Released January 28, 1985 Length 14:06 Release date 28 January 1985 Label Warner Bros. Records | Recorded 1984 Artist David Lee Roth Producer Ted Templeman Genres Hard rock, Pop music | |
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Crazy from the Heat
(1985) Eat 'Em and Smile
(1986) | ||
Crazy from the Heat is a 1985 EP by David Lee Roth. His debut solo release, it was issued while Roth was still the lead singer for Van Halen.
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Background
All four songs on the EP are cover versions. Roth's version of the Beach Boys hit "California Girls" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, which was the same position that the Beach Boys' original rendition reached twenty years prior.
The song "Easy Street" is originally by The Edgar Winter Group, and "Coconut Grove" is a cover of a tune by The Lovin' Spoonful. The medley of "Just a Gigolo" and "I Ain't Got Nobody" is also based on Louis Prima's 1956 medley of the two songs.
According to album's liner notes, the cover picture of Roth was shot in the Seychelle Islands.
In 1997, using the same title, Roth published Crazy from the Heat, his autobiography.
The last lyric in the chorus of the song "Goin' Crazy" from Roth's 1986 album Eat 'Em and Smile is taken from the name of this EP.
Crazy from the Heat is certified platinum by the RIAA, having sold over one million in the US.
Track listing
- "Easy Street" (Dan Hartman) – 3:45
- "Medley: Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) (Roger Graham, Spencer Williams) – 4:39
- "California Girls" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) – 2:50
- "Coconut Grove" (John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky) – 2:52
Personnel
Charts
Album
Singles
Songs
1East Street3:47
2Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody4:42
3California Girls2:49