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{{Distinguish|Crazy Crazy / Harajuku Iyahoi}}
{{Short description|2014 single by Gen Hoshino}}
{{Short description|2014 single by Gen Hoshino}}
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| name = Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori
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| released = {{Start date|2014|6|11}}
| released = {{Start date|2014|6|11}}
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*[[Rock music|Rock]]
*[[Japanese rock|Rock]]
*[[J-pop]]
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"'''Crazy Crazy'''" ({{IPA|ja|kɯɾeidʑiː kɯɾeꜜidʑiː}}) and {{nihongo|"'''Sakura no Mori'''"|桜の森|extra=[[Literal translation|lit.]] "Cherry Blossom Forest"|lead=yes}} ({{IPA|ja|sakɯɾa no moɾi}}) are songs recorded by Japanese musician [[Gen Hoshino]], released as [[double A-side]]s on the second single from his fourth studio album, ''[[Yellow Dancer]]'' (2015). Both tracks were written and produced by Hoshino. The [[J-pop]] and [[Japanese rock|rock]] single was released by [[Speedstar Records]] on June 11, 2014, and is Hoshino's seventh single overall.
"'''Crazy Crazy'''" ({{IPA|ja|kɯɾeꜜidʑiː kɯɾeꜜidʑiː}}) and {{nihongo|"'''Sakura no Mori'''"|桜の森|extra=[[Literal translation|lit.]] "Cherry Blossom Forest"|lead=yes}} ({{IPA|ja|sakɯɾa no moɾi}}) are songs by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician [[Gen Hoshino]], released as [[double A-side]]s for his fourth studio album, ''[[Yellow Dancer]]'' (2015). Both tracks were written and produced by Hoshino; he wrote the lyrics without deep thought, utilizing lines he personally liked without regard for literal meaning. The songs were released as the album's second single by [[Speedstar Records]] on June 11, 2014, marking Hoshino's seventh single overall.


"Crazy Crazy" was developed from a melancholic melody Hoshino had written in 2013 whilst awaiting surgery for a [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]]. The song is a homage to the jazz band [[Crazy Cats]] featuring upbeat instrumentation, consisting mostly of piano, bass, and drums, through serious lyrics. "Sakura no Mori" was written for a spring campaign of the radio station [[J-Wave]]; it has a pop and disco sound inspired by Western soul artists, with lyrics that were described as erotic by reviewers. The single includes two B-sides: the mid-paced night-themed "Night Troop" and the home recorded and acoustic guitar-led "Umi o Sukū".
Categorized as [[J-pop]] and [[Japanese rock|rock]], the single features varied sound throughout its track listing. "Crazy Crazy" was developed from a melancholic melody Hoshino had written in 2013 whilst awaiting surgery for a [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]]. The song is a homage to the jazz band [[Crazy Cats]] featuring upbeat instrumentation, consisting mostly of piano, bass, and drums, through serious lyrics. In a theme of [[cherry blossom]]s, "Sakura no Mori" was written for a spring campaign of the radio station [[J-Wave]]. It has a [[Pop music|pop]] and [[disco]] sound inspired by Western soul artists, with lyrics that feature double meaning about excitement for spring and an intimate encounter between a man and woman. The single includes two B-sides: the mid-paced night-themed "Night Troop" and the home recorded and [[acoustic guitar]]-led "Umi o Sukū".


Both songs were shown on radio before the single's release: "Sakura no Mori" featured on J-Wave, whereas "Crazy Crazy" was previewed in full on the [[TBS Radio]] program of the comedy duo [[Bananaman (comedy duo)|Bananaman]]. Upon release, "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" reached No. 4 on the [[Oricon]] [[Oricon Singles Chart|Singles Chart]] and the ''[[Billboard Japan]]'' Top Singles chart. As individual tracks, "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" both charted within the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' [[adult contemporary]] airplay chart, and respectively reached No. 7 and No. 55 on the [[Billboard Japan Hot 100|Hot 100]]. A black-and-white music video for "Crazy Crazy", starring Hoshino and the track's other performing musicians, was released on June 4 and was a nominee for Video of the Year at the 2015 [[Space Shower Music Awards]].
Both songs were shown on radio before the single's release: the second A-side featured on J-Wave, whereas the first was previewed in full on the [[TBS Radio]] program of the comedy duo [[Bananaman (comedy duo)|Bananaman]]. The double A-side was received positively by critics, who commented on the different musical styles featured on its track listing. Upon release, "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" reached number four on the [[Oricon]] [[Oricon Singles Chart|Singles Chart]] and the ''[[Billboard Japan]]'' Top Singles chart. As individual tracks, "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" both charted within the top ten of the ''Billboard'' [[Adult contemporary music|Adult Contemporary Airplay]] chart, and respectively reached numbers seven and 55 on the [[Billboard Japan Hot 100|Hot 100]]. A black-and-white [[music video]] for the former, starring Hoshino and the other performing musicians, was released on June 4, 2014. It was a nominee for Video of the Year at the 2015 [[Space Shower Music Awards]]. Hoshino gave debut performances of the songs during his [[Two Beat in Yokohama Arena]] concert in December 2014 and featured both on his national [[Yellow Voyage]] tour throughout 2015. Since his 2017 tour [[Continues]], Hoshino has tended to perform the second part in absence of the first.


== Background and production ==
== Background and production ==
[[File:Eiga-Hyoron-1963-February-3.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A picture of Hitoshi Ueki from 1962|The lyrics to "Crazy Crazy" references members of [[Crazy Cats]], such as [[Hitoshi Ueki]].]]
Hoshino began writing the melody to "Crazy Crazy" in July 2013 at his home whilst awaiting surgery for a [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]]. He described the waiting period as the most difficult in the surgery process, which was reflected by a melancholic ballad style in the song's early draft, similar to his earlier single "Shiranai" (2012). Later, when relistening to old voice memos, Hoshino found the draft and wanted to make it into a lighter style. He imagined forming a trio with formation resembling a black [[jazz piano]] player, a heavy metal/white drummer, and a Japanese bassist. When Hoshino returned to activities around the end of 2013, he began work on "Sakura no Mori" simultaneously to "Crazy Crazy". He recruited [[Masatoshi Nakano]] for drums, [[Hama Okamoto]] of [[Okamoto's]] for bass, and Hajime Kobayashi for piano. They held a first rehearsal shortly after.<ref name="Musica">{{cite magazine|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|url=http://musica-net.jp/articles/preview/4271/|title=新シングル『Crazy Crazy / 桜の森』で才気大爆発! 星野源、衝動とともに新たな王道を突き進む|trans-title=New Single "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" Is an Explosion of Genius! Gen Hoshino Pursues a New Direction with Impulse|language=ja|format=Interview|magazine={{ill|Musica (magazine) {{!}} Musica|ja|MUSICA}}|volume=86|pages=82–89|date=May 19, 2014|page= |access-date=February 15, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215015308/http://musica-net.jp/articles/preview/4271/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SkreamInt">{{cite magazine|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|interviewer-last=Yoshiba|interviewer-first=Saori|url=https://skream.jp/interview/2014/07/hoshinogen.php|title=Interview - 星野源|trans-title=Interview - Gen Hoshino|language=ja|format=Interview|magazine=Skream!|date=July 2014|access-date=February 15, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215205918/https://skream.jp/interview/2014/07/hoshinogen.php|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|1}}
Hoshino began writing the melody to "Crazy Crazy" in July 2013 at his home whilst awaiting surgery for a [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]]. He described the waiting period as the most difficult in the surgery process, which was reflected by a melancholic [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]] style in the song's early draft, similar to his earlier single "Shiranai" (2012). Later, when relistening to old voice memos, Hoshino found the draft and wanted to make it into a lighter style. He imagined forming a trio with formation resembling a black [[jazz piano]] player, a heavy metal/white drummer, and a Japanese bassist. When Hoshino returned to activities around the end of 2013, he began work on "Sakura no Mori" simultaneously to "Crazy Crazy". He recruited [[Ling Tosite Sigure]]'s Masatoshi Nakano for drums, [[Hama Okamoto]] of [[Okamoto's]] for bass, and Hajime Kobayashi for piano. They held a first rehearsal shortly after.<ref name="Musica">{{cite magazine|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|url=http://musica-net.jp/articles/preview/4271/|title=新シングル『Crazy Crazy / 桜の森』で才気大爆発! 星野源、衝動とともに新たな王道を突き進む|trans-title=New Single "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" Is an Explosion of Genius! Gen Hoshino Pursues a New Direction with Impulse|language=ja|format=Interview|magazine={{ill|Musica (magazine) {{!}} Musica|ja|MUSICA}}|volume=86|pages=82–89|date=May 19, 2014|page= |access-date=February 15, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215015308/http://musica-net.jp/articles/preview/4271/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SkreamInt">{{cite magazine|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|interviewer-last=Yoshiba|interviewer-first=Saori|url=https://skream.jp/interview/2014/07/hoshinogen.php|title=Interview - 星野源|trans-title=Interview - Gen Hoshino|language=ja|format=Interview|magazine=Skream!|date=July 2014|access-date=February 15, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215205918/https://skream.jp/interview/2014/07/hoshinogen.php|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|1}}


