A great track, it captured elements of the club sound that was happening in the UK at the time. So different for chart music but not that different if you were going clubbing. He took the underground beats overground.
Fun fact,.. I saw seal in a YSL store in New York . It was a small shop and I deliberately wanted to go through the path her was standing, but It was so narrow I had to say Pardon me,.. and he said something like no problem or sure,.. so that was my conversation with seal and I was happy to have had a” conversation” and left. I guess I was kinda weird when I was younger. But for the longest time I was so happy to have had this small interaction with him.
I had this cassette and played it over and over. His voice was the kind that I called "peppermint patty", like Sade. Its soothing! He broke out big with this song then "Kiss from a Rose". Great song, thanks Empress!
One of my favorite songs, from one of my favorite albums, from one of my favorite male vocalists. I saw him in concert at the Hollywood Bowl three years ago, and he was awesome. That's all I got!
@@EmpressReacts I recommend the song "Carnival" by Natalie Merchant. Its her most well-known song and to date it reached the highest on the Billboard Hot 100 at #10 in 1995 from her debut solo album.
This song was at his solo debut, the self-titled album and was his first international hit in 1991. This song sound very good and unique was it's came out in single at this time. This was his first apparence in the charts worldwide, including in US or Australia. ''Crazy'' and ''Kiss from the Rose'' was his biggest success singles worldwide and his two signature songs of his career. This aong was timeless thirty years later and very good.
If you think this sounded different you should check some of the remixes that were on the same CD it was released on. Also, Killer by Adamski, was a unique sounding Bop which launched seals vocals in the first place.
What an iconic song! And yes it sounded unbelievably fresh at the time. It’s CRAZY this was released in 1990!! The only music close to sounding anything like this was Massive Attack, who started in the late 80s, but even their sound didn’t really hit its vibe till the early 90s. This song reminds me of trip hop, of Massive attack and Tricky, but it REALLY launched elements of a sound that would only become a widespread thing in the late 90s when William Orbit produced Madonna’s Ray Of Light. The swirling, pulsing synth is a real forerunner of that futuristic psychedelia, and tho Crazy was produced by Trevor Horn, there was an incredible remix by William Orbit, so it could be said that this song is the genesis of something very special… and relevant to your Madonna journey for which we lovingly await the continuance… 😉 Ironically, or coincidentally, the last 2 reactions I’ve watched of yours are Alanis Right Through You and this, and Alanis did a great cover of Crazy for the Devil Wears Prada soundtrack. Connections connections… PS: Seal was/is a babe ✨🦭✨
Seal have but he have a lupus who cause his scars and his permanent hair lost. He decided to cut the hair in 1994 during the making of the second album and the hair never grow up again. ''Crazy'' was his first entry in the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at the top 10 in spring 1991 and the video received a lot of airplay also. This is the reason the song who give his debut a commercial success in US like worldwide. After his first single ''Crazy'', he released two others singles of the album in US, ''Killer'', a techno-rock song who it's was massive hit in the clubs and dance radios in 1991-1992 but a limited success in US charts (debuting at n.100 in 1992 and dropped out the next week) and the video was also well received in MTV. ''The Beginning'' (very House oriented) was the third and last single in US and didn't go too far like the two first singles.
This song was different than anything out there at the time. In my mind it gets lumped with Deelite's Groove is in the Heart and Soho's Hippy Chick for that reason, even though the three don't have much in common beyond sounding different and having a sort of message. PM Dawn kind of built off this sound, so it tried to be a breakthrough thing, but didn't quite take beyond the stand out songs.
Yes he had hair people are used to him bald like wyclef jean I think this was his hot from his 1st solo album great song please watch the live and acoustic versions of this song it's 100% better .
I TOTALLY FORGOT Seal had hair in this video, lol. I'm so used to seeing him completely smooth. This song was definitely different in terms of radio airplay at the time. And what was really encouraging to me was that he got crossover airplay on both Pop and Alternative stations. (I was always hoping that Alt radio would play more black artists, but Seal was a nice success story.)
STOOPID popular hit when it came out. But, just like "Free Bird" by Skynrd, it got played so much ya damn near started hatin on it. Outstanding song tho...
