Crazy (Willie Nelson song) Crazy (Willie Nelson song) "Crazy" is a ballad composed by Willie Nelson. It has been recorded by several artists, most notably by Patsy Cline, whose version was a No. 2 country hit in 1962. Partly due to the genre-blending nature of the song, it has been covered by dozens of artists in several genres over the years; nevertheless, the song remains inextricably linked with Cline. Nelson's own version appears on his 1962 debut album "...And Then I Wrote". With some help from a friend named Oliver English, Nelson wrote the song in early 1961; at the time he was a
Patsy Cline would never record an album of Patsy's hits "because it would hurt too much," she did just that a year later. The tribute album, "I Remember Patsy", was released in 1977 and contained the single "She's Got You," a hit with Cline in 1962, and renditions of such other Cline favorites as "Crazy," "Back in Baby's Arms" and "Sweet Dreams." Lynn's 1976 autobiography, "Coal Miner's Daughter", featured an entire chapter dedicated to her friendship with Cline. Viewers were reintroduced to Patsy when the biopic of the same name was released four years later. After "Coal Miner's Daughter" opened, MCA re-released