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Van Morrison — Crazy Love
Album: Moondance
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Released: 1970
Length: 2:34
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I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles
And the heaven opens everytime she smiles
And when I come to her that's where I belong
Yet I run into her like a river's song

She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love

She's got a fine sense of humour when I'm feeling low down
And when I come to her when the sun goes down
Take away my trouble, take away my grief
Take away my heartache in the night like a theif

She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love

And I need her in the daytime
I need her
And I need her in the night
I need her
And I want to throw my arms around her
I need her
And kiss and hug her kiss and hug her tight

And when I'm returning from so far away
Gives me some sweet lovin' brightens up my day
Yet it makes me righteous, yes it makes me whole
Yet it makes me mellow down into my soul

She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
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Here's a version that I think is even better, with Ray Charles and The Man  :-)
Posted 2 years ago by DavidStrand    [ Reply ]
Unfortunately, this song always reminds me of the countless 80s/90s movies that decided "yeah, we also need to use this song during the love scene!"  It pretty much turned into a filmwriting stereotype.

"Crazy Love" has featured in several movies including:
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Always (1989)
- Leaving Normal (1992)
- Jason's Lyric (1994)
- When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
- Phenomenon (as covered by Aaron Neville and Robbie Robertson), (1996) starring John Travolta
 
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 fraserji wrote:

Gave it a 9, it's pretty near a perfect song.  Couldn't quite consider "Godlike" because Van is such a little pukestocking. But there ya go. 



Pukestocking may or may not be a word, but I won't forget it or the images it provoked, and I might just use it.  I don't know Van personally, but it is sad to think he has been likened to a pukestocking, and a little one at that. But there ya go.
Posted 2 years ago by Windsprite    [ Reply ]
 noahveil wrote:

Used to be a favorite. Now I can't listen to him or Eric Clapton because they're both evil idiots. Rerated ALL their songs SICKO-BARFO. Every one. Will always change stations from now on whenever they come on.


Who cares i can separate their anti vax crap from their music
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
One of my all time faves...
Such a beautiful song 
Posted 3 years ago by christineclaydon1    [ Reply ]
Great song, great album, terrible entertainer.
Posted 3 years ago by choroadking    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:

His voice is so young and youthful.  He was just a pup.




And as much as I love the old guy, this is still one of my favs. So quiet, so unlike him. Sometimes less really is more.
Posted 3 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Used to be a favorite. Now I can't listen to him or Eric Clapton because they're both evil idiots. Rerated ALL their songs SICKO-BARFO. Every one. Will always change stations from now on whenever they come on.
Posted 3 years ago by noahveil    [ Reply ]
 fraserji wrote:

Gave it a 9, it's pretty near a perfect song.  Couldn't quite consider "Godlike" because Van is such a little pukestocking. But there ya go. 


Pukestocking.  That's my new Word of the Week.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Gave it a 9, it's pretty near a perfect song.  Couldn't quite consider "Godlike" because Van is such a little pukestocking. But there ya go. 
Posted 3 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
Hard to reconcile this gentle voice  two years on from the magnificent Astral weeks...
Posted 3 years ago by SgtBeefheart    [ Reply ]
The Belfast Cowboy 🤠 at his best! 10/10. ✔️
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
His voice is so young and youthful.  He was just a pup.
Posted 4 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 K_Love wrote:
love love love
 
CRAZY Love!!  if this isn't my fav Van tune...it's in the top 3 for sure.  Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
{#Jump} Yes- me to
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
Van Morrison + Harry Manx?? Im on it, thanks bruv
 
Chinto wrote:
Worth a check out.....Harry Manx's cover of this outstanding song

 


Posted 7 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Play the Bublé version, surely?  Just tricking.  Not really.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Worth a check out.....Harry Manx's cover of this outstanding song
Posted 8 years ago by Chinto    [ Reply ]
                     Timbreland

            No one looks surprised.
How do they get their fair share of abuse?
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
makes me righteous  : )
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Sweet. A cryer. My first real girlfriend with this as background music. Moondance, indeed. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This is one of my all time favorite albums/cd... and I picked it up for less than $10 at Target a few years back. The boybriend of the 70's had the original.
Posted 10 years ago by paisleydancer66    [ Reply ]
love love love
Posted 11 years ago by K_Love    [ Reply ]
He is next to God.
Posted 11 years ago by paisleydancer66    [ Reply ]
Amazing... to think this is over 40 years old and still makes me chill as it did in 1970...
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
sublime springs to mind
Posted 12 years ago by Jrb61    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 pinto wrote:
Van Morrison and The Grateful Dead - never understood the cult following but I envy those of you who get it.  There's obviously something there which escapes me.

