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BEYONCÉ - CRAZY IN LOVE (SONG)
Entry:20/07/2003 (Position 2)
Last week in charts:19/10/2003 (Position 43)
Peak:2 (3 weeks)
Weeks:14
Place on best of all time:2028 (473 points)
Year:2003
Music/Lyrics:Eugene Record
Shawn Carter
Beyoncé Knowles
Rich Harrison
Producer:Rich Harrison
World wide:
ch  Peak: 3 / weeks: 30
de  Peak: 6 / weeks: 15
at  Peak: 6 / weeks: 18
fr  Peak: 21 / weeks: 47
nl  Peak: 2 / weeks: 16
be  Peak: 5 / weeks: 17 (Vl)
  Peak: 10 / weeks: 16 (Wa)
se  Peak: 4 / weeks: 20
fi  Peak: 12 / weeks: 6
no  Peak: 5 / weeks: 12
dk  Peak: 5 / weeks: 11
it  Peak: 5 / weeks: 23
es  Peak: 2 / weeks: 23
au  Peak: 2 / weeks: 14
nz  Peak: 2 / weeks: 16

CD-Single
Columbia COL 673957 1


TRACKS
30/06/2003
CD-Single Columbia COL 673957 1 (Sony) / EAN 5099767395714
1. Crazy In Love (Single)
4:11
2. My First Time
4:26
   

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24/06/2003
Single4:11Crazy In LoveColumbia
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3:55Now That's What I Call Music! 14 [US]Jive
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3:55Hits 2003-0SMM
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4:10Best Of Black '03Universal
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4:09Now That's What I Call Music! 56Virgin
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3:46NRJ Music Awards 2004EMI
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2014 Remix3:46Fifty Shades Of GreyRepublic
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3:56Dangerously In Love + B'Day Deluxe Edition [2CD]Sony
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MUSIC DIRECTORY
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BEYONCÉ IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Work It Out11/08/20022111
'03 Bonnie And Clyde (Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé Knowles)26/01/2003216
Crazy In Love20/07/2003214
Baby Boy (Beyoncé feat. Sean Paul)19/10/2003318
Me, Myself And I01/02/2004117
Naughty Girl09/05/2004914
Déjŕ Vu (Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z)20/08/20061211
Irreplaceable19/11/2006127
Beautiful Liar (Beyoncé & Shakira)29/04/2007516
Just Stand Up (Stand Up To Cancer)21/09/2008391
If I Were A Boy02/11/2008315
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)30/11/2008545
Halo15/02/2009336
Diva15/03/2009405
Sweet Dreams21/06/2009224
Broken-Hearted Girl27/09/2009149
Telephone (Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé)06/12/2009333
Video Phone (Beyoncé feat. Lady Gaga)06/12/2009313
Put It In A Love Song (Alicia Keys feat. Beyoncé)28/02/20101812
Run The World (Girls)08/05/20111013
Best Thing I Never Had19/06/20111715
Love On Top18/09/20112016
XO05/01/20141610
Drunk In Love (Beyoncé feat. Jay Z)09/02/2014227
Pretty Hurts15/06/2014471
7/1114/12/2014411
Runnin' (Lose It All) (Naughty Boy feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin)04/10/2015227
Formation08/05/2016175
Hold Up15/05/2016254
Walk On Water (Eminem feat. Beyoncé)26/11/2017105
Mood 4 Eva (Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Childish Gambino)04/08/2019481
Break My Soul03/07/2022617
Energy (Beyoncé feat. Beam)14/08/2022421
Cozy14/08/2022461
Alien Superstar14/08/2022311
I'm That Girl14/08/2022381
Summer Renaissance14/08/2022331
Church Girl14/08/2022501
Cuff It14/08/2022830
America Has A Problem (Beyoncé / Kendrick Lamar)11/06/2023322
Delresto (Echoes) (Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé)13/08/2023341
Texas Hold 'Em25/02/2024217
II Most Wanted (Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus)14/04/2024162
Jolene14/04/2024241
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Dangerously In Love06/07/2003234
B'Day17/09/2006820
I Am... Sasha Fierce30/11/2008383
410/07/2011233
Beyoncé29/12/2013121
Lemonade08/05/2016144
Everything Is Love (The Carters)01/07/201865
Homecoming: The Live Album05/05/2019182
