Buckcherry, “Crazy B*tch” | Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘

In the 10^th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘, we explore the outlandishness behind the song “Crazy Bitch” performed by Buckcherry.

Bring on the outlandishness!

Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 provides background information and insight into rock and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  The records featured on Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 can be classic or brand new. In the 10^th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 (2022), we explore 🎵 “Crazy Bitch” performed by 🎙 Buckcherry.

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Theme & Lyrics ✍

“Hey / You’re a crazy bitch / But you fuck so good, I’m on top of it.” Woo! Personally, I find it surprising that a record named 🎵 “Crazy Bitch”, released in the aughts, ended up being a multiplatinum single.  Furthermore, the parent album, 💿 15, was certified as double platinum itself.  Rock band 🎙 Buckcherry was nothing short of outlandish on this explicit gem.  Singles that feature the b-word narrow their airplay ability, particularly back in 2006 when this song/album arrived.  Despite loudly and proudly highlighting bitch in its title and lyrics, “Crazy Bitch” climbed as high as no. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Again, let me remind you it’s a multiplatinum single – quadruple platinum as of publication!

The premise of “Crazy Bitch” is that this particular girl – and these types of girls – are crazy.  Even so, the sex is electric.  The utterly naughty, sing-along chorus – excerpted above – continues: “…When I dream, I’m doing you all night / Scratches all down my back to keep me right on.” The hard-rocking verses are risqué too. In the first verse, front man Josh Todd memorable asserts, “Scream so loud, getting fucking laid / You want me to stay, but I got to make my way.” Hmm, is “getting fucking laid” redundant when you think about it? Extra emphasis, I suppose. Surprisingly, the second verse is tamer, though Todd still brings that high flying, rock and roll spirit.  He makes up for the lack of profanity on the bridge, were we get two fucks and three crazy bitches… Yeah, that didn’t sound right, but it goes a little something like this:

“Get the video

Fuck you so good

Get the video

Fuck you so good

Crazy bitch

Crazy bitch

Crazy, bitch.”

Woo! There’s also a second bridge, which features one of the best lines of the song that recurs as the outro: “You’re crazy / But I like the way you fuck me.” What more can you say to that?

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Final Thoughts 💭

I doubt my parents were aware of 🎵 “Crazy Bitch” back in 2006. I have no doubt they woul’ve disapproved! By that time, however, I was a sophomore in college, so, not much they could do even if they disapproved, right? Right! Still, even with the word bitch being used more in mainstream music in the 2020s, “Crazy Bitch” still has some edge and ample outlandishness. Even at my age, I still think my parents would disapprove!

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🎙 Buckcherry • 💿 15 • 🏷 11-7 Recording Corp. / Atlantic • 🗓 2006

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Buckcherry, “Crazy Bitch”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 10 (2022) [📷: 11-7 Recording Corp., Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Vinícius Caricatte]

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