Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)

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"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"
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Single by Pam Tillis
from the album Sweetheart's Dance
B-side "Ancient History"[1]
Released November 7, 1994
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 2:50
Label Arista Nashville
Writer(s) Jess Leary
Pam Tillis
Producer(s) Pam Tillis
Steve Fishell
Pam Tillis singles chronology
"When You Walk in the Room"
(1994)		 "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"
(1994)		 "I Was Blown Away"
(1995)

"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in November 1994 as the third single from the album, Sweetheart's Dance. She co-wrote the song with Jess Leary, and co-produced it with Steve Fishell. The song is Tillis' only number-one single on the Billboard country charts.

Background and writing

Tillis said that she chose the song's title after seeing a guest on Geraldo who had a tattoo reading "mi vida loca", which is Spanish for "my crazy life".[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song has a "south-of-the-border Bo Diddley feel." [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in late 1994.

Personnel

Compiled from album liner notes.[4]

  • Dan Dugmore — acoustic guitar
  • John Barlow Jarvis — accordion
  • John Jorgenson — electric guitar, acoustic guitar solo
  • Greg Leisz — steel guitar
  • Suzi Ragsdale — background vocals
  • Milton Sledge — drums
  • Harry Stinson — percussion
  • Pam Tillis — lead vocals, background vocals
  • Biff Watson — acoustic guitar
  • Willie Weeks — bass guitar

Chart positions

"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 19, 1994.

Chart (1994-1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 41
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 36
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number one single
February 4-February 11, 1995		 Succeeded by
"My Kind of Girl"
by Collin Raye
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number one single
February 4-February 11, 1995		 Succeeded by
"I'm Here"
by Charlie Major

References

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  3. ↑ Billboard, November 19, 1994
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  5. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7788." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 13, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Pam Tillis – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Pam Tillis.
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