The Lion King: The Gift04/08/2019122
Renaissance14/08/2022115
Cowboy Carter14/04/202417
SONGS BY BEYONCÉ
***Flawless (Beyoncé feat. Chimamanda Ngozi)
'03 Bonnie And Clyde (Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé Knowles)
1+1
16 Carriages
6 Inch (Beyoncé feat. The Weeknd)
7/11
713 (The Carters)
A Woman Like Me
Alien Superstar
All I Could Do Was Cry
All Night
All Up In Your Mind
Alliigator Tears
Already (Beyoncé, Shatta Wale & Major Lazer)
Amen
America Has A Problem
America Has A Problem (Beyoncé / Kendrick Lamar)
Ameriican Requiem
Amor gitano (Alejandro Fernández & Beyoncé)
Apeshit (The Carters)
At Last
Ave Maria
Baby Boy (Beyoncé feat. Sean Paul)
Back To Black (Beyoncé & André 3000)
Be Alive
Be With You
Beautiful Liar (Beyoncé & Shakira)
Beautiful Liar [Spanglish] (Beyoncé & Sasha)
Before I Let Go
Bello embustero
Bello embustero (Beyoncé & Sasha)
Best Thing I Never Had
Beyoncé (More Only) EP
Bienvenue (IAM feat. Beyoncé)
Bigger
Black Culture
Black Effect (The Carters)
Black Parade
Blackbiird (Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts)
Blow
Blue (Beyoncé feat. Blue Ivy)
Bodyguard
Boss (The Carters)
Bow Down
Bow Down / I Been On
Break My Soul
Broken-Hearted Girl
Brown Skin Girl (Beyoncé, SAINt JHN & Wizkid feat. Blue Ivy Carter)
Cadillac Car (Laura Bell Bundy, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddy Murphy, Rory O'Malley, Anika Noni Rose & Anne Warren)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Billy Eichner & Seth Rogen)
Check On It (Beyoncé feat. Bun B and Slim Thug)
Check On It (Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug)
Church Girl
Countdown
Cozy
Crazy Feelings (Missy Misdemeanor Elliott feat. Beyoncé Of Destiny's Child)
Crazy In Love
Creole
Cuff It
Daddy
Daddy Lessons
Dance For You
Dangerously In Love 2
Daughter
Déjŕ Vu
Déjŕ Vu (Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z)
Delresto (Echoes) (Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé)
Desert Eagle
Die With You
Disappear
Diva
Don't Hurt Yourself (Beyoncé feat. Jack White)
Dreamgirls (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles & Anika Noni Rose)
Dreaming
Dreams (Boots [US] feat. Beyoncé)
Drunk In Love (Beyoncé feat. Jay Z)
Ego
Ego (Remix) (Beyoncé feat. Kanye West)
End Of Time
Energy (Beyoncé feat. Beam)
Fake Your Way To The Top (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddy Murphy & Anika Noni Rose)
Family (Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Keith Robinson & Anika Noni Rose)
Family Feud (Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé)
Feeling Myself (Nicki Minaj + Beyoncé)
Fever
Fighting Temptation (Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte, Free)
Find Your Way Back
Flamenco
Flawless Remix (Beyoncé feat. Nicki Minaj)
Flaws And All
Forever To Bleed
Formation
Forward (Beyoncé feat. James Blake)
Freakum Dress
Freedom (Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Friends (The Carters)
Get Me Bodied
Get Me Bodied (Beyoncé & Timbaland vs. Voltio)
Ghost
Gift From Virgo
God Made You Beautiful
Green Light
Grown Woman
Halo
Halo (Hope For Haiti Now) (Beyoncé & Chris Martin)
Hard To Say Goodbye (Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal & Anika Noni Rose)
Haunted
Heard About Us (The Carters)
Heated
Heaven
Heavy (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles & Anika Noni Rose)
Hello
Hey Goldmember (Foxxy Cleopatra feat. Devin & Solange)
Hip Hop Star (Beyoncé feat. Big Boi and Sleepy Brown)
Hold Up
Hollywood (Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé)
Honesty
I Been On
I Care
I Got That (Amil feat. Beyoncé)
I Miss You
I Want You Baby (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddy Murphy & Anika Noni Rose)
I Was Here
I'd Rather Go Blind
If
If I Were A Boy
If I Were A Boy (Remix) (Beyoncé feat. R. Kelly)
II Hands II Heaven
II Most Wanted (Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus)
Il Hands II Heaven
