Ahead of Valentine’s Day weekend, Patsy Cline’s timeless, aching love song “Crazy” has received its first-ever official video. Directed by director and photographer Natalie O’Moore and beautifully filmed at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge outside of Nashville, the video vividly brings to life the yearning and heartbreak that Cline so perfectly emoted with every line and punctuated with every high note as a young woman, clad in vintage western wear, pines after the object of her desire who is with another woman. As the protagonist sways to the song on the jukebox, what first looked like someone in love starts to look more like an unhealthy infatuation as the night continues and her jealousy grows. A collaboration between the Patsy Cline Estate, UMe and UMG Nashville, the video is available to view now on Cline’s official YouTube channel and kicks off a slew of new video content that in the coming months will include a new lyric video for her hit single “Walkin’ After Midnight” as well as nearly 50 video visualizers from her impressive catalog.
Observant watchers will notice a cameo by country star Mickey Guyton as the performer on stage at the bar. The GRAMMY® nominee is an avowed fan of Cline’s and released a cover of “Crazy” in 2019 (listen here). Guyton is the first Black female solo artist to earn a GRAMMY® nomination in a country category (Best Country Solo Performance for “Black Like Me.”)
“It is wonderful that ‘Crazy’ remains such a beloved song 60 years after mom recorded it and it’s very exciting that its 60th anniversary is being celebrated with this great new video,” said Julie Fudge. “I hope that mom’s fans enjoy it and that it also helps new audiences discover her music.”
“Crazy” is featured on a new digital-only EP titled Love Songs, a five-track collection curated for Valentine’s Day that also includes the enduring classics “I Fall To Pieces,” “You Belong To Me,” “Back In Baby’s Arms,” and “Always.”
Watch the country classic’s official music video here.
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