{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{confuse|Crazy Bitches}} {{Infobox song | name = Crazy Bitch | cover = buckcherry_crazy_bitch.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Buckcherry | album = 15 | released = 2006 | recorded = 2005 | studio = | venue = | genre = Hard rock | length = 3:22 | label = * Eleven Seven * Atlantic | writer = * Josh Todd * Keith Nelson | producer = * Mike Plotnikoff * Paul DeCarli * Keith Nelson | prev_title = Ridin' | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Next 2 You | next_year = 2006 }}
"'''Crazy Bitch'''" is a song by American hard rock band Buckcherry. It was released in 2006 as the lead single to the band's third studio album, ''15''. The song was inspired by Paris Hilton's 2004 sex tape ''1 Night in Paris''.<ref name="autoref" />
It was the band's first single to hit the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, debuting at No. 99 and peaking at No. 59. It earned a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.<ref>Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63432 Blabbermouth.net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916162618/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63432 |date=September 16, 2007 }}. Retrieved December 7, 2006.</ref>
==Background==
Singer Josh Todd said the song was inspired by the 2004 Paris Hilton sex tape. He added, "That kind of sparked the idea. All the guys that we know have had crazy girls like that in their lives, so we wanted to write a song with an idea that people could latch on to."<ref name="autoref">{{citation |url=http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2006/03/2010.cfm |title=Buckcherry's "Crazy B*tch" Inspired By Paris Hilton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324080517/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2006/03/2010.cfm |last=Hotchkiss|first=Caitlin|website=Chart Attack|date=March 20, 2006|archive-date=March 24, 2006 |url-status=usurped |access-date=December 18, 2021 }}</ref> Guitarist Keith Nelson admitted that they didn't plan on "Crazy Bitch" being their first single, as evidenced by the amount of profanity which made the song very radio-unfriendly. However, satellite radio stations could play the song uncensored, and a few in New York City put the song on heavy rotation, garnering exposure.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/buckcherry_keith_nelson_knows_how_a_rock_record_should_sound_like.html|title=Buckcherry: Keith Nelson Knows How A Rock Record Should Sound Like |last=Matera|first=Joe|website= Ultimate Guitar|date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
Todd said that he first recorded himself singing the song's chorus on his mother's answering machine.<ref name=":0" />
Guitarist Keith Nelson disagreed with the song's reputation as misogynist. He said, "It was never meant to be misogynistic, but that was the way a lot of people saw it when the album came out. But since then I’ve heard that so many women love it, and know all the lyrics. Something like that is really gratifying, because it means that females are in on the joke as well. So anyone out there who still thinks we’re sexist? Talk to the girls who go around calling themselves The Crazy Bitch."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |date=March 6, 2024 |title=The Buckcherry song that'll be the band's epitaph |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/buckcherry-crazy-bitch |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref>
In 2014, Buckcherry launched a line of sex toys named "Crazy Bitch Toys" after the song. Its first two products were the "All Night Long Pleasure Cock" and "The Truth Tattoo Care Kit".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=November 7, 2014 |title=BUCKCHERRY Launches Adult Product Line 'Crazy Bitch Toys' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/buckcherry-launches-adult-product-line-crazy-bitch-toys |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
== Music videos == The original music video was filmed at the Key Club in Los Angeles, which was made to look like a strip club. An open casting call (documented in a video on the band's site called "Behind the Bitch") was held in October 2005, recruiting unpaid dancers and strippers for the low-budget video, which was directed by Ulf Buddensieck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=October 22, 2005 |title=BUCKCHERRY: Open Casting Call For 'Crazy Bitch' Video |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/buckcherry-open-casting-call-for-crazy-bitch-video |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> There are two versions of the video: an "explicit" version featuring female nudity (which was made available on the band's website)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=June 23, 2006 |title=BUCKCHERRY Keeps Getting 'Crazy' On Road |url=https://staging101.blabbermouth.net/news/buckcherry-keeps-getting-crazy-on-road |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> and a "clean" version that was aired on Fuse TV. The "clean" version, however, was not approved by MTV, who demanded more than 80 cuts, according to the July 13, 2006, issue of ''Rolling Stone''.