I'm Alone Now
I'm Somebody (Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal & Anika Noni Rose)
I'm That Girl
In Da Club
Irreemplazable
Irreplaceable
It's All Over (Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal, Keith Robinson & Anika Noni Rose)
Jealous
Jolene
Just For Fun (Beyoncé & Willie Jones)
Just Stand Up (Stand Up To Cancer)
Keep Giving Your Love To Me
Kick Him Out
Kitty Kat
Lay Up Under Me
Lemonade
Levii's Jeans (Beyoncé & Post Malone)
Lift Off (Jay-Z / Kanye West feat. Beyoncé)
Listen
Lorrell Loves Jimmy / Family (Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal & Anika Noni Rose)
Lost Yo Mind
Love A Woman (Mary J Blige feat. Beyoncé)
Love Drought
Love In This Club Part II (Usher feat. Beyoncé & Lil Wayne)
Love On Top
Lovehappy (The Carters)
Make Me Say It Again, Girl (Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers feat. Beyoncé)
Me, Myself And I
Mi gente (J Balvin & Willy William feat. Beyoncé)
Mine (Beyoncé & Drake)
Mood 4 Eva (Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Childish Gambino)
Move (Beyoncé feat. Grace Jones and Tems)
Move (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles & Anika Noni Rose)
Move Your Body
My First Time
My House
My Power (Nija, Beyoncé, Busiswa, Yemi Alade, Tierra Whack, Moonchild Sanelly & DJ Lag)
My Rose
Naive (Solange & Beyoncé feat. Da Brat)
Naughty Girl
Nice (The Carters)
Nile (Beyoncé & Kendrick Lamar)
No Angel
Nothing Out There For Me (Missy Elliott feat. Beyoncé Knowles)
Oh Louisiana
Once In A Lifetime
One Night Only (Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal & Anika Noni Rose)
Otherside
Oye
Part II (On The Run) (Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé)
Partition
Party (Beyoncé feat. J. Cole)
Party (Beyoncé feat. André 3000)
Perfect Duet (Ed Sheeran / Beyoncé)
Plastic Off The Sofa
Poison
Pray You Catch Me
Pretty Hurts
Protector (Beyoncé & Rumi Carter)
Pure / Honey
Put It In A Love Song (Alicia Keys feat. Beyoncé)
Radio
Rather Die Young
Resentment
Riiverdance
Ring Off
Ring The Alarm
Rise Up
Roc
Rocket
Run The World (Girls)
Runnin' (Lose It All) (Naughty Boy feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin)
Sandcastles
Satellites
Savage Remix (Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé)
Save The Hero
Say Yes (Michelle Williams feat. Beyoncé & Kelly Rowland)
Scared Of Lonely
Schoolin' Life
See Me Now (Kanye West feat. Beyoncé & Charlie Wilson)
Settle 4 You
Sexuality
Sexy Lil' Thug (Beyoncé feat. 50 Cent)
Shining (DJ Khaled feat. Beyoncé & Jay Z)
Si yo fuera un chico
Signs (Beyoncé feat. Missy Elliott)
Silent Night (Destiny's Child feat. Beyoncé Knowles)
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Smash Into You
Sorry
Spaghettii (Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey)
Speechless
Spirit
Standing On The Sun
Start Over
Step On Over (Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal & Anika Noni Rose)
Steppin' To The Bad Side (Hinton Battle, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddy Murphy, Keith Robinson & Anika Noni Rose)
Still In Love (Kissing You)
Stop Sign
Suga Mama
Summer (The Carters)
Summer Renaissance
Summertime
Superpower (Beyoncé feat. Frank Ocean)
Sweet ★ Honey ★ Buckiin' (Beyoncé & Shaboozey)
Sweet Dreams
Telephone (Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé)
Texas Hold 'Em
That's How You Like It (Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z)
That's Why You're Beautiful
The Closer I Get To You (Beyoncé & Luther Vandross)
Thique
Top Off (DJ Khaled feat. Jay Z, Future & Beyoncé)
Trust In Me
Turnt (The-Dream feat. Beyoncé and 2 Chainz)
Tyrant (Beyoncé & Dolly Parton)
Until The End Of Time (Justin Timberlake & Beyoncé)
Upgrade U (Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z)
Video Phone
Video Phone (Beyoncé feat. Lady Gaga)
Virgo's Groove
Waiting
Walk On Water (Eminem feat. Beyoncé)
Water (Salatiel, Pharrell Williams & Beyoncé)