After adding the word "crazy" into the lyrics, Hoshino became inspired to turn the song into an homage to the Japanese jazz band [[Crazy Cats]], who he had remembered listening to in childhood.<ref name="RockinOnInterview">{{cite interview|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|title=初の両A面シングル『Crazy Crazy/桜の森』で星野源、ポップにラジカルに突き抜ける!|trans-title=Gen Hoshino breaks into pop with first double A-side single "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori"!|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|page=140–143|date=July 2014}}</ref><ref name="SUN">{{cite web|last=Onuki|first=Nobuaki|url=https://www.hoshinogen.com/special/sun/|title=『SUN』を紐解く。|trans-title=Unraveling "Sun"|language=ja|publisher=[[Victor Entertainment]]|access-date=February 16, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818133525/https://www.hoshinogen.com/special/sun/|url-status=live}}</ref> He added references to three members of group in the text through [[kanji]]; for example, [[Kei Tani]] ('''谷'''啓) is referenced through [[wikt:谷#Japanese|'''谷''']] (''tani'', lit. "valley") and [[Hitoshi Ueki]] (植木'''等''') is through [[wikt:等しい|'''等'''しい]] (''hitoshī'', lit. "equal" as in "equality").<ref name="WhatsIn2">{{cite interview|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|interviewer-last=Toya|interviewer-first=Keisuke|url=https://www.whatsin.jp/feature/hoshino-gen_crazy-crazy|title=Feature - 星野源 - 『Crazy Crazy』|trans-title=Feature - Gen Hoshino - "Crazy Crazy"|language=ja|magazine=What's In?|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=March 11, 2024|archive-date=June 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630230529/http://www.whatsin.jp/feature/hoshino-gen_crazy-crazy|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|1}}<ref name="MusicaYD">{{cite interview|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|title=2015年の圧倒的名盤『YELLOW DANCER』 その全曲を語りつくす完全保存大特集!|trans-title=''Yellow Dancer'' - Complete Special Feature Going Into Every Song on 2015's Masterpiece Album!|language=ja|magazine={{ill|Musica (magazine) {{!}} Musica|ja|MUSICA}}|volume=104|page=41–42|date=December 2015}}</ref>{{rp|41}} Hoshino conceived part of the song's chord progression and drum timing before production and had initially imagined beginning the track with both melody and chords. In rehearsal with Kobayashi, they attempted to replicate a blues jazz style similar to "what a grandpa would play at a bar in [[Music of New Orleans|New Orleans]]." After hearing Kobayashi play the song's chords, Hoshino thought it sounded cool and would be enough on its own, keeping the intro to a piano solo.<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}}
After adding the word "crazy" into the lyrics, Hoshino became inspired to turn the song into an homage to the Japanese jazz band [[Crazy Cats]], who he had remembered listening to in childhood.<ref name="RockinOnInterview">{{cite interview|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|title=初の両A面シングル『Crazy Crazy/桜の森』で星野源、ポップにラジカルに突き抜ける!|trans-title=Gen Hoshino breaks into pop with first double A-side single "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori"!|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|page=140–143|date=July 2014}}</ref><ref name="SUN">{{cite web|last=Onuki|first=Nobuaki|url=https://www.hoshinogen.com/special/sun/|title=『Sun』を紐解く。|trans-title=Unraveling "Sun"|language=ja|publisher=[[Victor Entertainment]]|access-date=February 16, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818133525/https://www.hoshinogen.com/special/sun/|url-status=live}}</ref> He added references to three members of group in the text through [[kanji]]; for example, [[Kei Tani]] ('''谷'''啓) is referenced through [[wikt:谷#Japanese|'''谷''']] (''tani'', lit. "valley") and [[Hitoshi Ueki]] (植木'''等''') is through [[wikt:等しい|'''等'''しい]] (''hitoshī'', lit. "equal" as in "equality").<ref name="WhatsIn2">{{cite interview|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|interviewer-last=Toya|interviewer-first=Keisuke|url=https://www.whatsin.jp/feature/hoshino-gen_crazy-crazy|title=Feature - 星野源 - 『Crazy Crazy』|trans-title=Feature - Gen Hoshino - "Crazy Crazy"|language=ja|magazine=What's In?|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=March 11, 2024|archive-date=June 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630230529/http://www.whatsin.jp/feature/hoshino-gen_crazy-crazy|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|1}}<ref name="MusicaYD">{{cite interview|last=Hoshino|first=Gen|author-link=Gen Hoshino|title=2015年の圧倒的名盤『Yellow Dancer』 その全曲を語りつくす完全保存大特集!|trans-title=''Yellow Dancer'' - Complete Special Feature Going Into Every Song on 2015's Masterpiece Album!|language=ja|magazine={{ill|Musica (magazine) {{!}} Musica|ja|MUSICA}}|volume=104|page=41–42|date=December 2015}}</ref>{{rp|41}} Hoshino conceived part of the song's chord progression and drum timing before production and had initially imagined beginning the track with both melody and chords. In rehearsal with Kobayashi, they attempted to replicate a [[Twelve-bar blues|blues jazz]] style similar to "what a grandpa would play at a bar in [[Music of New Orleans|New Orleans]]".<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}} After hearing Kobayashi play the song's chords, Hoshino thought it sounded cool and would be enough on its own, keeping the intro to a piano solo.<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}}


Commissioned to create a spring campaign song for the [[J-Wave]] radio station, Hoshino wrote "Sakura no Mori" with a [[cherry blossom]] theme in mind.<ref name="WhatsIn2"/>{{rp|2}} On the song, he wanted to attempt a stronger classical dance and J-pop sound. Unlike the jazz inspirations on "Crazy Crazy", "Sakura no Mori" would primarily be influenced by the soul music of Western artists such as [[Michael Jackson]], who Hoshino rediscovered a love for shortly before the start of the double A-side's production. As he researched dance music, Hoshino felt that he began to naturally take use of [[Japanese scales]] for a "classical Japanese direction" as he continued trying to incorporate a rhythm similar to that of soul and R&B groups like [[The Emotions]].<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}}<ref name="SUN"/> Hoshino wrote the lyrics to both tracks without deep thought and utilizing lines he liked regardless of particular literal or grammatical sense, a direction in his writing he noted had become stronger following the album ''[[Stranger (Gen Hoshino album)|Stranger]]'' (2013) and its singles.<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}}
Commissioned to create a spring campaign song for the [[J-Wave]] radio station, Hoshino wrote "Sakura no Mori" with a [[cherry blossom]] theme in mind.<ref name="WhatsIn2"/>{{rp|2}} On the song, he wanted to attempt a stronger classical dance and [[J-pop]] sound. Unlike the jazz inspirations on "Crazy Crazy", "Sakura no Mori" would primarily be influenced by the soul music of Western artists such as [[Michael Jackson]], who Hoshino rediscovered a love for shortly before the start of the double A-side's production. As he researched dance music, Hoshino felt that he began to naturally take use of [[Japanese musical scales|Japanese scales]] for a classical Japanese direction as he continued trying to incorporate a rhythm similar to that of soul and R&B groups like [[the Emotions]].<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}}<ref name="SUN"/> Hoshino wrote the lyrics to both tracks without deep thought and utilizing lines he liked regardless of particular literal or grammatical sense, a direction in his writing he noted had become stronger following the album ''[[Stranger (Gen Hoshino album)|Stranger]]'' (2013) and its singles.<ref name="SkreamInt"/>{{rp|1}}


== Composition and lyrics ==
== Composition and lyrics ==
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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" is listed as [[J-pop]] on [[Apple Music]]<ref name="AppleMusic"/> and is categorized under [[Japanese rock]] and pop on ''CDJournal''.<ref name="CDJournal"/> The A-side is headed by "Crazy Crazy" with a runtime of 3 minutes and 56 seconds, followed by the 5 minute and 13 second-long "Sakura no Mori". The B-side features the 3 minute-long tracks "Night Troop" and "Umi o Sukū" (海を掬う, [[Literal translation|lit.]] "Scoop the Ocean"; denoted as the [[Home recording|house version]]), for a total runtime of 15 minutes and 46 seconds.<ref name="AppleMusic"/> Hoshino is credited as songwriter, arranger, producer, and singer on both A-side tracks, whilst Takahiro Uchida is named for [[Mastering engineer|master engineering]].<ref name="CreditsCC">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/crazy-crazy/1062215249|title=Crazy Crazy – Song by Gen Hoshino (from ''Yellow Dancer'')|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=January 29, 2024|archive-date=January 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129191723/https://music.apple.com/us/song/crazy-crazy/1062215249|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CreditsSM">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/sakura-no-mori/1062215248|title=Sakura no Mori – Song by Gen Hoshino (from ''Yellow Dancer'')|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=January 29, 2024|archive-date=January 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129191724/https://music.apple.com/us/song/sakura-no-mori/1062215248|url-status=live}}</ref>
"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" is categorized under [[Japanese rock]] and [[J-pop|pop]] on ''CDJournal''.<ref name="CDJournal">{{cite web|url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4114041004|title=星野 源 / Crazy Crazy / 桜の森 [CD+DVD] [限定]|trans-title=Gen Hoshino / Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori (CD+DVD) (Limited)|website={{ill|CDJournal|ja|CD Journal}}|language=ja|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303104708/https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4114041004|url-status=live}}</ref> The A-side is headed by "Crazy Crazy" with a runtime of 3 minutes and 56 seconds, followed by the 5 minute and 13 second-long "Sakura no Mori". The B-side features the 3 minute-long tracks "Night Troop" and "Umi o Sukū" (海を掬う, [[Literal translation|lit.]] "Scoop the Ocean"; denoted as the [[Home recording|house version]]), for a total runtime of 15 minutes and 46 seconds.<ref name="AppleMusic"/> Hoshino is credited as songwriter, arranger, producer, and singer on both A-side tracks, whilst Takahiro Uchida is named for [[Mastering engineer|master engineering]].<ref name="CreditsCC">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/crazy-crazy/1062215249|title=Crazy Crazy – Song by Gen Hoshino (from ''Yellow Dancer'')|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=January 29, 2024|archive-date=January 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129191723/https://music.apple.com/us/song/crazy-crazy/1062215249|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CreditsSM">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/sakura-no-mori/1062215248|title=Sakura no Mori – Song by Gen Hoshino (from ''Yellow Dancer'')|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=January 29, 2024|archive-date=January 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129191724/https://music.apple.com/us/song/sakura-no-mori/1062215248|url-status=live}}</ref>


"Crazy Crazy" uses a limited instrumental line-up, led by Kobayashi's piano, Okamoto's bass guitar, Nakano's drums, and backed with tambourine played by Hoshino.<ref name="CDJournal"/><ref name="Tower">{{cite web|author=Oguri|url=https://tower.jp/site/artist/hoshinogen/discography/solo|title=Crazy Crazy/桜の森 <通常盤>|trans-title=Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori (Regular Edition)|language=ja|publisher=[[Tower Records Japan]]|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205225154/https://tower.jp/site/artist/hoshinogen/discography/solo|archive-date=December 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CreditsCC"/> The song opens with a light and rhythmic piano intro that reminiscences to older theatrical media like slapstick comedy and silent movies. After the intro, the song incorporates the upbeat sounds of drums, handclaps, and a smooth bass line.<ref name="Skream">{{cite magazine|last=Yoshiba|first=Saori|url=https://skream.jp/feature/2014/06/hoshinogen.php|title=Feature - 星野源|trans-title=Feature - Gen Hoshino|language=ja|magazine=Skream!|date=June 2014|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303104708/https://skream.jp/feature/2014/06/hoshinogen.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In its lyrics, "Crazy Crazy" takes use of darker words such as "death" whilst maintaining a forward-facing tone.<ref name="CDJournal"/> Saori Yoshiba of ''Skream!'' magazine wrote that the vocals and lyrics show Hoshino's seriousness and dark emotions, contrasting to the lively sound of the instrumental composition.<ref name="Skream"/> Oguri of [[Tower Records Japan]] called the track's band composition simple and, in certain elements, crazy, supported by a playful tone with the Crazy Cats references in the lyrics and music video.<ref name="Tower"/>
"Crazy Crazy" uses a limited instrumental line-up, led by Kobayashi's piano, Okamoto's bass guitar, Nakano's drums, and backed with tambourine played by Hoshino.<ref name="CDJournal"/><ref name="CreditsCC"/><ref name="Tower">{{cite web|author=Oguri|url=https://tower.jp/site/artist/hoshinogen/discography/solo|title=Crazy Crazy/桜の森 <通常盤>|trans-title=Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori (Regular Edition)|language=ja|publisher=[[Tower Records Japan]]|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205225154/https://tower.jp/site/artist/hoshinogen/discography/solo|archive-date=December 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The song opens with a light and rhythmic piano intro that reminiscences to older theatrical media like slapstick comedy and silent movies. After the intro, the song incorporates the upbeat sounds of drums, handclaps, and a smooth bass line.<ref name="Skream">{{cite magazine|last=Yoshiba|first=Saori|url=https://skream.jp/feature/2014/06/hoshinogen.php|title=Feature - 星野源|trans-title=Feature - Gen Hoshino|language=ja|magazine=Skream!|date=June 2014|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303104708/https://skream.jp/feature/2014/06/hoshinogen.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In its lyrics, "Crazy Crazy" takes use of darker words such as "death" whilst maintaining a forward-facing tone.<ref name="CDJournal"/> Saori Yoshiba of ''Skream!'' magazine wrote that the vocals and lyrics show Hoshino's seriousness and dark emotions, contrasting to the lively sound of the composition.<ref name="Skream"/> Oguri of [[Tower Records Japan]] called the track's band composition simple and, in certain elements, crazy with the support of a playful tone with the Crazy Cats references in the lyrics and [[music video]].<ref name="Tower"/>