In October 2006, a new concept video was created for "Crazy Bitch" and the band's then-single "Next 2 You".{{cn|date=April 2026}}
=== Controversy === On September 11, 2006, a lawsuit was filed that alleges that a minor was given alcohol to drink and allegedly was filmed exposing her breasts, kissing another female and writhing against a pole while Buckcherry performed the song at the video shoot, which was later to be proven false.<ref name=chart>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/42097/buckcherrys-in-trouble-for-using-underage-girl-in-sexy-video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027034030/http://www.chartattack.com/news/42097/buckcherrys-in-trouble-for-using-underage-girl-in-sexy-video|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 27, 2009|title=Buckcherry's In Trouble For Using Underage Girl In Sexy Video|access-date=July 25, 2009|date=September 13, 2006|magazine=Chart}}</ref> According to the lawsuit, the music video was posted on the band's website and distributed widely online, as was a "behind the scenes" program that referred to the girl's first name,<ref name=chart/> featured more nudity and had band members saying, "It's like watching seven hours of porn."<ref name=dose>{{cite web|url=http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=d89d9ec3-7d01-4cff-b92f-8076df4e72f6&k=92336|title=Did Buckcherry Coerce a 16-Year-Old Into Making Porn?|publisher=Dose.ca|date=September 12, 2006|access-date=December 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321224906/http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=d89d9ec3-7d01-4cff-b92f-8076df4e72f6&k=92336|archive-date=March 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=court>{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0912/buckcherry_ctv.html|title=Teen girl sues band Buckcherry, claiming she was coerced into making porn|publisher=Courttv.com|access-date=November 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331034258/http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0912/buckcherry_ctv.html|archive-date=March 31, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Skip Miller of law firm Miller Barondess said, "We had a guy at the door checking IDs, and to get in, this girl had to show a fake identification showing she was over 18. There were signs telling minors to stay out. This woman filled out a release form with false information. And once it was determined this woman was underage, the video was removed."<ref name=dose/> However, the lawsuit alleges that the minor was not asked for identification.<ref name=court/> Allen Kovac, Buckcherry's manager, said, "There was every opportunity for her not to be in that video. For whatever reason, the girl subverted those efforts, and now her mom is trying to blame everyone but her. This woman is now looking at them as a profit opportunity."<ref name=chart/> A representative of Warner Music Group said it had no role in the video's original production,<ref name=court/> but that when the music company was contacted by the girl's mother, it immediately re-edited the video to exclude her<ref name=knac>{{cite web|url=https://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4947|title=Buckcherry - Labels Sued Over Sexy Video of a Minor|publisher=Knac.com|date=|access-date=November 24, 2009}}</ref> and removed the original from circulation,<ref name=court/><ref name=knac/> hiring an outside group to strip it from websites that had posted it illegally.<ref name=knac/>
==Reception== "Crazy Bitch" has received mixed reception. In 2013, Angelica Leicht of ''Houston Press'' said the track was the "Worst. Song. ''Ever."''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leicht |first=Angelica |date=2013-08-09 |title=The 10 Suckiest Bands of the '00s |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-10-suckiest-bands-of-the-00s-6529505/ |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Houston Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Sam Goblin of ''Talkhouse'' called the track "one of the most abhorrent songs ever put to tape."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Buttland |url=https://www.talkhouse.com/welcome-to-buttland/ |access-date=June 24, 2025 |website=Talkhouse}}</ref> By contrast, ''Metal Injection'' referred to it as one of the "greatest divorced dad rock songs of all time," and wrote: "If Nickelback somehow doesn’t get your mistress in the mood, you’ve got a surefire backup with Buckcherry. Josh Todd is the man!"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-18 |title=10 Greatest Divorced Dad Rock Songs of All Time |url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/10-greatest-divorced-dad-rock-songs-of-all-time |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+{{sro|Weekly chart performance for "Crazy Bitch"}} !scope="col"| Chart (2006) !scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|30|artist=Buckcherry|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|59|artist=Buckcherry|rowheader=true|access-date=September 13, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|13|artist=Buckcherry|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|3|artist=Buckcherry|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+{{sro|Year-end chart performance for "Crazy Bitch"}} ! scope="col"| Chart (2006) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Mainstream Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/mainstream-rock-songs-artists|title=Mainstream Rock Songs – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020210530/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/mainstream-rock-songs-artists|archive-date=October 20, 2021|access-date=April 13, 2026}}</ref> | 6 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption={{sro|Certifications for "Crazy Bitch"}}}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|relyear=2006|certyear=2021|access-date=June 11, 2021|artist=Buckcherry|title=Crazy Bitch}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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