| "Drive You Mad" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Amy Shark | ||||
| from the EP Night Thinker | ||||
| Released | 14 July 2017 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Wonderlick Entertainment/Sony Music Australia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Amy Shark [1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Dann Hume | |||
| Amy Shark singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Drive You Mad" on YouTube | ||||
"Drive You Mad" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark. It was released on 14 July 2017 as the third and final single from her extended play Night Thinker. Shark said "Drive You Mad" is her favourite song off the EP.[2]
Shark explains the song "It was a realisation I had of me as a person. A bit of me acknowledging to people close to me that I know I'm not easy, I'm not the easiest daughter or friend or wife, I know I'm hard work. Hence the "drive you mad". It's like an ode to them."[3]
In August 2017 Shark explained "I remember the particular day I wrote "Drive You Mad" was a real self-help day. I was looking at myself going, “wow, you’re being a real bitch to everyone,” – you know when you take a real hard look at yourself? There were so many arguments, and one day I was like, “I probably was a bit harsh there... I was just having this big realisation of how [imperfect] I am as a human, and I don’t know, it just sort of came out as "Drive You Mad"."[4]
Music video
The music video for "Drive You Mad" was directed by Shark (a.k.a. Amy Billings) and released on YouTube on 31 July 2018.[5] The clip plays on the theme of being hounded by one's own skeletons, both metaphorically and physically.[2]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2017 it was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Video for Billings.[6][7]
Track listing
- "Drive You Mad" - 3:30
Charts
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Artist (ARIA)[8] | 15 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Version | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 31 July 2017 | Digital download | Original | Wonderlick /Sony Music Australia | G010003702229B |
References
- ↑ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- 1 2 "AMY SHARK: 'DRIVE YOU MAD'". Music Feeds. August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "Dive deep into Amy Shark's debut EP Night Thinker". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "INTERVIEW: AMY SHARK". aaa Backstage. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "Amy Shark - Drive You Mad". YouTube. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ↑ "2017 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ↑ Cockburn, Paige (28 November 2017). "ARIA Awards 2017: Gang of Youths, Paul Kelly, A.B. Original big victors at Australian music's night of nights". ABC News. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "ARIA Report Issue 1431" (PDF). ARIA. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.