"Sakura no Mori" sees Kobayashi on a [[Rhodes piano]], Wataru Iga of {{ill|Benzo (band) {{!}} Benzo|ja|Benzo}} on bass guitar, and Daichi Ito on drums. The song introduces stringed instrumentation from cello, violin, and viola to the single, and features extra vocals in the chorus from singer Orarī and {{ill|Cero (band) {{!}} Cero|ja|cero (バンド)}} members Shōhei Takagi and Yū Arauchi.<ref name="CreditsSM"/><ref name="CDJournal"/> It is a poppy<ref name="CDJournal"/><ref name="WhatsIn">{{cite web|last=Mori|first=Tomoyuki|url=https://www.whatsin.jp/review/60055|title="優れた狂気"を感じさせる星野源の姿勢|trans-title=The Kind Madness of Gen Hoshino|language=ja|magazine=What's In?|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=July 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719201837/http://www.whatsin.jp/review/60055|url-status=dead}}</ref> and dance / disco track<ref name="Mikiki">{{cite web|last=Katō|first=Chikako|url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1338|title=星野源の時代の乗り方|trans-title=How Gen Hoshino Rides the Times|language=ja|website=Mikiki|publisher=[[Tower Records Japan]]|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303142757/https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1338|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RockinOn">{{cite magazine|last=Watanabe|first=Marina|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/187921|title=ロックの深エロい名曲7 VS エロ騒ぎの名曲7|trans-title=The 7 Greatest Deep Erotic Songs VS the 7 Greatest Loudly Erotic Songs|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|page=1|date=July 24, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303142756/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/187921|url-status=live}}</ref> with likeness to [[acid jazz]]<ref name="Skream"/> and has been associated by critics with the coming of spring.<ref name="Skream"/><ref name="Mikiki"/><ref name="RockinOn"/> According to analysis by ''[[Rockin'On Japan]]''{{'s}} Marina Watanabe, the lyrics at their surface level describe emotions of excitement at the beginning of spring, but a small change of perspective could twist the text to instead refer to an intimate relation between a man and woman.<ref name="RockinOn"/> A reviewer for ''CDJournal'' called the lyrics similar to those of fairy tale, with a strange erotic allure.<ref name="CDJournal"/>
"Sakura no Mori" sees Kobayashi on a [[Rhodes piano]], Wataru Iga of {{ill|Benzo (band) {{!}} Benzo|ja|Benzo}} on bass guitar, and Daichi Ito on drums. The song introduces stringed instrumentation from cello, violin, and viola to the single, and features extra vocals in the chorus from singer Orarī and [[Cero (band)|Cero]] members Shōhei Takagi and Yū Arauchi.<ref name="CreditsSM"/><ref name="CDJournal"/> It is a poppy,<ref name="CDJournal"/><ref name="WhatsIn">{{cite web|last=Mori|first=Tomoyuki|url=https://www.whatsin.jp/review/60055|title="優れた狂気"を感じさせる星野源の姿勢|trans-title=The Kind Madness of Gen Hoshino|language=ja|magazine=What's In?|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=July 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719201837/http://www.whatsin.jp/review/60055|url-status=dead}}</ref> dance / disco track,<ref name="Mikiki">{{cite web|last=Katō|first=Chikako|url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1338|title=星野源の時代の乗り方|trans-title=How Gen Hoshino Rides the Times|language=ja|website=Mikiki|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303142757/https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1338|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RockinOn">{{cite magazine|last=Watanabe|first=Marina|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/187921|title=ロックの深エロい名曲7 VS エロ騒ぎの名曲7|trans-title=The 7 Greatest Deep Erotic Songs VS the 7 Greatest Loudly Erotic Songs|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|page=1|date=July 24, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303142756/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/187921|url-status=live}}</ref> with likeness to [[acid jazz]],<ref name="Skream"/> and has been associated by critics with the coming of spring.<ref name="Skream"/><ref name="Mikiki"/><ref name="RockinOn"/> According to analysis by ''[[Rockin'On Japan]]''{{'s}} Marina Watanabe, the lyrics at their surface level describe emotions of excitement at the beginning of spring, but a small change of perspective could twist the text to instead refer to an intimate relation between a man and woman.<ref name="RockinOn"/> A reviewer for ''CDJournal'' called the lyrics similar to those of fairy tale, with a strange erotic allure.<ref name="CDJournal"/>


The first B-side "Night Troop" is a mid-paced track<ref name="WhatsIn"/> with funk beat that builds upon blues and jazz genres for a "relaxing" or chilled night theme.<ref name="Skream2">{{cite magazine|last=Yoshiba|first=Saori|url=https://skream.jp/diskreview/2014/07/crazy_crazy_sakuranomiri.php|title=『Crazy Crazy／桜の森』 - Disc Review|trans-title="Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" - Disc Review|language=ja|magazine=Skream!|access-date=March 5, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215173456/https://skream.jp/diskreview/2014/07/crazy_crazy_sakuranomiri.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Skream"/> ''Mikiki''{{'s}} Chikako Katō found it reminiscent to [[neo soul]] and recent alternative jazz artists such as [[José James]].<ref name="Mikiki"/> "Umi o Sukū", the second and final B-side, serves as Hoshino's customary home recording track on the single. It is led by a live acoustic guitar and quiet vocals through a pre-recorded melody.<ref name="Tower"/><ref name="Skream"/>
The first B-side "Night Troop" is a mid-paced track,<ref name="WhatsIn"/> with funk beat that builds upon blues and jazz genres for a "relaxing" or chilled night theme.<ref name="Skream"/><ref name="Skream2">{{cite magazine|last=Yoshiba|first=Saori|url=https://skream.jp/diskreview/2014/07/crazy_crazy_sakuranomiri.php|title=『Crazy Crazy／桜の森』 - Disc Review|trans-title="Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" - Disc Review|language=ja|magazine=Skream!|access-date=March 5, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215173456/https://skream.jp/diskreview/2014/07/crazy_crazy_sakuranomiri.php|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Mikiki''{{'s}} Chikako Katō found it reminiscent to [[neo soul]] and recent alternative jazz artists such as [[José James]].<ref name="Mikiki"/> "Umi o Sukū", the second and final B-side, serves as Hoshino's customary home recording track on the single. It is led by a live [[acoustic guitar]] and quiet vocals through a pre-recorded melody.<ref name="Tower"/><ref name="Skream"/>


== Release and promotion ==
== Release and promotion ==
On February 20, 2014, it was announced that Hoshino had collaborated with J-Wave to write a song for the radio station's annual spring campaign. The song, "Sakura no Mori", would be Hoshino's first new song after his hemorrhage-induced hiatus, and was first broadcast on-air February 21.<ref name="JWave">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/110596|title=星野源、復帰後初のオリジナル新曲でJ-WAVE春キャン彩る|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Colors J-Wave Spring Campaign with New Song, His First After Hiatus|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313142816/https://natalie.mu/music/news/110596|url-status=live}}</ref> After wrapping up the Fukkatsu Live Tour at the [[NHK Hall]] on February 25, Hoshino announced that he would release his first post-recovery single, which would include "Sakura no Mori" and also a video DVD in limited editions.<ref name="Mitei">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/114128|title=星野源、復帰第1弾シングルは「桜の森」を含む4曲入り|trans-title=Gen Hoshino To Release "Sakura no Mori" and 3 Other Songs in First Single After Recovery|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205181711/https://natalie.mu/music/news/114128|url-status=live}}</ref> The cover art and final track listing were unveiled May 14: it would be a double A-side of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" (Hoshino's first double A-side release), backed by "Night Troop" and "Umi o Sukū" on the B-side. {{ill|Santa Yamagishi|ja|山岸聖太}} was revealed as the director of the first edition DVD, titled ''Crazy Disc'', featuring the special program {{nihongo|"Kinkyū Tokubetsu Bangumi: Hoshino Gen Ninki Song Top 10"|緊急特別番組・星野 源 人気ソングTOP10|extra=lit. Urgent Special Program: Gen Hoshino's Top 10 Popular Songs}}, acoustic live performances of "[[Barabara (song)|Barabara]]" and "[[Stranger (Gen Hoshino album)|Film]]" from December 2012, a documentary to the single's recording, and accompanying audio commentary from Hoshino and his staff. Copies of the single bought from Tower Records, [[Culture Convenience Club|Tsutaya]], [[HMV Japan|HMV]], and Yamano Music would come with different postcards of Hoshino's alter ego Akira Nise, with design depending on the store.<ref name="TrackListing">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/116598|title=星野源、両A面シングルに「緊急特番」含む77分の映像集も|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Will Release 77-Minute Video Collection with "Emergency Program" on Double A-Side Single|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313142815/https://natalie.mu/music/news/116598|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 16, Hoshino previewed "Crazy Crazy" in full for the first time on the [[TBS Radio]] show of comedy duo [[Bananaman (comedy duo)|Bananaman]], of whom he is a close friend.<ref name="Bananaman">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/116707|title=星野源「Crazy Crazy」がバナナマン冠番組でOA解禁|trans-title=Gen Hoshino to Unveil "Crazy Crazy" On-Air during Bananaman Gold|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=May 15, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313142814/https://natalie.mu/music/news/116707|url-status=live}}</ref>
On February 20, 2014, it was announced that Hoshino had collaborated with J-Wave to write a song for the radio station's annual spring campaign. The song, "Sakura no Mori", would be Hoshino's first new song after his hemorrhage-induced hiatus, and was first broadcast on-air March 21.<ref name="JWave">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/110596|title=星野源、復帰後初のオリジナル新曲でJ-WAVE春キャン彩る|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Colors J-Wave Spring Campaign with New Song, His First After Hiatus|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313142816/https://natalie.mu/music/news/110596|url-status=live}}</ref> After wrapping up the Fukkatsu Live Tour at the [[NHK Hall]] on April 9, 2014, Hoshino announced that he would release his first post-recovery single, which would include "Sakura no Mori" and also a video DVD in limited editions.<ref name="Mitei">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/114128|title=星野源、復帰第1弾シングルは「桜の森」を含む4曲入り|trans-title=Gen Hoshino To Release "Sakura no Mori" and 3 Other Songs in First Single After Recovery|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205181711/https://natalie.mu/music/news/114128|url-status=live}}</ref> The cover art and final track listing were unveiled May 14: it would be a double A-side of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" (Hoshino's first double A-side release), backed by "Night Troop" and "Umi o Sukū" on the B-side. {{ill|Santa Yamagishi|ja|山岸聖太}} was revealed as the director of the first edition DVD, titled ''Crazy Disc'', featuring the special program {{nihongo|"Kinkyū Tokubetsu Bangumi: Hoshino Gen Ninki Song Top 10"|緊急特別番組・星野 源 人気ソングTOP10|extra=lit. Urgent Special Program: Gen Hoshino's Top 10 Popular Songs}}, acoustic live performances of "[[Barabara (song)|Barabara]]" and "[[Stranger (Gen Hoshino album)|Film]]" from December 2012, a documentary to the single's recording, and accompanying audio commentary from Hoshino and his staff. Copies of the single bought from Tower Records, [[Culture Convenience Club|Tsutaya]], [[HMV Japan|HMV]], and Yamano Music would come with different postcards of Hoshino's alter ego Akira Nise, with design depending on the store.<ref name="TrackListing">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/116598|title=星野源、両A面シングルに「緊急特番」含む77分の映像集も|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Will Release 77-Minute Video Collection with "Emergency Program" on Double A-Side Single|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313142815/https://natalie.mu/music/news/116598|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 16, Hoshino previewed "Crazy Crazy" in full for the first time on the [[TBS Radio]] show of comedy duo [[Bananaman (comedy duo)|Bananaman]], of whom he is a close friend.<ref name="Bananaman">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/116707|title=星野源「Crazy Crazy」がバナナマン冠番組でOA解禁|trans-title=Gen Hoshino to Unveil "Crazy Crazy" On-Air during Bananaman Gold|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=May 15, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313142814/https://natalie.mu/music/news/116707|url-status=live}}</ref>


