"[5] According to the song's producer Trevor Horn, "Crazy" was made over the course of two months: "'Crazy' wasn't an easy record to make, because we were aiming high.
"[6] The song's signature is a keyboard mantra that continually swells and swirls, driven by bass-heavy beats and wah-wah pedal guitars played by Simply Red guitarist Kenji Suzuki.
Its floating, ambient stylings established a sound years before The Politics of Dancing by Paul van Dyk or William Orbit's work with Madonna and All Saints.
[15] Larry Flick from Billboard felt that UK newcomer Seal "comes on like a cross between Terence Trent D'Arby and Lenny Kravitz on this keyboard-driven funk'n'soul jam.
"[16] A reviewer from Melody Maker named it Single of the Week, complimenting it as "a lush, sumptuous all-pervading piece that's as much of a song as it is a dancetrack.
"[17] Pan-European magazine Music & Media declared it as "adventurous techno-pop by this promising UK singer who sang on Adamski's recent hit single "Killer".
"[20] Bob Mack from Spin noted Seal's "stirring vocal that's being compared to Marvin Gaye", explaining that "based on a '70s cop-show-type bass synth line, "Crazy" flows natch enough that you hum along on first listening.
"[21] Eve Zibart from The Washington Post named it "easily the best pop single of 1991", remarking that the "moody" song offers "his simple philosophy: "We're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy".
[23] In 1999, the Daily Vault's Jason Warburg stated that it's "an obvious club track with its propulsive synthesizer melody and driving rhythm section.
The Shaft guitar part closing out the bridge is a nice touch, too, demonstrating just how effectively Seal has grafted synthesized dance music onto its funk roots.
"[25] The single's music video, directed by Big TV!, features multiple re-creations of Seal himself performing the song against a primarily white background.
[59] French pop singer Tal covered this song for her debut album, Le droit de rêver, in the deluxe edition released in 2012.
[65] In it Morissette is seen walking the streets at night, performing the song in a club and obsessively following a man (played by Chris William Martin) and his girlfriend.