"Far Side of Crazy" is a song by the American rock band Wall of Voodoo from their album Seven Days in Sammystown.
It was released as the album's lead single in late 1985, with an accompanying music video combining black and white and full color footage.
The lyrics refer to the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. in 1981.
He was inspired by the murder of John Lennon and the subsequent media attention that his killer, Mark David Chapman, received as a result.
Then a thundering bass beat from Bruce Moreland stomps in and Prieboy starts ranting like John Hinckley-as-Marlboro Man.