A black-and-white music video to "Crazy Crazy" was released on June 4, directed and edited by Hoshino and starring himself, Kobayashi, and Okamoto wearing white suits as they play their respective instruments. Though Kobayashi played the song's piano alone, the video shows a duet as a reference to Crazy Cats. The video is intercepted by a trailer for ''Crazy Disc''.<ref name="MusicVideo1">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/118202|title=星野源×ハマ・オカモト×ピエール中野が白スーツ共演|trans-title=Gen Hoshino, Hama Okamoto, and Pierre Nakano Appear Together in White Suits in "Crazy Crazy" Music Video|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129213634/https://natalie.mu/music/news/118202|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MusicVideo2">{{cite web|last=Katō|first=Chikako|url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1567|title=星野源、6月11日リリースのシングルより"Crazy Crazy"のPV&特典DVDの予告映像を公開! 特設サイトもオープン|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Releases Music Video and Special DVD Trailer for New Single "Crazy Crazy"|language=ja|website=Mikiki|publisher=[[Tower Records Japan]]|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313163951/https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1567|url-status=live}}</ref> "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" was released through [[Speedstar Records]] on June 11, 2014,<ref name="CDJournal"/> and marked Hoshino's seventh single<ref name="7th">{{cite web|url=https://www.hoshinogen.com/en/works/detail/?id=26|title=Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori|publisher=[[Amuse Inc.]]|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217120808/https://www.hoshinogen.com/en/works/detail/?id=26|url-status=live}}</ref> following "[[Why Don't You Play in Hell? (song)|Why Don't You Play in Hell?]]" (2013) and preceding "[[Sun (Gen Hoshino song)|Sun]]" (2015). An analog vinyl version of "Sakura no Mori" was released on December 17, 2014, with "Crazy Crazy" and "Night Troop" included on its B-side. Its cover art was illustrated by manga artist {{ill|Haruko Ichikawa|ja|市川春子}}. According to Hoshino, he reached to Ichikawa asking if she would be interested in creating a motif for "Sakura no Mori"; in response, the artist said she had already planned to, and Hoshino quickly organized the vinyl release idea after seeing two of her rough sketches.<ref name="AnalogBan">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/131563|title=星野源×市川春子「桜の森」コラボ、サイトトップでも実現|trans-title=Gen Hoshino and Haruko Ichikawa Create Site Image in "Sakura no Mori" Collaboration|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=November 18, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313163954/https://natalie.mu/music/news/131563|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AnalogBanOricon">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/324291/products/1107716/1/|title=桜の森(12inch Analog/完全限定生産盤)|trans-title=Sakura no Mori (12-inch Analog / Limited First Edition)|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216143005/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/324291/products/1107716/1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
A [[black-and-white]] music video to "Crazy Crazy" was released on June 4, 2014, directed and edited by Hoshino and starring himself, Kobayashi, and Okamoto wearing white suits as they play their respective instruments. Though Kobayashi played the song's piano alone, the video shows a duet as a reference to Crazy Cats. The video is intercepted by a trailer for ''Crazy Disc''.<ref name="MusicVideo1">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/118202|title=星野源×ハマ・オカモト×ピエール中野が白スーツ共演|trans-title=Gen Hoshino, Hama Okamoto, and Pierre Nakano Appear Together in White Suits in "Crazy Crazy" Music Video|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129213634/https://natalie.mu/music/news/118202|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MusicVideo2">{{cite web|last=Katō|first=Chikako|url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1567|title=星野源、6月11日リリースのシングルより"Crazy Crazy"のPV&特典DVDの予告映像を公開! 特設サイトもオープン|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Releases Music Video and Special DVD Trailer for New Single "Crazy Crazy"|language=ja|website=Mikiki|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313163951/https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/1567|url-status=live}}</ref> "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" was released as the second single of ''[[Yellow Dancer]]'' through the [[Victor Entertainment]] label [[Speedstar Records]] on June 11, 2014,<ref name="CDJournal"/> and marked Hoshino's seventh single.<ref name="7th">{{cite web|url=https://www.hoshinogen.com/en/works/detail/?id=26|title=Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori|publisher=[[Amuse Inc.]]|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217120808/https://www.hoshinogen.com/en/works/detail/?id=26|url-status=live}}</ref> An analog vinyl version of "Sakura no Mori" was released on December 17, 2014, with "Crazy Crazy" and "Night Troop" included on its B-side. Its cover art was illustrated by manga artist {{ill|Haruko Ichikawa|ja|市川春子}}. According to Hoshino, he reached out to Ichikawa asking if she would be interested in creating a motif for "Sakura no Mori"; in response, the artist said she had already planned to, and Hoshino quickly organized the vinyl release idea after seeing two of her rough sketches.<ref name="AnalogBan">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/131563|title=星野源×市川春子「桜の森」コラボ、サイトトップでも実現|trans-title=Gen Hoshino and Haruko Ichikawa Create Site Image in "Sakura no Mori" Collaboration|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=November 18, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=March 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313163954/https://natalie.mu/music/news/131563|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AnalogBanOricon">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/324291/products/1107716/1/|title=桜の森(12inch Analog/完全限定生産盤)|trans-title=Sakura no Mori (12-inch Analog / Limited First Edition)|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=March 13, 2024|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216143005/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/324291/products/1107716/1/|url-status=live}}</ref>


On October 14, 2015, Hoshino announced the title of his fourth studio album, ''[[Yellow Dancer]]'', slated for release December 2.<ref name="YellowDancer1">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/162859|title=星野源、2年7カ月ぶり新アルバム「YELLOW DANCER」リリース決定|trans-title=Gen Hoshino to Release First Album in Two Years ''Yellow Dancer''|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=February 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219224507/https://natalie.mu/music/news/162859|url-status=live}}</ref> The track listing was unveiled on October 28, showing "Sakura no Mori" and "Crazy Crazy" as tracks 9 and 10, respectively, surrounded by the instrumental "Nerd Strut" and "Snow Men". The double A-sides are two of four singles on the album, alongside "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" and "Sun".<ref name="YellowDancer2">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/164295|title=星野源ニューアルバム初回盤に22曲入り「ひとりエッジ」ライブ映像集|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Will Include 22-Song "Hitori Edge" Live Footage in First Editions to New Album|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=February 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220014626/https://natalie.mu/music/news/164295|url-status=live}}</ref>
On October 14, 2015, Hoshino announced the title of his fourth studio album, ''Yellow Dancer'', slated for release December 2.<ref name="YellowDancer1">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/162859|title=星野源、2年7カ月ぶり新アルバム「Yellow Dancer」リリース決定|trans-title=Gen Hoshino to Release First Album in Two Years ''Yellow Dancer''|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=February 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219224507/https://natalie.mu/music/news/162859|url-status=live}}</ref> The track listing was unveiled on October 28, showing "Sakura no Mori" and "Crazy Crazy" as tracks nine and ten, respectively, surrounded by the instrumental "Nerd Strut" and "Snow Men". The double A-sides are two of four singles on the album, alongside "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" and "Sun".<ref name="YellowDancer2">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/164295|title=星野源ニューアルバム初回盤に22曲入り「ひとりエッジ」ライブ映像集|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Will Include 22-Song "Hitori Edge" Live Footage in First Editions to New Album|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=February 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220014626/https://natalie.mu/music/news/164295|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Commercial performance ==
== Critical reception ==
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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" was met with positive reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. Yoshiba, in a web review for ''Skream!'', wrote that the single kept a consistently light and comfortable atmosphere despite the different styles of its track listing, and opined that Hoshino's low-key vocals helped deliver the meaning of the lyrics over the smoother melodies. Yoshiba concluded that the sound is upbeat but not sporadic, feeling that the melancholic and ultimately kind music would "blend [with the] skin" of listeners.<ref name="Skream2"/> Tomoyuki Mori for ''What's In?'' felt that the single showed Hoshino attempting "something crazy in middle of the mainstream".<ref name="WhatsIn"/> Mori called the pop sound on "Crazy Crazy" ecstatic, praising the track for a "surprisingly catchy" melody that plays over the dance instrumentation.<ref name="WhatsIn"/> Tower Records' Oguri complimented the band composition on "Crazy Crazy" as simple but strong, seeing the jazz piano and thumping drums as particularly "crazy in a good way".<ref name="Tower"/>
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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" sold 36,390 copies upon release, taking peaks at No. 4 on both the ''[[Billboard Japan]]'' Top Singles Sales ranking and the [[Oricon]] [[Oricon Singles Chart|Singles Chart]], behind [[μ's]] "Love Wing Bell" / "Dancing Stars on Me!", [[Tohoshinki]]'s [[Sweat / Answer|"Sweat" / "Answer"]], and [[NEWS (band)|NEWS]]' "One: For the Win".<ref name="YouTaiju">{{cite web|url=https://ranking.oricon.co.jp/contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=1072289&samecd=1|title=Crazy Crazy / 桜の森|trans-title=Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori|url-access=subscription|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 16, 2023|via=the You Taiju service}}</ref><ref name="TopSingleSales">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2014&month=06&day=23|title=Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216122653/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2014&month=06&day=23|url-status=live}}</ref> It finished as the 14th best-selling single of June according to Oricon with 46,729 units sold,<ref name="OriconSingles2014 6">{{cite web|url=https://ranking.oricon.co.jp/contents/ranking/monthly/index.asp?chart_dt=2014%2F06%2F01&chart_kbn=111|title=シングル月間50 - 2014/6付|trans-title=Monthly Top 50 Singles - 2014/6|url-access=subscription|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=June 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|via=the You Taiju service}}</ref> and was named at No. 83 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} year-end physical sales chart for 2014.<ref name="TopSingleSales2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2014|title=Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=2014|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422074456/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In total, the single charted for 21 weeks on Oricon's chart (12 weeks consecutive upon release), accumulating 56,565 sales as of April 2018, the single's most recent chart week.<ref name="YouTaiju"/> The vinyl release charted for one week on the Oricon chart, taking No. 35 with 1,887 sales.<ref name="YouTaijuVinyl">{{cite web|url=https://ranking.oricon.co.jp/contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=1107716&samecd=1|title=桜の森(12inch Analog/完全限定生産盤)|trans-title=Sakura no Mori (12-inch Analog / Limited First Edition)|url-access=subscription|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=March 13, 2024|via=the You Taiju service}}</ref>