We Will Rock You (Britney Spears, P!nk & Beyoncé)
Welcome To Hollywood
What's It Gonna Be
When I First Saw You (Jamie Foxx & Beyoncé Knowles)
Why Don't You Love Me
Wishing On A Star
Work It Out
World Wide Woman
XO
Ya Ya
Yes
Yoncé
You Changed (Kelly Rowland feat. Beyoncé and Michelle)
ALBUMS BY BEYONCÉ
4
Above And Beyoncé - Video Collection & Dance Mixes
B'Day
Beyoncé
Beyoncé (More Only) EP
Cowboy Carter
Dangerously In Love
Dangerously In Love + B'Day Deluxe Edition
Everything Is Love (The Carters)
Homecoming: The Live Album
I Am... Sasha Fierce
I Am... World Tour
I Am... Yours - An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas
Irreemplazable
Lemonade
Renaissance
Speak My Mind
The Lion King: The Gift
The Lowdown
DVDS BY BEYONCÉ
I Am... World Tour
I Am... Yours - An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas
Ihre Musik, ihr Leben
Life Is But A Dream
Live At Roseland - Elements Of 4
Live At Wembley
The Beyoncé Experience Live
The Ultimate Performer
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.05 (Reviews: 311)
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*****
sonst nicht mein style, aber dieser song hat echt das gewisse etwas und beyonce sieht einfach umwerfend aus ;-)
******
I'm crazy for this song...WOW...one of the best in 2003....cool r'n'b production...beyonce with her powerful voice and sexy video....nice!
*****
yes
******
#2 best uptempo song ever~!<br><br>"Crazy in Love" is a pop–R&B song written by singer Beyoncé Knowles, producer Rich Harrison, rapper Jay-Z, and Eugene Record. Released as the first single from Beyoncé's debut album Dangerously in Love in the summer of 2003 (see 2003 in music), it reached number one in the United States and United Kingdom and the top ten on the majority of charts it entered across the world. The song contains a prominent horn sample from the Chi-Lites "Are You My Woman", and serves as the song's hook. "Crazy in Love" received a generally positive response from music critics; some referred to it as the best single release of 2003 while others criticized it and its accompanying music video for being too overtly sexual. Its success established Knowles as a leading solo performer following several years as a member of Destiny's Child.
****
...für mich nicht der beste ihrer songs....dennoch eine 4 ist für mich absolut würdig...!!!
****
Good song but not a fan of the R.Kelly version!<br><br>P = 81
Last edited: 21/06/2019 15:31
**
overrated
****
Very catchy and still one of her best songs. Beyonce's 3rd UK top 10 and Jay Z's 6th. Beyonce first solo UK#1 and Jay Z first UK#1. UK#1 and Ireland#1.
Last edited: 31/03/2012 23:32
***
ok doesn't deserve its hype
*****
Pretty catchy.
*****
Great song from Beyonce, but I still do feel it's a tad overrated.
*****
I don't see what the fuss is about. A very ordinary song in my opinion. 3* 15/06/2010.<br><br>2019 EDIT: I've heard this song performed live by many cover artists and it's a huge banger every time. Has really made me appreciate this song now. 5*
Last edited: 28/02/2019 00:22
*****
Fantastic solo effort from Bouncy. Her best solo effort and close to the best Destiny's Child tracks.
Last edited: 03/09/2010 12:51
****
pretty good song,i liked bonnie and clyde more
*****
It's pretty overrated and I don't find it to be her best track but I do like it and it's still a killer jam at parties so good on her.
Last edited: 13/10/2013 06:36
****
It's kind of triumphant and rad.
Last edited: 17/12/2013 12:37
***
Not Bad .
***
Good enough, but overrated to the max...
******
Great song
*
Not the biggest Beyonce fan. This song is terrible. Itis all over the place and poorly produced. The music sounds almost distorted, had to check my speakers. Why did it chart so strongly? On the back of r&b in general i guess. Very american, hence not that good. This is definantely in my worsed ever top 5 songs<br>
****
it's a good song, but not what everyone makes it seem
*****
Very nice.
