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"Crazier"
SongbyTaylor Swift
from the albumHannah Montana: The Movie
ReleasedMarch 24, 2009(2009-03-24)
GenreCountry
Length3:12
LabelWalt Disney
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Audio
"Crazier"onYouTube

"Crazier"is a song by the American singer-songwriterTaylor Swift,taken from thesoundtrackto the 2009 filmHannah Montana: The Movie.Swift wrote the song withRobert Ellis Orralland produced it withNathan Chapman.Acountryballad,the song has lyrics about falling in love. InHannah Montana: The Movie,Swift makes a cameo and performs the song. "Crazier" was released onRadio DisneyandDisney Channel.

The song peaked at number 17 on the USBillboardHot 100and was certified platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA). It also entered the singles charts in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. "Crazier" was praised by critics, many of whom named it the best song on the soundtrack. Swift performed the song as part of a mashup with her song "All of the Girls You Loved Before"(2023) on June 8, 2024 inEdinburghas part ofThe Eras Tour(2023–2024).[1]

Background and release

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Swift co-wrote "Crazier" withRobert Ellis Orrall.The song is set incompound timewith sixeighth notesperbar.[2]It is played inE majorat a moderately fasttempoof 144beats per minute.[2]Swift's vocals span oneoctave,from E3to B4.[2]The chorus has the followingchord progression,E—B—C#m—A.[2]USA Todaydescribed it as a "prettywaltz".[3]

The song's appearance inHannah Montana: The Moviecame about after filmmakers approached Swift about using her music in the film. Film officials emailed her asking for a song "that was perfect to fall in love to" and "sort of a countrywaltz".[4]Although it was not written intentionally for the film, Swift sent in "Crazier" and the filmmakers "loved it".[4]In addition, Swift offered to perform the song in the film herself as acameo appearance.In the film, Swift performs at an open mic fundraiser to save a small town's treasured park from developers.[4]The quick scene was filmed in a single day, but Swift's performance impressed film members. Film directorPeter Chelsomsaid, "I've made a very big mental check to work with her again."[5]Amusic videofor "Crazier", directed byPeter Chelsom,features excerpts fromHannah Montana: The Movieand premiered on March 28, 2009 on theDisney Channel.It features Swift playing the song on acoustic guitar and her backup band playing other instruments, intertwined with scenes of the movie charactersMiley Stewart(Miley Cyrus) and Travis Brody (Lucas Till).[6]

Critical reception

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Warren Truitt ofAbout.comcomplimented Swift's "chim[ing]" in the ballad.[7]Heather Phares of Allmusic praised the track, calling it "the best song onHannah Montana: The Movie".[8]She complimented it for being "more genuine, more effortless, than any of [Cyrus'] orHannah's tracks ".[8]James Berardinelliagreed, stating, "Arguably, the movie's biggest mistake is having Taylor Swift perform a song, since she can sing and the comparison is not flattering to the movie's star."[9]Leah Greenblatt ofEntertainment Weeklydescribed "Crazier" as "a pretty, yearning ballad".[10]Premieremagazine reviewer Olivia Putnal referred to Swift's performance one of the film's "high points".[11]Peter Hartlaub of theSan Francisco Chroniclebelieved that Swift's cameo was enjoyable, but also calls it a mistake on the part of the filmmakers, explaining "Swift is so talented that she makes Cyrus seem bland by comparison."[12]Perry Seibert fromTV Guidewrote, "when genuine teen star Taylor Swift shows up to perform [...] she demonstrates all the spontaneity and authenticity that Miley Cyrus lacks."[13]In June 2022,Insiderranked "Crazier" as Swift's fourth best soundtrack song.[14]

Chart performance

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"Crazier" made its debut on theBillboardHot 100at number seventy-two on the week ending April 11, 2009.[15][16]"Crazier" rose three spots to number sixty-nine in the following week,[17]but jumped to number thirty-eight on the week ending April 25, 2009 due to an 87 percent increase in digital downloads.[18]For the week of Saturday, May 2, 2009, the song reached its peak on the Hot 100 at number seventeen, selling 110,000 downloads.[19][20]It also peaked at number twenty-eight on thePop 100chart.[21]As of November 2014, "Crazier" had sold one million copies in the United States.[22]

As the song was not officially released to radio as a single, digital sales also accounted for its appearance on international charts. The song debuted at number seventy-nine on the week ending April 11, 2009.[16]For the week ending May 2, 2009, it reached number thirty onHot Canadian Digital Singles[21]and number sixty-three on theCanadian Hot 100.[16][20]"Crazier" reached number fifty-seven on theAustralian Singles Chart.[23]The song debuted and peaked at number one-hundred in theUK Singles Chartfor the week ending May 16, 2009.[24]

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Crazier"
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[25] 57
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[26] 67
UK Singles(OCC)[24] 100
USBillboardHot 100[27] 17
USPop 100(Billboard)[28] 11

Certifications

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Certifications for "Crazier"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[29] Gold 35,000‡
United States (RIAA)[30] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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