965 By Irish Country singer Larry Cunningham, and peaked #4 at the Irish charts.

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 86.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 286.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 202.


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