I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
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| Single by U2 | ||||||||||||||
| from the album No Line on the Horizon | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 17 August 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download, DVD single | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 4:14 (Album, single & David O'Reilly video versions) 3:50 (Radio & live video versions) |
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| Label | Mercury, Island | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | U2 (music), Bono (lyrics) | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Steve Lillywhite, with additional production by will.i.am | |||||||||||||
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"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" is the fifth song from U2's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. The song was released as the album's third single in a digital format on 25 August 2009 and in a physical version released on 7 September 2009. Two music videos were made, one directed by David O'Reilly, and one by Alex Courtes.
The band collaborated with will.i.am in the creation of the track; will.i.am receives an "additional production" credit on the finished version. It was first developed by Brian Eno under the title "Diorama" during a break in the recording sessions. The band reworked the track under the new title of "Crazy Tonight" before retitling it again as "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight". Several of the song's lyrics were influenced by Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Bono stated to Q magazine that the lyrics "[sound] like a T-shirt slogan to me", also noting that it was No Line on the Horizon's equivalent to "Beautiful Day".
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" was first played on 4 March 2009 on the Late Show with David Letterman, one of three performances of the song during No Line on the Horizon promotional appearances.
Redanka's "Kick the Darkness" remix arrangement of the song was played throughout the U2 360° Tour. Club feel lighting accompanied the song, while Larry Mullen, Jr. walked around the outer stage playing a djembe. The performance in this unfamiliar style was intended to disorient the audience as the band moved from the "personal" first half of the concert into the "political" second half. (The only time the album version was performed during the tour was during the second show of the 360 Tour° in Barcelona where it was performed two times. For the first time the band played the remix and, then, as one of the encores, the album version was performed for a video shoot.)
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