You Drive Me Crazy

1981 single by Shakin' Stevens
"You Drive Me Crazy"
Single by Shakin' Stevens
from the album Shaky
B-side"Baby You're a Child"
Released24 April 1981 (1981-04-24)
Recorded1980
StudioEden Studios, London
GenreRock and roll
Length2:40
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Ronnie Harwood
Producer(s)Stuart Colman
Shakin' Stevens singles chronology
"This Ole House"
(1981) 		"You Drive Me Crazy"
(1981) 		"Green Door"
(1981)

"You Drive Me Crazy" is a song by Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens, released in April 1981 from his album Shaky. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks behind Adam and the Ants' "Stand and Deliver".[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[5] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 10
France (IFOP)[7] 9
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1
Israel (IBA)[10] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[14] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 4
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 2
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[17] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[18][19] 19
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 44
Denmark (Hitlisten)[5] 3
Germany (GfK Entertainment)[21] 21
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 62
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 81
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 26
UK Singles[25] 10

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[26] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ a b "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". www.ukmix.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. ^ Timo (13 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit STEP - SUE". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  7. ^ "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque artiste commençant par S". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  8. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Drive Me Crazy". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ^ "Israel Singles Charts 1987-1995". www.ukmix.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Shakin' Stevens" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  12. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  13. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy". Singles Top 100.
  16. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ^ "World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: SHAKIN' STEVENS". World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries. December 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  18. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  19. ^ "AMR Top Singles of 1981". www.top100singles.net. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  20. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1981". Ultratop. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981". www.top40.nl. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  23. ^ "Jaaroverzichten - Single 1981". www.dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  24. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1981". Official NZ Music Charts.com. Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  25. ^ "Chartfile Top 100". Record Mirror: 27. 26 December 1981. Retrieved 8 November 2020 – via flickr.com.
  26. ^ "IT'S SHAKIN' TIME DOWN UNDER" (PDF). Cash Box. 8 May 1982. p. 26. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  27. ^ "British single certifications – Shakin' Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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