@mauricesantinomf no...its just like knowing a person who has been elderly since you've met them - when you see photos of them when they're young it can be mind bogging
Yeah. Seal had edge in his early career. Adamski’s Killer featured his vocal and was massive in the clubs. However, he got really boring and safe on his second album, and the Heidi Klum association was just 🤮 Never listened to him again, and that Kissed By A Rose song literally gives me hives. 😂
I don’t think so, she also did a song for the MM sequel… Seal’s original is still the best though. It’s very rare for originals to be bettered, but I have to say Madonna’s Grove is in the Heart is probably just as good as the original.
I used to request this song every time I’d be in a nightclub with a DJ asking for requests. It ALWAYS got the dance floor moving!!
🔥
This song exploded on the airwaves. It was euphoric, to say the least.
This is my favorite Seal song.
Beautiful voice smooth as silk my favourite singer
Never realized Seal sang this. Wow, what a great voice.
💯
This song ruled in the summer of '91. And '91 was a huge year for music.
Yes love this song :) I've been listening to this song for 15+ years now , never gets old .
A great track, it captured elements of the club sound that was happening in the UK at the time. So different for chart music but not that different if you were going clubbing. He took the underground beats overground.
I think this was the song that broke him in America.
His best IMO.
One of my fav songs ever ❤ 💕
He was beyond cool in this video. 💯
Seal is his own dang genre
Fun fact,.. I saw seal in a YSL store in New York . It was a small shop and I deliberately wanted to go through the path her was standing, but It was so narrow I had to say Pardon me,.. and he said something like no problem or sure,.. so that was my conversation with seal and I was happy to have had a” conversation” and left. I guess I was kinda weird when I was younger. But for the longest time I was so happy to have had this small interaction with him.
I had this cassette and played it over and over. His voice was the kind that I called "peppermint patty", like Sade. Its soothing! He broke out big with this song then "Kiss from a Rose". Great song, thanks Empress!
One of my favorite songs, from one of my favorite albums, from one of my favorite male vocalists. I saw him in concert at the Hollywood Bowl three years ago, and he was awesome. That's all I got!
It may have been back in 1991 but its still a great song with a message.
💯💯
@@EmpressReacts I recommend the song "Carnival" by Natalie Merchant. Its her most well-known song and to date it reached the highest on the Billboard Hot 100 at #10 in 1995 from her debut solo album.
@@Miller2h41 thank u for the recommendation
@@Miller2h41 , love Natalie.
Even if I didn’t love this song I would’ve watched just to see you see his hair. And yes he was very different and stood out when he first hit.
Future Love Paradise was another great early Seal Song 🎶
Taking me back when I was waiting on this jam to play. Yeah i had a the black silk button down shirt with the starr of David pendent. Diamond studded.
In her last concert, Donna Summer did a duet medley with Seal and part of it was this song, "Crazy." Check it out.
This song was at his solo debut, the self-titled album and was his first international hit in 1991. This song sound very good and unique was it's came out in single at this time. This was his first apparence in the charts worldwide, including in US or Australia. ''Crazy'' and ''Kiss from the Rose'' was his biggest success singles worldwide and his two signature songs of his career. This aong was timeless thirty years later and very good.
This song was on the old Bay Watch.
LOVE LOVE Seal! What voice and great music🔥♥️
Classic tune. Heard this alot when it was released.
If you think this sounded different you should check some of the remixes that were on the same CD it was released on. Also, Killer by Adamski, was a unique sounding Bop which launched seals vocals in the first place.
Seal - Crazy aka the best song you ever heard
What an iconic song! And yes it sounded unbelievably fresh at the time. It’s CRAZY this was released in 1990!! The only music close to sounding anything like this was Massive Attack, who started in the late 80s, but even their sound didn’t really hit its vibe till the early 90s. This song reminds me of trip hop, of Massive attack and Tricky, but it REALLY launched elements of a sound that would only become a widespread thing in the late 90s when William Orbit produced Madonna’s Ray Of Light. The swirling, pulsing synth is a real forerunner of that futuristic psychedelia, and tho Crazy was produced by Trevor Horn, there was an incredible remix by William Orbit, so it could be said that this song is the genesis of something very special… and relevant to your Madonna journey for which we lovingly await the continuance… 😉
Ironically, or coincidentally, the last 2 reactions I’ve watched of yours are Alanis Right Through You and this, and Alanis did a great cover of Crazy for the Devil Wears Prada soundtrack. Connections connections…
PS: Seal was/is a babe ✨🦭✨
excellent analysis! such a special time for music.
if you want the 90's in a nutshell, watch Hackers, lol. rollerblades and chunky laptops.
