Crazy Life, originally released in 1973 by A&M Records, is the debut album by Canadian singer and songwriter Gino Vannelli.

Six years before Crazy Life came out, Vannelli had gained a recording contract with RCA Canada under the name Van Elli because his real name was viewed "too Italian".

[1] However, Van Elli would release only one single under that moniker, 1970's "Gina Bold", before being dropped.

[4] With brothers Joe and Ross, Vannelli traveled to New York, back to Montreal, and again to Los Angeles where he was discovered by producer Herb Alpert and gave him a demo tape.

Before signing with A&M, Vannelli had written several albums' worth of songs, including most of the material on Powerful People and Storm at Sunup – indeed the title track was the only song from Vannelli's Alpert demo to appear on Crazy Life.