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Katō for ''Mikiki'', who had been shown the single before its official release, highlighted "Sakura no Mori" and "Night Troop", calling them a Hoshino-flavored transformation of the disco ("Sakura no Mori") and neo soul ("Night Troop") genres.<ref name="Mikiki"/> Oguri of Tower Records noted a style of Japanese emotion on the second A-side, complimenting the track for a catchy rhythm that he called "impossible not to dance to".<ref name="Tower"/> Watanabe, in a [[listicle]] for ''Rockin'On Japan'', named "Sakura no Mori" as one of the seven greatest "deep erotic rock songs", calling the [[double entendre]] of its lyrics unique and also alluring.<ref name="RockinOn"/>
Both A-side tracks on the single saw success on [[adult contemporary]] airplay. Upon its unveiling in March, "Sakura no Mori" debuted at No. 35 on ''Billboard Japan''{{'s}} Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart and rose to a tied peak at No. 9 with [[Yui (singer)|Yui]]'s "[[Cherry (Yui song)|Cherry]]" the next week, in total charting seven weeks.<ref name="SakuraNoMoriRadio">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay&year=2014&month=04&day=07|title=Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=April 2, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325065053/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay&year=2014&month=04&day=07|url-status=live}}</ref> "Crazy Crazy" saw further success on the chart: it debuted at No. 17 on May 28 and rose to a peak at No. 7 on its fourth week. It made a total of eight appearances on the chart, finishing as the 59th most-aired song of 2014 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} year-end list.<ref name="CrazyCrazyRadio">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|title=Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422155739/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AdultContemporary2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay_year&year=2014|title=Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay Year End|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406195805/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay_year&year=2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Both songs also charted on the [[Billboard Japan Hot 100|''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100]]: "Sakura no Mori" peaked at No. 55 in April and "Crazy Crazy" reached No. 7 in June.<ref name="Hot100SakuraNoMori">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=04&day=07|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424235236/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=04&day=07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hot100CrazyCrazy">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422155739/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|url-status=live}}</ref>


"Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" earned Hoshino two award nominations. The video to "Crazy Crazy" was one of 50 nominees for Video of the Year at the 2015 [[Space Shower Music Awards]],<ref name="SpaceAwardsNom">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/137490|title=スペシャ「Music Video Awards」ノミネート50作品発表|trans-title=Space Shower Announces 50 Nominees for the Music Video Awards|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=February 1, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024|archive-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131111012/https://natalie.mu/music/news/137490|url-status=live}}</ref> but ultimately lost to [[Quruli]]'s "Liberty & Gravity".<ref name="SpaceAwardsLoss">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2049581/full/|title=スペシャ最優秀MVはくるり、大賞はセカオワ|trans-title=At the Space Shower Awards, Quruli takes Video of the Year and Sekai no Owari takes Best Artist|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=March 6, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418233004/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2049581/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> The single's first edition cover art was one of 50 nominees chosen by voters of the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) for the 2015 Music Jacket Awards.<ref name="RIAJNom">{{cite web|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/1503/10/news133.html|title=「ミュージック・ジャケット大賞 2015」の第一次審査通過50作品決定――二次審査も開始|trans-title=The 50 entrées for the second round of the 2015 Music Jacket Grand Prix announced following first round voting. Second round started|language=ja|website=IT Media|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506034834/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/1503/10/news133.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was beaten in the second and last round, with [[Ringo Sheena]]'s ''[[Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku]]'' declared winner.<ref name="RIAJLoss">{{cite magazine|url=https://skream.jp/news/2015/05/shiina-ringo_mja_a-grand-prize.php|title=椎名林檎、"ミュージック・ジャケット大賞2015"大賞受賞|trans-title=Ringo Sheena's ''Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku'' wins Grand Prix at the 2015 Music Jacket Awards|language=ja|magazine=Skream!|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024}}</ref>
== Critical reception ==
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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" received positive reviews from music critics. Yoshiba, in a web review for ''Skream!'', wrote that the single kept a consistently light and comfortable atmosphere despite the different styles of its track listing, and opined that Hoshino's low-key vocals helped deliver the meaning of the lyrics over the smoother melodies. Yoshiba concluded that the sound is upbeat but not sporadic, feeling that the melancholic and ultimately kind music would "blend [with the] skin" of listeners.<ref name="Skream2"/> Tomoyuki Mori for ''What's In?'' felt that the single showed Hoshino attempting "something crazy in middle of the mainstream." Mori called the pop sound on "Crazy Crazy" ecstatic, praising the track for a "surprisingly catchy" melody that plays over the "dancing" instrumentation.<ref name="WhatsIn"/> Tower Records' Oguri complimented the band composition on "Crazy Crazy" as simple but strong, singling out the jazz piano as particularly "crazy in a good way".<ref name="Tower"/>


== Commercial performance ==
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Katō for ''Mikiki'', who had been shown the single before its official release, highlighted "Sakura no Mori" and "Night Troop", calling them a Hoshino-flavored transformation of the disco ("Sakura no Mori") and neo soul ("Night Troop") genres.<ref name="Mikiki"/> Oguri (Tower Records) noted a style of Japanese emotion on the second A-side, complimenting the track for a catchy rhythm that he called "impossible not to dance to."<ref name="Tower"/> Watanabe, in a [[listicle]] for ''Rockin'On Japan'', named "Sakura no Mori" as one of the 7 greatest "deep erotic rock songs", calling the [[double entendre]] of its lyrics unique and also alluring.<ref name="RockinOn"/>
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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" sold 36,390 copies in Japan upon release, taking peaks at number four on both the ''[[Billboard Japan]]'' Top Singles Sales ranking and the [[Oricon]] [[Oricon Singles Chart|Singles Chart]], behind [[μ's]] "Love Wing Bell" / "Dancing Stars on Me!", [[Tohoshinki]]'s [[Sweat / Answer|"Sweat" / "Answer"]], and [[NEWS (band)|NEWS]]' "One: For the Win".<ref name="YouTaiju">{{cite web|url=https://ranking.oricon.co.jp/contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=1072289&samecd=1|title=Crazy Crazy / 桜の森|trans-title=Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori|url-access=subscription|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 16, 2023|via=the You Taiju service}}</ref><ref name="TopSingleSales">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2014&month=06&day=23|title=Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216122653/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2014&month=06&day=23|url-status=live}}</ref> It finished as the 14th best-selling single of June according to Oricon with 46,729 units sold,<ref name="OriconSingles2014 6">{{cite web|url=https://ranking.oricon.co.jp/contents/ranking/monthly/index.asp?chart_dt=2014%2F06%2F01&chart_kbn=111|title=シングル月間50 - 2014/6付|trans-title=Monthly Top 50 Singles - 2014/6|url-access=subscription|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=June 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|via=the You Taiju service}}</ref> and was named at number 83 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} year-end physical sales chart for 2014.<ref name="TopSingleSales2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2014|title=Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=2014|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422074456/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In total, the single charted for 21 weeks on Oricon's chart (12 weeks consecutive upon release), accumulating 56,565 sales as of April 2018, the single's most recent chart week.<ref name="YouTaiju"/> The vinyl release charted for one week on the Oricon chart, taking number 35 with 1,887 sales.<ref name="YouTaijuVinyl">{{cite web|url=https://ranking.oricon.co.jp/contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=1107716&samecd=1|title=桜の森(12inch Analog/完全限定生産盤)|trans-title=Sakura no Mori (12-inch Analog / Limited First Edition)|url-access=subscription|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=March 13, 2024|via=the You Taiju service}}</ref>


"Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" earned Hoshino two award nominations. The video to "Crazy Crazy" was one of 50 nominees for Video of the Year at the 2015 [[Space Shower Music Awards]],<ref name="SpaceAwardsNom">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/137490|title=スペシャ「MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS」ノミネート50作品発表|trans-title=Space Shower Announces 50 Nominees for the Music Video Awards|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=February 1, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024|archive-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131111012/https://natalie.mu/music/news/137490|url-status=live}}</ref> but ultimately lost to [[Quruli]]'s "Liberty & Gravity".<ref name="SpaceAwardsLoss">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2049581/full/|title=スペシャ最優秀MVはくるり、大賞はセカオワ|trans-title=At the Space Shower Awards, Quruli takes Video of the Year and Sekai no Owari takes Best Artist|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=March 6, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418233004/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2049581/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> The single's first edition cover art was one of 50 nominees chosen by voters of the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] for the 2015 Music Jacket Awards.<ref name="RIAJNom">{{cite web|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/1503/10/news133.html|title=「ミュージック・ジャケット大賞 2015」の第一次審査通過50作品決定――二次審査も開始|trans-title=The 50 entrées for the second round of the 2015 Music Jacket Grand Prix announced following first round voting. Second round started|language=ja|website=IT Media|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506034834/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/1503/10/news133.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was beaten in the second and last round, with [[Ringo Sheena]]'s ''[[Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku]]'' declared winner.<ref name="RIAJLoss">{{cite magazine|url=https://skream.jp/news/2015/05/shiina-ringo_mja_a-grand-prize.php|title=椎名林檎、"ミュージック・ジャケット大賞2015"大賞受賞|trans-title=Ringo Sheena's ''Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku'' wins Grand Prix at the 2015 Music Jacket Awards|language=ja|magazine=Skream!|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=March 6, 2024}}</ref>
Both A-side tracks on the single saw success on [[adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] airplay. Upon its unveiling in March, "Sakura no Mori" debuted at number 35 on ''Billboard Japan''{{'s}} Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart and rose to a tied peak at number nine with [[Yui (singer)|Yui]]'s "[[Cherry (Yui song)|Cherry]]" the next week, in total charting seven weeks.<ref name="SakuraNoMoriRadio">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay&year=2014&month=04&day=07|title=Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=April 2, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325065053/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay&year=2014&month=04&day=07|url-status=live}}</ref> "Crazy Crazy" debuted at number 17 on May 28 and rose to a peak at number seven on its fourth week. It made a total of eight appearances on the chart, finishing as the 59th most-aired song of 2014 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} year-end list.<ref name="CrazyCrazyRadio">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|title=Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422155739/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AdultContemporary2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay_year&year=2014|title=Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay Year End|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406195805/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay_year&year=2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Both songs also charted on the [[Billboard Japan Hot 100|''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100]]: "Sakura no Mori" peaked at number 55 in April and "Crazy Crazy" reached number seven in June.<ref name="Hot100SakuraNoMori">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=04&day=07|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424235236/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=04&day=07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hot100CrazyCrazy">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422155739/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=06&day=23|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Live performances ==
== Live performances ==
{{External media|title=External videos|float=right|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogg7hZmHjnk "Crazy Crazy" (Live at Osaka Jo Hall 2016)] – from Yellow Voyage|video2=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIIq8XvdSYI "Sakura no Mori" (Live from "Enkai" 2021)]<br>Live performances of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" on Gen Hoshino's YouTube channel.}}
{{External media|title=External videos|float=right|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogg7hZmHjnk "Crazy Crazy" (Live at Osaka Jo Hall 2016)] – from Yellow Voyage|video2=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIIq8XvdSYI "Sakura no Mori" (Live from "Enkai" 2021)]<br>Live performances of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" on Hoshino's YouTube channel.}}
Hoshino gave debut performances of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" during the Band Day of his 2-day Two Beat in Yokohama Arena tour in December 2014. After performing "Sakura no Mori", Hoshino moved to the encore where he sang a cover of [[Akira Fuse]]'s "Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushi" as Akira Nise before ending the concert with "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="TwoBeat">{{cite magazine|last=Takahashi|first=Satoshi|url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/115507|title=星野 源（2日目／バンドDay）@横浜アリーナ|trans-title=Gen Hoshino - 2nd / Band Day @ Yokohama Arena|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314102943/https://rockinon.com/live/detail/115507|url-status=live}}</ref> Later the same month, Hoshino performed "Crazy Crazy" alone at the New Year's [[Count Down TV]] 14/15 concert.<ref name="Countdown">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1138|title=【COUNTDOWN JAPAN 14/15】 特集レポート|trans-title=Count Down Japan 14/15 - Special Report|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=2014|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140621/https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1138|url-status=live}}</ref> He sang both songs at the Victor Rock Festival in May 2015 and Rock in Japan Festival in August, with "Crazy Crazy" again ending the encores after covers of "Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushi".<ref name="VictorRockFestival">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/120509|title=ビクターロック祭り 2015 @ 幕張メッセ 国際展示場|trans-title=Victor Rock Festival 2015 @ Makuhari Messe|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=March 14, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140622/https://rockinon.com/live/detail/120509|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RockInJapan">{{cite magazine|last=Hyogo|first=Shinji|url=https://rockinon.com/quick/rijfes2015/detail/128453|title=星野 源 - ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2015 - クイックレポート|trans-title=Gen Hoshino - Rock in Japan Festival 2015 - Quick Report|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140621/https://rockinon.com/quick/rijfes2015/detail/128453|url-status=live}}</ref> Hoshino's next tour, the Hitori Edge in Budokan (August 2015), featured both songs on the set list; the footage was included in limited editions of ''Yellow Dancer''.<ref name="YellowDancer2"/> Upon the release of the album, Hoshino embarked on the Live Tour Yellow Voyage, performing "Crazy Crazy", "Sakura no Mori", and all other songs from the album.<ref name="YellowVoyage">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/140741?rtw|title=星野源、極上のエンタメツアー「YELLOW VOYAGE」大団円! 武道館公演を完全レポート|trans-title=The Final Day to Gen Hoshino's Ultimate Yellow Voyage Tour! Full Budokan Stage Report|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=March 22, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140621/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/140741?rtw|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hoshino gave debut live performances of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" on both the acoustic and band days of his two-day [[Two Beat in Yokohama Arena]] concert in December 2014. The acoustic day featured "Sakura no Mori" as the 21st song on the setlist, and "Crazy Crazy" as the first song of the [[encore]]. The performance of "Crazy Crazy" broke the acoustic theme, with Okamoto, Nakano, and Kobayashi brought on stage specifically for the song.<ref name="OriconHikigatari">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47538/|title=星野源、シークレットゲストも登場した横浜アリーナ公演をレポート!|trans-title=(Live Report) Gen Hoshino Debuts at Yokohama Arena with Secret Guest!|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=May 31, 2024|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405100802/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47538/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the second day, Hoshino performed "Sakura no Mori" immediately before moving to the encore, where he sang a cover of [[Akira Fuse]]'s "Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushi" as Akira Nise and ended the concert with "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="TwoBeat">{{cite magazine|last=Takahashi|first=Satoshi|url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/115507|title=星野 源（2日目／バンドDay）@横浜アリーナ|trans-title=Gen Hoshino - 2nd / Band Day @ Yokohama Arena|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314102943/https://rockinon.com/live/detail/115507|url-status=live}}</ref> Later the same month, Hoshino performed "Crazy Crazy" alone at the New Year's ''[[Count Down TV]]'' 14/15 concert.<ref name="Countdown">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1138|title=【Countdown Japan 14/15】 特集レポート|trans-title=Count Down Japan 14/15 - Special Report|language=ja|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=2014|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140621/https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1138|url-status=live}}</ref> He sang both songs at the Victor Rock Festival in May 2015 and Rock in Japan Festival in August, with "Crazy Crazy" again ending the encores after covers of "Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushi".<ref name="VictorRockFestival">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/120509|title=ビクターロック祭り 2015 @ 幕張メッセ 国際展示場|trans-title=Victor Rock Festival 2015 @ Makuhari Messe|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=March 14, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140622/https://rockinon.com/live/detail/120509|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RockInJapan">{{cite magazine|last=Hyogo|first=Shinji|url=https://rockinon.com/quick/rijfes2015/detail/128453|title=星野 源 - Rock in Japan Festival 2015 - クイックレポート|trans-title=Gen Hoshino - Rock in Japan Festival 2015 - Quick Report|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140621/https://rockinon.com/quick/rijfes2015/detail/128453|url-status=live}}</ref> Hoshino's next tour, the Hitori Edge in Budokan in August 2015, featured both songs on the set list; the footage was included in limited editions of ''Yellow Dancer''.<ref name="YellowDancer2"/> Upon the release of the album, Hoshino embarked on the [[Yellow Voyage]] live tour, performing "Crazy Crazy", "Sakura no Mori", and all other songs from the album.<ref name="YellowVoyage">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/140741?rtw|title=星野源、極上のエンタメツアー「Yellow Voyage」大団円! 武道館公演を完全レポート|trans-title=The Final Day to Gen Hoshino's Ultimate Yellow Voyage Tour! Full Budokan Stage Report|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=March 22, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140621/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/140741?rtw|url-status=live}}</ref>


Hoshino opened 2017 with a two-day concert, Yellow Pacific, performing both "Sakura no Mori" and "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="YellowPacific">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/155337|title=【完全レポ】星野源、2017年初ライブ「YELLOW PACIFIC」のすべてを振り返る！|trans-title=(Full Report) Looking Back at Hoshino's First 2017 Concert Yellow Pacific|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=September 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927144807/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/155337|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following Continues (2017) and Live in Japan (2018; with [[Mark Ronson]]) concerts, Hoshino performed "Sakura no Mori" without "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="Continues">{{cite web|url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/146246|title=星野源、自身の音楽ルーツ込めたツアー「Continues」6万人熱狂のたまアリで幕|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Closes the Curtains to Continues Live Tour at Saitama Arena to Audience of 60 Thousand|language=ja|website=Spice|publisher={{ill|EPlus (Japanese company){{!}}EPlus|ja|イープラス}}|date=September 12, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172950/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/146246|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LiveInJapan">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/182547|title=【来日レポ】星野源×マーク・ロンソン @ 幕張メッセ 国際展示場ホール9~11|trans-title=(Japan-Leg Report) Gen Hoshino × Mark Ronson @ Makuhari Messe, 9–11|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172950/https://rockinon.com/live/detail/182547|url-status=live}}</ref> In his 2019 Pop Virus Dome Tour promoting his fifth album ''[[Pop Virus]]'', Hoshino again performed "Sakura no Mori" in absence of "Crazy Crazy", playing the track's guitar himself alongside Okamoto on bass.<ref name="PopVirus">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/323312|title=星野源、33万人動員5大ドームツアーで見せた「POP VIRUS」の世界|trans-title=The World of ''Pop Virus'' Shown in Gen Hoshino's 5 Dome Tour|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404130834/https://natalie.mu/music/news/323312|url-status=live}}</ref> Since, Hoshino has performed "Sakura no Mori" on his Gratitude (2020), Enkai (2021), and Reassembly (2023) concerts/tours, with Gratitude being the only to feature "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="Gratitude">{{cite magazine|last=Takuto|first=Ueda|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/90194/2|title=＜ライブレポート＞星野源が配信ライブ【Gratitude】に込めた「音を奏でる喜び」と「再会の願い」|trans-title=(Live Report) Gen Hoshino's Gratitude is a Concert Packed with the Joy Played in Music and Wish for Reunion|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=July 17, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712114310/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/90194/2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Enkai">{{cite web|url=https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A023121/VIZL-1918.html|title=不思議/創造 (初回限定 "宴会" 盤) - CD＋DVD|trans-title=Fushigi / Create (First Edition "Enkai" Version) - CD+DVD|language=ja|publisher=[[Speedstar Records]]|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172951/https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A023121/VIZL-1918.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reassembly">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/510750|title=星野源が誕生日にYELLOW PASS会員と時間を共有「本当にお待たせ」大歓声にあふれた笑顔と涙|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Smiles and Cries as He Spends Time with Yellow Pass Members on His Birthday: "I've truly kept you all waiting."|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=January 30, 2023|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172950/https://natalie.mu/music/news/510750|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hoshino opened 2017 with a two-day concert in February, Yellow Pacific, performing both "Sakura no Mori" and "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="YellowPacific">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/155337|title=【完全レポ】星野源、2017年初ライブ「YELLOW PACIFIC」のすべてを振り返る！|trans-title=(Full Report) Looking Back at Hoshino's First 2017 Concert Yellow Pacific|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=September 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927144807/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/155337|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following [[Continues]] (2017) and Live in Japan (2018; with [[Mark Ronson]]) concerts, Hoshino performed "Sakura no Mori" without "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="Continues">{{cite web|url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/146246|title=星野源、自身の音楽ルーツ込めたツアー「Continues」6万人熱狂のたまアリで幕|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Closes the Curtains to Continues Live Tour at Saitama Arena to Audience of 60 Thousand|language=ja|website=Spice|publisher={{ill|EPlus (Japanese company){{!}}EPlus|ja|イープラス}}|date=September 12, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172950/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/146246|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LiveInJapan">{{cite magazine|last=Hirokazu|first=Koike|url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/182547|title=【来日レポ】星野源×マーク・ロンソン @ 幕張メッセ 国際展示場ホール9~11|trans-title=(Japan-Leg Report) Gen Hoshino × Mark Ronson @ Makuhari Messe, 9–11|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172950/https://rockinon.com/live/detail/182547|url-status=live}}</ref> In his 2019 Pop Virus Dome Tour promoting his fifth album ''[[Pop Virus]]'', Hoshino again performed "Sakura no Mori" in absence of "Crazy Crazy", playing the track's guitar himself alongside Okamoto on bass.<ref name="PopVirus">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/323312|title=星野源、33万人動員5大ドームツアーで見せた「Pop Virus」の世界|trans-title=The World of ''Pop Virus'' Shown in Gen Hoshino's 5 Dome Tour|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404130834/https://natalie.mu/music/news/323312|url-status=live}}</ref> Since, Hoshino has performed "Sakura no Mori" on his Gratitude (2020), Enkai (2021), and Reassembly (2023) concerts, with Gratitude being the only to feature "Crazy Crazy".<ref name="Gratitude">{{cite magazine|last=Takuto|first=Ueda|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/90194/2|title=＜ライブレポート＞星野源が配信ライブ【Gratitude】に込めた「音を奏でる喜び」と「再会の願い」|trans-title=(Live Report) Gen Hoshino's Gratitude is a Concert Packed with the Joy Played in Music and Wish for Reunion|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=July 17, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712114310/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/90194/2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Enkai">{{cite web|url=https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A023121/VIZL-1918.html|title=不思議/創造 (初回限定 "宴会" 盤) - CD＋DVD|trans-title=Fushigi / Create (First Edition "Enkai" Version) - CD+DVD|language=ja|publisher=[[Speedstar Records]]|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172951/https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A023121/VIZL-1918.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reassembly">{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/510750|title=星野源が誕生日にYellow Pass会員と時間を共有「本当にお待たせ」大歓声にあふれた笑顔と涙|trans-title=Gen Hoshino Smiles and Cries as He Spends Time with Yellow Pass Members on His Birthday: "I've truly kept you all waiting."|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]]|date=January 30, 2023|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315172950/https://natalie.mu/music/news/510750|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Hoshino performed "Crazy Crazy" before his encore at the Rock in Japan festival, where he did not sing "Sakura no Mori".<ref name="RockInJapan2024">{{cite magazine|url=https://rockinon.com/quick/rijfes2015/detail/128453|title=星野源 - Rock in Japan Festival 2024|trans-title=Gen Hoshino - Rock in Japan Festival 2024|language=ja|magazine=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|date=August 2024|access-date=August 15, 2024}}</ref>