My mother bought my father this single on cassette and the Set adrift on memory bliss single on cassette for Christmas that year
Seal have but he have a lupus who cause his scars and his permanent hair lost. He decided to cut the hair in 1994 during the making of the second album and the hair never grow up again. ''Crazy'' was his first entry in the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at the top 10 in spring 1991 and the video received a lot of airplay also. This is the reason the song who give his debut a commercial success in US like worldwide. After his first single ''Crazy'', he released two others singles of the album in US, ''Killer'', a techno-rock song who it's was massive hit in the clubs and dance radios in 1991-1992 but a limited success in US charts (debuting at n.100 in 1992 and dropped out the next week) and the video was also well received in MTV. ''The Beginning'' (very House oriented) was the third and last single in US and didn't go too far like the two first singles.
oh wow! great background info
If you like Seal's 'Crazy', you should check out his first hit "Killer". George Michael did the mashup hit 'Killer/ Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone'
This is more than just a song. It's an elevation of the soul.
A classic !
Yes this song was different around this time there was only about 2 other songs that sounded similar beat wise. But seals voice is the best. Triipy..
This song was different than anything out there at the time. In my mind it gets lumped with Deelite's Groove is in the Heart and Soho's Hippy Chick for that reason, even though the three don't have much in common beyond sounding different and having a sort of message. PM Dawn kind of built off this sound, so it tried to be a breakthrough thing, but didn't quite take beyond the stand out songs.
Lobe this song
You must listen to a song called Whirlpool off this album.
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Ha! most people had hair at some time in their life
Yes he had hair people are used to him bald like wyclef jean I think this was his hot from his 1st solo album great song please watch the live and acoustic versions of this song it's 100% better .
Awesome track..And Great channel Empress. Listen to Steven Dante -I am too scared
Thank u‼️
Alanis Morissette covered this song in the early 2000’s.
I TOTALLY FORGOT Seal had hair in this video, lol. I'm so used to seeing him completely smooth.
This song was definitely different in terms of radio airplay at the time. And what was really encouraging to me was that he got crossover airplay on both Pop and Alternative stations. (I was always hoping that Alt radio would play more black artists, but Seal was a nice success story.)
And he was also sporting a nose ring
STOOPID popular hit when it came out. But, just like "Free Bird" by Skynrd, it got played so much ya damn near started hatin on it. Outstanding song tho...
Why does everyone think he was always bald? That shouldn't be surprising
It's surprising to see any bald guy who is known for being bald with hair 😂
@@EmpressReacts y'all really think they came out the womb bald? 🤣🤣🤣
@mauricesantinomf no...its just like knowing a person who has been elderly since you've met them - when you see photos of them when they're young it can be mind bogging
This sounded very different in 1991, not like anything else on pop radio
Yeah. Seal had edge in his early career. Adamski’s Killer featured his vocal and was massive in the clubs. However, he got really boring and safe on his second album, and the Heidi Klum association was just 🤮 Never listened to him again, and that Kissed By A Rose song literally gives me hives. 😂
disagree, he never lost it, especially his Human Beings album
Early 90s was very WOKE-ISH
I prefer the Madonna version 👀
Madonna doesn't have a version. She never sang this. She sang "Crazy for You". Totally different song.
I like the Kylie Minogue / Paula Abdul duet Version of crazy. We’re they sing would ‘t it be crazy if we actually did do a duet. 🤪🤣🤣
No def she did a version of this, it was on the Mad Max soundtrack album.?!
@@dandax8707 no she didn't. Go ahead and Google it. Wikipedia it. It doesn't exist. Only her song Cazy for You, and that's not from Mad Max
I don’t think so, she also did a song for the MM sequel… Seal’s original is still the best though.
It’s very rare for originals to be bettered, but I have to say Madonna’s Grove is in the Heart is probably just as good as the original.