Ĭomplex named it the 24th best song of 2020, with the magazine's Jessica McKinney calling it "an underrated banger", opining that the "late-night record will likely make it to summer playlists in the years to come". Thug plays the perfect partner, too, matching his melodic intensity with an action-packed verse of his own". CB has very few misses in his catalog when it comes to penning sing-songy hooks, and he accomplished that same mission when whipping up 'Go Crazy'. Carl Lamare of Billboard said that the song "is mandatorily catchy. XXL listed it among the best hip hop songs of the year. Various critics named "Go Crazy" a standout from Slime & B, particularly commending Brown for his "perfectly harmonized" hook.
Lyrically, it sees Brown and Thug guarantee to a debaucherous girl, whose appearance looks shy, their fun and expensive lifestyle. The song's production samples " Drag Rap" (1986) by the Showboys, a song that was also sampled by Brown for the song "Emerald" contained in his ninth studio album Indigo.
"Go Crazy" is a harmonic uptempo, trap-infused, R&B song. According to Brown, the challenge was inspired by influencer Mufasa. The challenge sees a person dancing on the sidewalk outside a slow moving car. Two weeks later, Brown and his daughter Royalty started a dance challenge for the song called "#GoCraz圜hallenge". The song performed particularly well on streaming services and was subsequently sent to radio as a single. "Go Crazy" first appeared as track 2 on Brown's and Thug's collaborative mixtape Slime & B on May 5, 2020.
"Go Crazy" received various accolades, including one iHeartRadio Music Award and three Soul Train Music Awards, including Song of the Year.īrown 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, on the free-released track "Dat Night", and on " High End", a promotional single from Brown's acclaimed eighth studio album Heartbreak on a Full Moon. The storyline of the videoclip continues in the music video of the following single from the mixtape, "Say You Love Me". 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.Ī 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 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, surpassing " No Guidance", also by Brown. Some critics compared the song to early 2010's music, as well as Brown's previous single " Heat" (2019), for its similar musical direction. "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. The official remix of the song was released on February 19, 2021, and features American rappers Future, Lil Durk, and Mulatto. The song is a trap-infused R&B record, with a production that samples the Showboys' 1986 single " Drag Rap". After it became the only charting song from the mixtape, it was officially released as a single on May 19, 2020. The song is taken from their collaborative mixtape Slime & B, released on May 5, 2020. " Go Crazy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Chris Brown and American rapper Young Thug.