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
Credits adapted from [[Apple Music]] and ''CDJournal''.<ref name="CreditsCC"/><ref name="CreditsSM"/><ref name="CDJournal"/>
Credits adapted from ''CDJournal'' and [[Apple Music]].<ref name="CDJournal"/><ref name="CreditsCC"/><ref name="CreditsSM"/>


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* [[Gen Hoshino]] – vocals, [[clapping|handclaps]], songwriter, producer (#1–2); [[tambourine]] (#1)
* [[Gen Hoshino]]{{snd}} vocals, [[clapping|handclaps]], songwriter, producer (#1–2); [[tambourine]] (#1)
* Hajime Kobayashi – piano (#1); [[Rhodes piano]] (#2)
* Hajime Kobayashi{{snd}} piano (#1); [[Rhodes piano]] (#2)
* [[Hama Okamoto]] – [[bass guitar]] (#1)
* [[Hama Okamoto]]{{snd}} [[bass guitar]] (#1)
* [[Masatoshi Nakano]] (alternatively credited as Pierrot Nakano) – drums (#1)
* [[Masatoshi Nakano]] (alternatively credited as Pierrot Nakano){{snd}} drums (#1)
* Wataru Iga – bass guitar (#2)
* Wataru Iga{{snd}} bass guitar (#2)
* Daichi Ito – drums (#2)
* Daichi Ito{{snd}} drums (#2)
* Ayano Kasahara – cello (#2)
* Ayano Kasahara{{snd}} cello (#2)
* Mari Masumoto – cello (#2)
* Mari Masumoto{{snd}} cello (#2)
* Mikiko Ise – violin (#2)
* Mikiko Ise{{snd}} violin (#2)
* Osamu Iyoku – violin (#2)
* Osamu Iyoku{{snd}} violin (#2)
* Mio Okamura – violin (#2)
* Mio Okamura{{snd}} violin (#2)
* Yu Sugino – violin (#2)
* Yu Sugino{{snd}} violin (#2)
* Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola (#2)
* Mikiyo Kikuchi{{snd}} viola (#2)
* Reiichi Tateizumi – viola (#2)
* Reiichi Tateizumi{{snd}} viola (#2)
* Shōhei Takagi – chorus vocals (#2)
* Shōhei Takagi{{snd}} chorus vocals (#2)
* Yū Arauchi – chorus vocals (#2)
* Yū Arauchi{{snd}} chorus vocals (#2)
* Orarī – chorus vocals (#2)
* Orarī{{snd}} chorus vocals (#2)
* Takahiro Uchida – [[mastering engineer]] (#1–2)
* Takahiro Uchida{{snd}} [[mastering engineer]] (#1–2)
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Why Don't You Play in Hell? (song)|"Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (song)]], a song written by Hoshino a week before his hiatus due to the hemorrhage
* [[Why Don't You Play in Hell? (song)|"Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (song)]]


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 10:47, 17 August 2024

Not to be confused with Crazy Crazy / Harajuku Iyahoi.

"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori"
The single's cover art. It features Gen Hoshino in a brown suit and cyan tie above a light blue background, covering his face with a straw hat. At the top of the case is a white bar with Hoshino's name and the single's title.
Single by Gen Hoshino
from the album Yellow Dancer
LanguageJapanese
B-side
  • "Night Troop"
  • "Umi o Sukū"
ReleasedJune 11, 2014 (2014-06-11)
Genre
Length
  • 3:36 ("Crazy Crazy")
  • 5:13 ("Sakura no Mori")
LabelSpeedstar
Songwriter(s)Gen Hoshino
Producer(s)Gen Hoshino
Gen Hoshino singles chronology
"Why Don't You Play in Hell?"
(2013) 		"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori"
(2014) 		"Sun"
(2015)
Music video and audio
"Crazy Crazy" (Official Video) on YouTube
"Sakura no Mori" (Audio) on YouTube

"Crazy Crazy" (Japanese pronunciation: [kɯɾeꜜidʑiː kɯɾeꜜidʑiː]) and "Sakura no Mori" (Japanese: 桜の森, lit. "Cherry Blossom Forest") (Japanese pronunciation: [sakɯɾa no moɾi]) are songs by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino, released as double A-sides for his fourth studio album, Yellow Dancer (2015). Both tracks were written and produced by Hoshino; he wrote the lyrics without deep thought, utilizing lines he personally liked without regard for literal meaning. The songs were released as the album's second single by Speedstar Records on June 11, 2014, marking Hoshino's seventh single overall.

Categorized as J-pop and rock, the single features varied sound throughout its track listing. "Crazy Crazy" was developed from a melancholic melody Hoshino had written in 2013 whilst awaiting surgery for a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The song is a homage to the jazz band Crazy Cats featuring upbeat instrumentation, consisting mostly of piano, bass, and drums, through serious lyrics. In a theme of cherry blossoms, "Sakura no Mori" was written for a spring campaign of the radio station J-Wave. It has a pop and disco sound inspired by Western soul artists, with lyrics that feature double meaning about excitement for spring and an intimate encounter between a man and woman. The single includes two B-sides: the mid-paced night-themed "Night Troop" and the home recorded and acoustic guitar-led "Umi o Sukū".

Both songs were shown on radio before the single's release: the second A-side featured on J-Wave, whereas the first was previewed in full on the TBS Radio program of the comedy duo Bananaman. The double A-side was received positively by critics, who commented on the different musical styles featured on its track listing. Upon release, "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" reached number four on the Oricon Singles Chart and the Billboard Japan Top Singles chart. As individual tracks, "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" both charted within the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay chart, and respectively reached numbers seven and 55 on the Hot 100. A black-and-white music video for the former, starring Hoshino and the other performing musicians, was released on June 4, 2014. It was a nominee for Video of the Year at the 2015 Space Shower Music Awards. Hoshino gave debut performances of the songs during his Two Beat in Yokohama Arena concert in December 2014 and featured both on his national Yellow Voyage tour throughout 2015. Since his 2017 tour Continues, Hoshino has tended to perform the second part in absence of the first.

Background and production

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A picture of Hitoshi Ueki from 1962
The lyrics to "Crazy Crazy" references members of Crazy Cats, such as Hitoshi Ueki.

Hoshino began writing the melody to "Crazy Crazy" in July 2013 at his home whilst awaiting surgery for a subarachnoid hemorrhage. He described the waiting period as the most difficult in the surgery process, which was reflected by a melancholic ballad style in the song's early draft, similar to his earlier single "Shiranai" (2012). Later, when relistening to old voice memos, Hoshino found the draft and wanted to make it into a lighter style. He imagined forming a trio with formation resembling a black jazz piano player, a heavy metal/white drummer, and a Japanese bassist. When Hoshino returned to activities around the end of 2013, he began work on "Sakura no Mori" simultaneously to "Crazy Crazy". He recruited Ling Tosite Sigure's Masatoshi Nakano for drums, Hama Okamoto of Okamoto's for bass, and Hajime Kobayashi for piano. They held a first rehearsal shortly after.[1][2]: 1 

After adding the word "crazy" into the lyrics, Hoshino became inspired to turn the song into an homage to the Japanese jazz band Crazy Cats, who he had remembered listening to in childhood.[3][4] He added references to three members of group in the text through kanji; for example, Kei Tani (谷啓) is referenced through 谷 (tani, lit. "valley") and Hitoshi Ueki (植木等) is through 等しい (hitoshī, lit. "equal" as in "equality").[5]: 1 [6]: 41  Hoshino conceived part of the song's chord progression and drum timing before production and had initially imagined beginning the track with both melody and chords. In rehearsal with Kobayashi, they attempted to replicate a blues jazz style similar to "what a grandpa would play at a bar in New Orleans".[2]: 1  After hearing Kobayashi play the song's chords, Hoshino thought it sounded cool and would be enough on its own, keeping the intro to a piano solo.[2]: 1 

Commissioned to create a spring campaign song for the J-Wave radio station, Hoshino wrote "Sakura no Mori" with a cherry blossom theme in mind.[5]: 2  On the song, he wanted to attempt a stronger classical dance and J-pop sound. Unlike the jazz inspirations on "Crazy Crazy", "Sakura no Mori" would primarily be influenced by the soul music of Western artists such as Michael Jackson, who Hoshino rediscovered a love for shortly before the start of the double A-side's production. As he researched dance music, Hoshino felt that he began to naturally take use of Japanese scales for a classical Japanese direction as he continued trying to incorporate a rhythm similar to that of soul and R&B groups like the Emotions.[2]: 1 [4] Hoshino wrote the lyrics to both tracks without deep thought and utilizing lines he liked regardless of particular literal or grammatical sense, a direction in his writing he noted had become stronger following the album Stranger (2013) and its singles.[2]: 1 

Composition and lyrics

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"Crazy Crazy"
"Sakura no Mori"
"Crazy Crazy" heads the single with an instrumentally light and upbeat sound through serious lyrics, followed by a spring-reminiscent pop and disco style on "Sakura no Mori".
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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" is categorized under Japanese rock and pop on CDJournal.[7] The A-side is headed by "Crazy Crazy" with a runtime of 3 minutes and 56 seconds, followed by the 5 minute and 13 second-long "Sakura no Mori". The B-side features the 3 minute-long tracks "Night Troop" and "Umi o Sukū" (海を掬う, lit. "Scoop the Ocean"; denoted as the house version), for a total runtime of 15 minutes and 46 seconds.[8] Hoshino is credited as songwriter, arranger, producer, and singer on both A-side tracks, whilst Takahiro Uchida is named for master engineering.[9][10]

