# (You Drive Me) Crazy
**(You Drive Me) Crazy** is a song by the American singer [Britney Spears](https://www.edgepedia.org/britney-spears), released in 1999 as the third single from her debut album *...Baby One More Time*. Written by Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, and [Max Martin](https://www.edgepedia.org/max-martin), it became a top 10 hit in the United States and a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom, and its music video, featuring [Melissa Joan Hart](https://www.edgepedia.org/melissa-joan-hart) and Adrian Grenier, tied the song to the 1999 teen film *Drive Me Crazy*.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944) • [2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist / album | Britney Spears; third single from *...Baby One More Time* (1999)[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944) |
| Writers and producers | Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, and Max Martin; produced by Martin, Kreuger, and Magnusson[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944) • [3](https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a5cfcdd-8ca9-4bdb-a458-6bf807b70d27) |
| Single version | "(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)", a reworked version made for the film *Drive Me Crazy*[4](https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/09/14/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/) |
| UK chart | Peak position 5, first charted 2 October 1999, 11 weeks on the Official Singles Chart, label Jive, catalog number 0550582[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/) |
| US chart | Peak position 10 on the Billboard Hot 100[5](https://chart-history.net/cc/cc-britney-spears.pdf) |
| UK sales | About 285,000 copies; Spears's ninth biggest selling song in the UK[6](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-pop-gem-25-britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy__4614/) |
## Background and recording
The song was written by the Swedish songwriting team of Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, and Max Martin, and was recorded for Spears's debut album *...Baby One More Time*, released in early 1999.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944) AllMusic lists the recording locations as [Battery Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/battery-studios) in New York and Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, the latter being the base of Martin's hitmaking team.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944) On the album it appears as the second track, running 3 minutes 19 seconds, with "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (written by Jason Blume and Steve Diamond) as the B-side of the single.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944)
The album version's backing track has been compared to the [Backstreet Boys](https://www.edgepedia.org/backstreet-boys)' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "Larger Than Life"; the Spanish radio network LOS40 notes that it used the same accompaniment base as "Larger Than Life".[4](https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/09/14/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/) • [7](https://los40.com/los40/2020/01/15/los40classic/1579087992_968228.html) A contemporary review in *The Washington Post* grouped it with the album's "perky, peppy, pure-pop exercises".[8](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/01/27/perky-peppy-britney/3ff35149-595c-48ab-905a-c27d1f45fbd3/)
## The Stop Remix!
The single was issued as "(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)". The song had been chosen for the soundtrack of the teen film *Drive Me Crazy*, starring Melissa Joan Hart and [Adrian Grenier](https://www.edgepedia.org/adrian-grenier), and the remix was created for that tie-in.[4](https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/09/14/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/) According to the [Official Charts Company](https://www.edgepedia.org/official-charts-company), the album version "didn't quite pack the punch required by a third single for a megastar in the making", so the track was reworked into the Stop! Remix.[6](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-pop-gem-25-britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy__4614/) It was the first time Spears and Max Martin returned to the studio to re-record a song after *...Baby One More Time*, and the remix opens with a distinctive thumping intro in which the title is shouted.[4](https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/09/14/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/)
AllMusic lists the single's release date as September 28, 1999,[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944) while Can't Stop The Pop dates it to September 20, 1999.[4](https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/09/14/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/)
## Music video
To promote the film *Drive Me Crazy*, Hart and Grenier were invited to make cameo appearances, since the song appeared on the film's soundtrack. The Official Charts Company describes the video as Spears's first foray into big-budget videos, portraying her as a gum-chewing waitress who breaks into dance routines, and notes that it was the subject of an MTV behind-the-scenes documentary.[6](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-pop-gem-25-britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy__4614/)
## Chart performance
In the United Kingdom, the single entered the Official Singles Chart at its peak of number 5 on October 2, 1999 and spent 11 weeks on the chart, leaving the Top 100 on December 11, 1999.[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/) It has sold about 285,000 copies in the UK and ranks as Spears's ninth biggest selling song there.[6](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-pop-gem-25-britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy__4614/) In the United States it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5](https://chart-history.net/cc/cc-britney-spears.pdf) In Spain it reached number 1 on the LOS40 chart in January 2000.[7](https://los40.com/los40/2020/01/15/los40classic/1579087992_968228.html)
## Legacy
The song has remained part of Spears's live repertoire and greatest-hits sets; the Official Charts Company noted that she had not performed it on tour since 2004 as of a 2013 retrospective, and it appeared in her Las Vegas show *Britney Spears: Piece Of Me*.[6](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-pop-gem-25-britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy__4614/) • [9](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/britney-spears-piece-of-me-show-at-londons-o2-arena-a-dazzling-nostalgia-fest__23731/) *Time* later described her voice on the track as displaying "husky, knowing qualities" alongside the album's other upbeat songs.[10](https://time.com/6082333/britney-spears-legacy/) The song is also included in the tracklist of the vinyl reissue of *...Baby One More Time* sold through Spears's official store.[11](https://store.britneyspears.com/products/baby-one-more-time-lp)
## References
1. [(You Drive Me) Crazy [Single] – Britney Spears, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-drive-me-crazy-single--mw0000943944)
2. [YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY – BRITNEY SPEARS, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/)
3. [(You Drive Me) Crazy – Release by Britney Spears, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a5cfcdd-8ca9-4bdb-a458-6bf807b70d27)
4. [Britney Spears – (You Drive Me) Crazy, Can't Stop The Pop](https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/09/14/britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy/)
5. [Britney Spears chart chronology, chart-history.net](https://chart-history.net/cc/cc-britney-spears.pdf)
6. [Official Chart Pop Gem #25: Britney Spears – (You Drive Me) Crazy, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-pop-gem-25-britney-spears-you-drive-me-crazy__4614/)
7. [Britney Spears: así transformó la escena del pop con 'Baby One More Time' hace 26 años, LOS40](https://los40.com/los40/2020/01/15/los40classic/1579087992_968228.html)
8. [Perky! Peppy! Britney!, The Washington Post (January 27, 1999)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/01/27/perky-peppy-britney/3ff35149-595c-48ab-905a-c27d1f45fbd3/)
9. [Britney Spears' Piece Of Me show at London's O2 Arena, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/britney-spears-piece-of-me-show-at-londons-o2-arena-a-dazzling-nostalgia-fest__23731/)
10. [Britney Spears' Pop Legacy Goes Way Beyond Her Music, Time](https://time.com/6082333/britney-spears-legacy/)
11. [...Baby One More Time LP, Britney Spears Official Store](https://store.britneyspears.com/products/baby-one-more-time-lp)
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