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Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song)

"Go Crazy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Chris Brown and American rapper Young Thug, from their collaborative mixtape Slime & B, released on May 5, 2020. After it became the only charting song from the mixtape, it was officially released as a single on May 19, 2020. The song is a trap-infused R&B record, with production that samples the Showboys's 1986 single "Drag Rap", for which the Showboys are credited as writers. The official remix of the song was released on February 19, 2021, and features fellow American rappers Future, Lil Durk, and Latto.

"Go Crazy"

May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19)

April 2020

CBE (Tarzana)

2:56

  • Murphy Kid
  • KanielTheOne

"Go Crazy" garnered positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and the duo's delivery, being considered by some as the mixtape's best song. Some critics compared the song to early 2010s music, as well as Brown's previous single "Heat" (2019), for its similar musical direction. The song received great success, becoming Brown's biggest radio hit since 2008, dominating on both pop and hip hop radio, breaking the record for most weeks at number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, surpassing "No Guidance", by Brown (ft. Drake).[3] The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021, earning Brown his seventh top-five song as a lead artist, as well Young Thug's highest lead artist charting song in the US.


A music video, shot in Brown's California mansion, was released on July 17, 2020, and displays a big house party, with a supernatural atmosphere full of colorful thunders, fireworks, pools and girls. The storyline of the videoclip continues in the music video of the following single from the mixtape, "Say You Love Me". "Go Crazy" received various accolades, including one iHeartRadio Music Award and three Soul Train Music Awards, including Song of the Year.

Background and composition[edit]

Brown and Thug previously collaborated on the official remix of Brown's song "Wrist", contained in OHB and Brown's collaborative mixtape Before the Trap: Nights in Tarzana,[4] on the free-released track "Dat Night", and on "High End", a promotional single from Brown's eighth studio album Heartbreak on a Full Moon.[5][6] The track was recorded at Brown's house during the very first stages of COVID-19 pandemic, during the sessions for the duo's collaborative mixtape Slime & B.[7] The track was written by both Brown and Young Thug, along with singer Tre Samuels and rapper HoodyBaby, the latter was also the one who executive produced their collaborative mixtape along with rapper Lil Duke.[8] The production of the song was handled by Murphy Kid and KanielTheOne.


"Go Crazy" first appeared as track 2 on Brown's and Thug's collaborative mixtape Slime & B on May 5, 2020.[9] The song performed particularly well on streaming services and was subsequently sent to radio as a single.[10] Two weeks later, Brown and his daughter Royalty started a dance challenge for the song called "#GoCrazyChallenge".[11] The challenge sees a person dancing on the sidewalk outside a slow moving car. According to Brown, the challenge was inspired by influencer Mufasa.[12]


"Go Crazy" is a harmonic uptempo, trap-infused,[2] R&B song.[1] Its production samples "Drag Rap" (1986) by the Showboys,[13] a song that was also sampled by Brown for his track "Emerald" contained in his ninth studio album Indigo.[14][15] Lyrically, it sees Brown and Thug guarantee to a debaucherous girl, whose appearance looks shy, their fun and expensive lifestyle. The song is in the key of C minor with a tempo of 94 BPM with a time signature of 4/4 in common time.[16]

Chart performance[edit]

"Go Crazy" reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week of January 16, 2021. This was the lengthiest ascent to the top five (35 weeks) for a song by lead males in the Hot 100's 62-year history, and third overall behind Gabby Barrett's "I Hope", featuring Charlie Puth (45 weeks, 2020), and Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" (42 weeks, 2012-2013).[25][26] It marked Brown's 16th top ten song and Young Thug's fourth top ten on the chart.[27] The track later peaked at number three on the chart in March 2021. The song ended up spending more than one full year on the chart, becoming both artists's first song to do so. On the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart, it became Brown's sixth number-one in its 32nd week in December 2020, tying for the third-longest ascent to the top since the chart's inception.[28] The song became Brown's biggest radio hit since 2008's "Forever", reaching number one on the all-genre Radio Songs chart where it stayed atop for over six consecutive weeks.[29] It peaked at number one on the US Rhythmic Songs, making it Brown's twelfth number one song on the chart, and Thug's third number one song.[30] It later broke the record for the longest stay in the top 10 of the Rhythmic chart, after it logged a 32nd week on the chart dated February 6, 2021.[29] The song topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as well, on the week of August 22, 2020, with 22.6 million in audience in the week ending August 16,[31] making it Brown's ninth number-one song on the chart, and Young Thug's fourth number-one.[32] It also became Brown's 50th top 10 hit on the chart.[29] In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart. It served as Brown's 18th top ten song and Thug's third top ten on the chart[33][34][35]

Live performances[edit]

The song was performed for the first time by Brown more than one year following its release, on September 24, 2021, at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, during an appearance for Lil Baby's Back Outside Tour.[36] The singer then performed "Go Crazy" in London, during an appearance for Wizkid's Made in Lagos tour, marking his first performance in the UK in 11 years, following the revocation of his ban from entering the country implemented in 2010.[37]

Digital download and stream

"Go Crazy (Remix)"

February 19, 2021

3:47

  • Murphy Kid
  • KanielTheOne