Bliss - She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals Cover)

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Label: Swanlake Records – MAS CD0184, Massacre Records – MAS CD0184
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1999

Tracklist
01. Lock Down
02. Dark Lovers
03. Cage Me
04. You Spin Me Round
Written-By – Michael David*, Peter Jozzepi Burns*, Stephen Coul*, Percy Leffer*
05. Hidden
06. Body Art
07. Night Skin
08. She Drives Me Crazy
Written-By – David Steel*, Roland Gift
09. Upon You
10. Rethought

Lyrics By – Jay Richardson (tracks: 1-3, 5-7, 9-10), Steffan Pearson (tracks: 1-3, 5-7, 9-10)
Music By – Luke Roberts (track: 3), Steffan Pearson (tracks: 1-3, 5-7, 9-10)

Performer [Bliss] – Jay Richardson, Jon Green, Luke Roberts, Paul Compson, Steffan Pearson

Instruments [Additional], Mixed By, Producer, Programmed By [Programming] – Paul Johnston
Backing Vocals [Deep] – Pete Coleman (track: 4)

Mixed By – Pete Coleman
Mastered By – Alexander Krull

Photography By [Band] – Adam Evans, Rex
Cover [Mac] – Mirjam Kremer
Cover [Model] – Christine Fisseni
Cover [Photo] – Felix Flaucher
Layout, Design, Artwork By [All DTP] – Alexander Rauser, Frank Riesinger

Producer – Bliss

℗ 1999 Massacre Records
© 1999 Massacre Records

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"She Drives Me Crazy" is a song recorded by English group Fine Young Cannibals, included on their 1988 album The Raw & the Cooked.
The song peaked at Number 5 on the British singles chart in the band's native U.K. in January 1989 (it was released on New Year's Day) before hitting Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 15 April 1989.
"She Drives Me Crazy" also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Spain and on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart.
It also was a top 3 hit on the German and Dutch Top 40.

Background and recording

The unique snare drum "pop" sound was created by recording the snare drum portion separately.
A speaker was then placed on top of the snare drum, and a microphone below.
The original recording of the snare drum part was played back through the speaker and re-recorded.

Re-release

The song was re-released in 1997 in support of Fine Young Cannibals' compilation album The Finest.
It included a remix by Roger Sanchez, as well as Mousse T. remixes of "Johnny Come Home".
The single reached No.36 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

Two music videos were produced for the song, one by Philippe Decouflé and one by Pedro Romhanyi.
Similar to Decouflé's only other music video, New Order's "True Faith", his version includes extensive choreography and performers in unusual costumes, including two identical dancers with completely different coloured-outfits, as well as a person with a television on their head.
This version received several nominations at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Video.

Cover versions, parodies, and uses in the media

English synthpop band The Good Natured released a cover of "She Drives Me Crazy" on their 2013 Extended Play (EP) release of their song "5-Ht".

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy recorded a version as the opening track to the 1994 Muppet album Kermit Unpigged.
A music video, featuring cameo appearances by various celebrities, was released to promote the album.

Atlanta-based consumer advocate and radio show host Clark Howard has for many years used the opening bars of this song as the introduction to his syndicated radio program.

The Flying Pickets recorded an a cappella version for their 1994 The Original Flying Pickets: Volume 1 album.

Former Cantopop singer Yvonne Lau Man-Kuen (Traditional Chinese: 劉文娟; Simplified Chinese: 刘文娟) released a Cantonese cover based on this song named "The Grey Art Gallery" (Traditional Chinese: 灰色畫店; Simplified Chinese: 灰色画店) in 1990.

The Fine Young Camels sing "C Drives Me Crazy", an Sesame Street parody of "She Drives Me Crazy".
A Muppet camel in the Mojave Desert (voiced by Paul Jacobs) sings about how he loves the letter C and things that start with C.
He is backed by two male Anything Muppets dressed as Bedouins. A Muppet cookie and a Muppet cat also sing and dance along.
The number features an introduction by Jerry Nelson, stating it's their "greatest, and only, hit ever."

American comedian Arsenio Hall, under the pseudonym "Chunky A", recorded a novelty parody of this song, called "Ho is Lazy."

"Weird Al" Yankovic parodied this song as "She Drives Like Crazy" for his 1989 soundtrack album UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff.

Electric Six recorded a cover version as part of a pledge package for their Absolute Treasure Kickstarter campaign.
The cover was subsequently released online.

Aesthetic Perfection released a cover version of the song on the "A Nice Place To Destroy" single in 2012.

The Fox television show The Last Man on Earth features the song in a season 1 episode, also entitled "She Drives Me Crazy" when two of the main characters, Todd and Melissa, are making love.