 

What a strange combo of artists to make that point with. Van and the Dead are nothing alike, not to me. I'm a massive Van fan, don't care for the Grateful Dead at all. But I take your point nonetheless.
 


Posted 12 years ago by RKeaton    [ Reply ]
Van Morrison and The Grateful Dead - never understood the cult following but I envy those of you who get it.  There's obviously something there which escapes me.
Posted 12 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
 BUMPing : haoleboy wrote:
"And if I should die in a car wreck,
May I have Van Morrison on my tape deck" - Poi Dog Pondering
 


Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
It make me mellow down to my soul

Posted 13 years ago by Rpiper    [ Reply ]
Such a great album!  Such a joyful song!
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
This guy drives me crazy. Not sure why, but I find him very annoying. 
Every song sounds the same, boring.

To each there own I guess.  
 

I'm inclined to agree.  Save for "Moondance", there really wasn't one other song I liked by him.  Guess it was the voice, or something. 
Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
If "van-the-man" were not so damn ugly,
he could be a superstar to any public!

One word from him has 100 times the spirit and soul
than this next-to-ridiculous pony-band guy!

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
what a sweet sweet sound
Posted 14 years ago by araujokrl    [ Reply ]
 newwavegurly wrote:
I'm not a big Van Morrison fan, but I really do like this one.
I know I've heard a couple of covers of it over the years too. Anyone know who it is that has done some of them?
 
Wikisays:
"Crazy Love" has proven to be a classic cover song over the years and has been performed by many popular artists. Brian Kennedy's and Aaron Neville and Robbie Robertson's versions were featured in movies. Some of the other artists who have recorded the song are: Brian McKnight, Paul Carrack,<7> Rita Coolidge,<7> Helen Reddy, Rod Stewart, Jason Manns with Jensen Ackles, and also Cassandra Wilson on Van Morrison's 1994 tribute album, No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison. Michael Bublé covered the song on his 2009 album, Crazy Love.<8> A cappella versions include, Overboard's rendition on their 2008 album, "Castaways".
Posted 15 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
I'm not a big Van Morrison fan, but I really do like this one.
I know I've heard a couple of covers of it over the years too. Anyone know who it is that has done some of them?
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Brilliant, even though it makes my heart ache for the one that got away....
Posted 15 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 sutcliff wrote:
our wedding song.
 
Very nice choice! I bet that was a great dance to kick things off.
Posted 15 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
biologenius wrote:
I LOVE this song, but it is high time we get to hear the closing piece of Moondance, Glad tidings, which has been slumbering on RP since it was added.. deserves better. ..
//..And the lips that you kiss will say Christmas..//..
..(tum-tum) La-la-la-la, (tum-tum) la-la-la-la, ..
And we'll send you glad tidings from New York ..

Hear! Hear!


Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
His voice sounds very different than usual on this song. Much sweeter, more melodic and legato. James Joyce with a voice, a true genius.
Posted 16 years ago by fletch    [ Reply ]
our wedding song.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song, but it is high time we get to hear the closing piece of Moondance, Glad tidings, which has been slumbering on RP since it was added.. deserves better. ..//..And the lips that you kiss will say Christmas..//.. ..(tum-tum) La-la-la-la, (tum-tum) la-la-la-la, .. And we'll send you glad tidings from New York ..
Posted 17 years ago by biologenius    [ Reply ]
GREAT song. So much more than just Vans' excellent vocals. (Sorry, Van!)
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
i find something new in this song every time i hear it.
Posted 17 years ago by ndad47    [ Reply ]
Can't really recognize his voice in this one? Petesku: Right you are. Van is a Sad Sucker!
Posted 17 years ago by s_k    [ Reply ]
the old van morrison stuff is allright but since I've seen this guy totally drunk on stage blaming himself I don't like him anymore
Posted 17 years ago by petesku    [ Reply ]
Van Morrison IS love.
Posted 17 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
Van's the man. Only this morning I drove "over Newtownards and Comber, Gransha and the Ballystockart Road" with a sense of wonder ;¬)
Posted 17 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
Most of his music is classic. His voice, and the passion with which he shapes his music, is very enjoyable. Moondance is one that I've always enjoyed, and led me to the rest of his body of work, such as this.
Posted 17 years ago by Stultiloquent    [ Reply ]
Oooooooh, this is nice.
Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines    [ Reply ]
Still sounds sweet after all these years.
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I forgot two of my all-time favorite Van Morrison songs -- "Into the Mystic" and "It Stoned Me" cattgirl813 wrote:
Love "Moondance," but not the way he sings it. "Brown-Eyed Girl" sends me screaming from the room no matter who sings it. I love this song in practically any form, even Brian McKnight's oversung version. Something about Van's voice, especially in full belt, disagrees with me. Not sure what it is, but there's a high irritant factor I pick up. That quality is not present in his performance of this song. He's nicely controlled and understated. Thanks for asking!
Posted 17 years ago by Eutychus7    [ Reply ]
beautiful version
Posted 18 years ago by araujokrl    [ Reply ]
Eutychus7 wrote:
What about Moondance? Brown-eyed Girl?
Love "Moondance," but not the way he sings it. "Brown-Eyed Girl" sends me screaming from the room no matter who sings it. I love this song in practically any form, even Brian McKnight's oversung version. Something about Van's voice, especially in full belt, disagrees with me. Not sure what it is, but there's a high irritant factor I pick up. That quality is not present in his performance of this song. He's nicely controlled and understated. Thanks for asking!
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
Eutychus7 wrote:
What about Moondance? Brown-eyed Girl?
What about the 2 or 300 other songs by Van that are just as good or better (if not as 'classic') as any of these three? Perhaps more than any other living artist, Van Morrison's music deserves a little bit of effort beyond just picking up on whatever the music business has decided to send out over the airwaves. By the way for a moment I thought it said Northern Ireland under Eutychus's name and I was really wondering how they could make a statement like that! But now I see it's just Mary Land.
Posted 18 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
Eutychus7 wrote:
What about Moondance? Brown-eyed Girl?
Moondance and Brown-eyed Girl are great but over-played. Crazy Love has more heart & soul.
Posted 18 years ago by bigB_3    [ Reply ]
What about Moondance? Brown-eyed Girl? cattgirl813 wrote:
The only song I truly love to hear Van Morrison sing.
Posted 18 years ago by Eutychus7    [ Reply ]
I missed Van Morrison at the ACL Fest. He played on Friday night. I only had tickets for Saturday and Sunday.
Posted 18 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
The only song I truly love to hear Van Morrison sing.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
One of THE BEST Van albums and songs...are we in a love mood here?
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Errr .... Bill's macking it with his wife on the air...
Posted 18 years ago by ObsidianInfinity    [ Reply ]
Crocky think Bill giving in to romantic urges...couldn't do much better.
Posted 18 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
double YES! YES! YES! what a great tune!
Posted 18 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
From Hawaiian slack key guitar, right into a bit of smooth Van Morrison. I'm lovin' it.
Posted 20 years ago by Dais    [ Reply ]
Tritter wrote:
Any body ever hear Bryan Ferry's version??
No, thank god! =;
Posted 20 years ago by Bodhisattva    [ Reply ]
'nuf said
Posted 20 years ago by Phonedave    [ Reply ]
this ...well...I can't say enough of how special it is... thanks, again!! Any body ever hear Bryan Ferry's version??
Posted 20 years ago by Tritter    [ Reply ]
An official date tune.driving back from dinner..or better yet slow dance...
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
bill gives us crazy love.
Posted 20 years ago by the_circe    [ Reply ]
delightful. haven't heard this in ages.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Ziller wrote:
10. My wedding song.
Ditto. Ditto.
Posted 20 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
mmmmmmmmmm....Van Morrsion...images of sun dappled fields and driving with the windows down in New England when I hear this song.
Posted 20 years ago by Mairy    [ Reply ]
Oh, it's SO good to hear this, finally. One of my favorite Van songs ever! Van IS the man!
Posted 20 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Beautiful! --Shari
Posted 20 years ago by shari    [ Reply ]
Van's the man....timeless talent
Posted 20 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
10. My wedding song.
Posted 20 years ago by Ziller    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
hey this guy is redoing Harry manx! ha ha just kidding
Posted 20 years ago by DavidCarrico    [ Reply ]
veegez wrote:
I think this addition almost completes the "Moondance" library on RP, which is just dandy with me. This whole album is still incredible and this song is a beauty, just like the rest. Timeless.
Posted 21 years ago by chinacat    [ Reply ]
I think this addition almost completes the "Moondance" library on RP, which is just dandy with me. This whole album is still incredible and this song is a beauty, just like the rest. Timeless.
Posted 21 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
"And if I should die in a car wreck, May I have Van Morrison on my tape deck" - Poi Dog Pondering
Posted 21 years ago by haoleboy    [ Reply ]