****
4 stars
****
For some reason during my childhood I never liked Beyoncé, I never hated her but I always thought she was meh. In the past few years I've started to really enjoy this along with many others of hers. Nowadays I get really into it. The production and the energy present is too hard to resist. Both Beyoncé and Jay-Z are close to their top form on this. I don't love it but it's fair to call it a classic and it deserves the accolades it has gotten.
Last edited: 10/05/2014 15:48
**
Bad and annoying.<br><br>Can't see why many music websites (including Rolling Stone magazine I believe) rate this one of the best songs of the noughties, it's just not good overall.
****
so crazy
******
Incredible and irresistible track that has accolades galore, and this song deserves each and every one of them. Only thing missing was it never became an ARIA #1 when it should of been. <br>So energetic and one of the best tracks of the 2000s.
Last edited: 07/03/2014 06:29
**
So f**king overrated by everyone and everything!
***
Not feeling the hype, but i admire it for what it is. 3 stars.
*****
Awesome song from Beyoncé and I'm still listening to this after all those years!
***
Overrated song.
*****
Ok
******
QUEEN
******
Such a strong debut and a classic Beyonce song, Jay-Z's rap fits well also.
******
Those horns, man. A sample from The Chi-Lites "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" slowed down and pumped up into a gargantuan fanfare demolishing anything in its way to rubble. It's one of the most physically powerful beginnings to one of the most physically powerful songs in history. It may sound weird to say this song rocks hard, but it truly does, it has the visceral, propulsive energy shared with the best rock music, not just in the horns but also in the thickness of that gloriously simple bass and those cymbals the beat keeps pounding away at. Then we get the flip side to the sample. The horns drop out, and we get a relief of the tension in the almost jazzy cymbal rhythm as Beyonce introduces the "uh oh uh oh uh oh I'm gonna" hook, with a subtle filter effect swirling around it making it sound silkier.<br><br>And that's a remarkable part of "Crazy In Love" in that, despite what I've said about its immense physicality, Beyonce makes the smart move of keeping fairly restrained throughout the first half of this song and avoiding turning a song with that kind of opening into overkill. She keeps it cool and mid-range in the verses and when the horns come back for the chorus, she builds a humble but infectious rhythmic hook that builds up towards the end. We get some overdubs in the second chorus including some strong "wa-oh!"s hinting at more to come and lead into Jay-Z's verse.<br><br>Honestly, Jay's verse here is one of my favourite filler-rap verses from hit pop songs, and I can basically recite the whole thing by heart if needed (probably because of how much I love this song). You could probably argue that it's unnecessary part and doesn't add anything and I'm not sure if I could fully refute that, but I'll try. I do think it helps keep the song's momentum going, particularly when they bring the horns back in underneath him briefly (with some backing vocals from Beyonce) and when they drop back out he brings out his most phonetically distinct part of the verse in "Jay-Z in the RANGE crazy and deRANGED they can't figure 'em out they like "hey is he inSANE?"". Plus it helps take the focus of Beyonce for a bit and allow her to arrive back with that monster of a bridge. The horns back sounding huger than ever before somehow (note how the drums are just pounding on the cymbal and kick for 4 bars, not even including the snare until the final 2 bars) and Bey generates an absurd amount of tension with "Got me lookiiiing so CRAZY muh BAABY" coiling up until "baby AAAAAAH DON'T CAAAAARE" and the horns drop out again her voice just lets loose in the way it's been waiting the whole song to do. Now I normally don't go for singing that's bombastic as a whole, infact a lot of the time it grates on me. But it's SO utterly right for a song this exhilarating, and so well-executed for its job at that. And when those final choruses come in I'm going on Will-Butler-on-stage-during-Rebellion-(Lies)-levels of energy. It becomes almost impossible to believe that a song this energised could be made out of little more than one sample, but it happened, and I love it to bits. Even though she's grown so much as an artist overall in the years since this single's release, it still ranks with even the mightiest songs from Lemonade.
Last edited: 28/02/2019 13:19
******
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*
Even when this song was released I didn't think anything special of it. Extremely overrated.
****
OK R&B plaat.
***
Similar with Zacco in that I never gravitated to Beyonce. I never found her songs exciting or made me interested. This track here is iconic as, deserved the success and appreciation it gets. But for me it’s just an above average meh. 3.4*
****
super cool
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