“(You Drive Me) Crazy” by Britney Spears is a late-1990s dance-pop and teen-pop hit from her debut studio album, ...Baby One More Time (1999). Released on August 24, 1999 as the album’s third single, the song was issued by Jive Records and became one of the key tracks that helped establish Britney Spears as one of the biggest pop artists of the era. It was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, and Max Martin, and produced by David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Max Martin, and Rami Yacoub.

Musically, “(You Drive Me) Crazy” combines dance-pop, teen pop, and bubblegum pop with the polished Swedish pop production associated with Cheiron Studios. The song is built around drums, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, cowbell, and layered backing vocals. The recording credits include Esbjörn Öhrwall and Johan Carlberg on guitar, Thomas Lindberg on bass guitar, David Kreuger on keyboards and programming, Per Magnusson on additional keyboards, and backing vocals from Jeanette Söderholm, Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, and The Fanchoir.

The single version is especially known as “The Stop Remix!”, named after the moment where Britney shouts “Stop!” before the track kicks back in. This remix was created for the soundtrack of the 1999 teen romantic comedy Drive Me Crazy, which helped connect the song to late-1990s teen pop culture.

Lyrically, “(You Drive Me) Crazy” captures the excitement, obsession, and nervous energy of young love. Its catchy chorus, danceable beat, and polished production made it a natural follow-up to Britney’s earlier hits “...Baby One More Time” and “Sometimes.”

The song was a major commercial success. It reached the Top 10 in seventeen countries, including the United States, where it peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached No. 1 in Belgium’s Wallonia chart and Iceland, and became Britney Spears’s third consecutive Top 5 hit in the United Kingdom.

One curiosity about the song is that Britney re-recorded her vocals in May 1999 at Battery Studios in New York City specifically for “The Stop Remix!” version. Another interesting detail is that the music video was directed by Nigel Dick and features Britney as a waitress in a dance club who breaks into choreography with the other waitresses.

The video also includes cameo appearances from Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier, the stars of the film Drive Me Crazy. It premiered on MTV’s Making the Video and became one of Britney’s most memorable early visuals, with its green sequined outfit, club setting, and highly choreographed dance routine.

Baby, I'm so into you
You've got that somethin', what can I do?
Baby, you spin me around
Oh, the earth is moving but I can't feel the ground

Every time you look at me, my heart is jumpin'
It's easy to see
Loving you means so much more
More than anything I ever felt before

You drive me crazy, I just can't sleep
I'm so excited, I'm in too deep
Oh, crazy, but it feels alright
Baby, thinkin' of you keeps me up all night

(Oh-oh, oh, oh)

Tell me: You're so into me
That I'm the only one you will see
Tell me: I'm not in the blue, oh
That I'm not wastin' my feelings on you

Loving you means so much more
More than anything I ever felt before

You drive me crazy, I just can't sleep
I'm so excited, I'm in too deep
Oh, crazy, but it feels alright
Baby, thinkin' of you keeps me up all night

Crazy, I just can't sleep
I'm so excited, I'm in too deep
Crazy, but it feels alright
Every day and every night

You drive me crazy (you drive me crazy, baby)
I'm so excited, I'm in too deep
Oh, crazy (you make me feel alright)
Baby, thinking of you keeps me up all night (oh-oh)

You drive me crazy (you drive me crazy, baby) (yeah, yeah)
Oh, crazy, but it feels alright (you drive me–)
Baby, thinkin' of you keeps me up all night
Baby, thinkin' of you keeps me up all night

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