"Crazy Crazy" uses a limited instrumental line-up, led by Kobayashi's piano, Okamoto's bass guitar, Nakano's drums, and backed with tambourine played by Hoshino.[7][9][11] The song opens with a light and rhythmic piano intro that reminiscences to older theatrical media like slapstick comedy and silent movies. After the intro, the song incorporates the upbeat sounds of drums, handclaps, and a smooth bass line.[12] In its lyrics, "Crazy Crazy" takes use of darker words such as "death" whilst maintaining a forward-facing tone.[7] Saori Yoshiba of Skream! magazine wrote that the vocals and lyrics show Hoshino's seriousness and dark emotions, contrasting to the lively sound of the composition.[12] Oguri of Tower Records Japan called the track's band composition simple and, in certain elements, crazy with the support of a playful tone with the Crazy Cats references in the lyrics and music video.[11]

"Sakura no Mori" sees Kobayashi on a Rhodes piano, Wataru Iga of Benzo [ja] on bass guitar, and Daichi Ito on drums. The song introduces stringed instrumentation from cello, violin, and viola to the single, and features extra vocals in the chorus from singer Orarī and Cero members Shōhei Takagi and Yū Arauchi.[10][7] It is a poppy,[7][13] dance / disco track,[14][15] with likeness to acid jazz,[12] and has been associated by critics with the coming of spring.[12][14][15] According to analysis by Rockin'On Japan's Marina Watanabe, the lyrics at their surface level describe emotions of excitement at the beginning of spring, but a small change of perspective could twist the text to instead refer to an intimate relation between a man and woman.[15] A reviewer for CDJournal called the lyrics similar to those of fairy tale, with a strange erotic allure.[7]

The first B-side "Night Troop" is a mid-paced track,[13] with funk beat that builds upon blues and jazz genres for a "relaxing" or chilled night theme.[12][16] Mikiki's Chikako Katō found it reminiscent to neo soul and recent alternative jazz artists such as José James.[14] "Umi o Sukū", the second and final B-side, serves as Hoshino's customary home recording track on the single. It is led by a live acoustic guitar and quiet vocals through a pre-recorded melody.[11][12]

Release and promotion

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On February 20, 2014, it was announced that Hoshino had collaborated with J-Wave to write a song for the radio station's annual spring campaign. The song, "Sakura no Mori", would be Hoshino's first new song after his hemorrhage-induced hiatus, and was first broadcast on-air March 21.[17] After wrapping up the Fukkatsu Live Tour at the NHK Hall on April 9, 2014, Hoshino announced that he would release his first post-recovery single, which would include "Sakura no Mori" and also a video DVD in limited editions.[18] The cover art and final track listing were unveiled May 14: it would be a double A-side of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" (Hoshino's first double A-side release), backed by "Night Troop" and "Umi o Sukū" on the B-side. Santa Yamagishi [ja] was revealed as the director of the first edition DVD, titled Crazy Disc, featuring the special program "Kinkyū Tokubetsu Bangumi: Hoshino Gen Ninki Song Top 10" (緊急特別番組・星野 源 人気ソングTOP10, lit. Urgent Special Program: Gen Hoshino's Top 10 Popular Songs), acoustic live performances of "Barabara" and "Film" from December 2012, a documentary to the single's recording, and accompanying audio commentary from Hoshino and his staff. Copies of the single bought from Tower Records, Tsutaya, HMV, and Yamano Music would come with different postcards of Hoshino's alter ego Akira Nise, with design depending on the store.[19] On May 16, Hoshino previewed "Crazy Crazy" in full for the first time on the TBS Radio show of comedy duo Bananaman, of whom he is a close friend.[20]

A black-and-white music video to "Crazy Crazy" was released on June 4, 2014, directed and edited by Hoshino and starring himself, Kobayashi, and Okamoto wearing white suits as they play their respective instruments. Though Kobayashi played the song's piano alone, the video shows a duet as a reference to Crazy Cats. The video is intercepted by a trailer for Crazy Disc.[21][22] "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" was released as the second single of Yellow Dancer through the Victor Entertainment label Speedstar Records on June 11, 2014,[7] and marked Hoshino's seventh single.[23] An analog vinyl version of "Sakura no Mori" was released on December 17, 2014, with "Crazy Crazy" and "Night Troop" included on its B-side. Its cover art was illustrated by manga artist Haruko Ichikawa [ja]. According to Hoshino, he reached out to Ichikawa asking if she would be interested in creating a motif for "Sakura no Mori"; in response, the artist said she had already planned to, and Hoshino quickly organized the vinyl release idea after seeing two of her rough sketches.[24][25]

On October 14, 2015, Hoshino announced the title of his fourth studio album, Yellow Dancer, slated for release December 2.[26] The track listing was unveiled on October 28, showing "Sakura no Mori" and "Crazy Crazy" as tracks nine and ten, respectively, surrounded by the instrumental "Nerd Strut" and "Snow Men". The double A-sides are two of four singles on the album, alongside "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" and "Sun".[27]

Critical reception

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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" was met with positive reviews from music critics. Yoshiba, in a web review for Skream!, wrote that the single kept a consistently light and comfortable atmosphere despite the different styles of its track listing, and opined that Hoshino's low-key vocals helped deliver the meaning of the lyrics over the smoother melodies. Yoshiba concluded that the sound is upbeat but not sporadic, feeling that the melancholic and ultimately kind music would "blend [with the] skin" of listeners.[16] Tomoyuki Mori for What's In? felt that the single showed Hoshino attempting "something crazy in middle of the mainstream".[13] Mori called the pop sound on "Crazy Crazy" ecstatic, praising the track for a "surprisingly catchy" melody that plays over the dance instrumentation.[13] Tower Records' Oguri complimented the band composition on "Crazy Crazy" as simple but strong, seeing the jazz piano and thumping drums as particularly "crazy in a good way".[11]

Katō for Mikiki, who had been shown the single before its official release, highlighted "Sakura no Mori" and "Night Troop", calling them a Hoshino-flavored transformation of the disco ("Sakura no Mori") and neo soul ("Night Troop") genres.[14] Oguri of Tower Records noted a style of Japanese emotion on the second A-side, complimenting the track for a catchy rhythm that he called "impossible not to dance to".[11] Watanabe, in a listicle for Rockin'On Japan, named "Sakura no Mori" as one of the seven greatest "deep erotic rock songs", calling the double entendre of its lyrics unique and also alluring.[15]

"Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" earned Hoshino two award nominations. The video to "Crazy Crazy" was one of 50 nominees for Video of the Year at the 2015 Space Shower Music Awards,[28] but ultimately lost to Quruli's "Liberty & Gravity".[29] The single's first edition cover art was one of 50 nominees chosen by voters of the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for the 2015 Music Jacket Awards.[30] It was beaten in the second and last round, with Ringo Sheena's Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku declared winner.[31]

Commercial performance

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"Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" sold 36,390 copies in Japan upon release, taking peaks at number four on both the Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales ranking and the Oricon Singles Chart, behind μ's "Love Wing Bell" / "Dancing Stars on Me!", Tohoshinki's "Sweat" / "Answer", and NEWS' "One: For the Win".[32][33] It finished as the 14th best-selling single of June according to Oricon with 46,729 units sold,[34] and was named at number 83 on Billboard's year-end physical sales chart for 2014.[35] In total, the single charted for 21 weeks on Oricon's chart (12 weeks consecutive upon release), accumulating 56,565 sales as of April 2018, the single's most recent chart week.[32] The vinyl release charted for one week on the Oricon chart, taking number 35 with 1,887 sales.[36]

Both A-side tracks on the single saw success on adult contemporary airplay. Upon its unveiling in March, "Sakura no Mori" debuted at number 35 on Billboard Japan's Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart and rose to a tied peak at number nine with Yui's "Cherry" the next week, in total charting seven weeks.[37] "Crazy Crazy" debuted at number 17 on May 28 and rose to a peak at number seven on its fourth week. It made a total of eight appearances on the chart, finishing as the 59th most-aired song of 2014 on Billboard's year-end list.[38][39] Both songs also charted on the Billboard Japan Hot 100: "Sakura no Mori" peaked at number 55 in April and "Crazy Crazy" reached number seven in June.[40][41]

Live performances

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External videos
video icon "Crazy Crazy" (Live at Osaka Jo Hall 2016) – from Yellow Voyage
video icon "Sakura no Mori" (Live from "Enkai" 2021)
Live performances of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" on Hoshino's YouTube channel.

Hoshino gave debut live performances of "Crazy Crazy" and "Sakura no Mori" on both the acoustic and band days of his two-day Two Beat in Yokohama Arena concert in December 2014. The acoustic day featured "Sakura no Mori" as the 21st song on the setlist, and "Crazy Crazy" as the first song of the encore. The performance of "Crazy Crazy" broke the acoustic theme, with Okamoto, Nakano, and Kobayashi brought on stage specifically for the song.[42] During the second day, Hoshino performed "Sakura no Mori" immediately before moving to the encore, where he sang a cover of Akira Fuse's "Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushi" as Akira Nise and ended the concert with "Crazy Crazy".[43] Later the same month, Hoshino performed "Crazy Crazy" alone at the New Year's Count Down TV 14/15 concert.[44] He sang both songs at the Victor Rock Festival in May 2015 and Rock in Japan Festival in August, with "Crazy Crazy" again ending the encores after covers of "Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushi".[45][46] Hoshino's next tour, the Hitori Edge in Budokan in August 2015, featured both songs on the set list; the footage was included in limited editions of Yellow Dancer.[27] Upon the release of the album, Hoshino embarked on the Yellow Voyage live tour, performing "Crazy Crazy", "Sakura no Mori", and all other songs from the album.[47]

Hoshino opened 2017 with a two-day concert in February, Yellow Pacific, performing both "Sakura no Mori" and "Crazy Crazy".[48] In the following Continues (2017) and Live in Japan (2018; with Mark Ronson) concerts, Hoshino performed "Sakura no Mori" without "Crazy Crazy".[49][50] In his 2019 Pop Virus Dome Tour promoting his fifth album Pop Virus, Hoshino again performed "Sakura no Mori" in absence of "Crazy Crazy", playing the track's guitar himself alongside Okamoto on bass.[51] Since, Hoshino has performed "Sakura no Mori" on his Gratitude (2020), Enkai (2021), and Reassembly (2023) concerts, with Gratitude being the only to feature "Crazy Crazy".[52][53][54] In 2024, Hoshino performed "Crazy Crazy" before his encore at the Rock in Japan festival, where he did not sing "Sakura no Mori".[55]

Personnel

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Credits adapted from CDJournal and Apple Music.[7][9][10]

  • Gen Hoshino – vocals, handclaps, songwriter, producer (#1–2); tambourine (#1)
  • Hajime Kobayashi – piano (#1); Rhodes piano (#2)
  • Hama Okamoto – bass guitar (#1)
  • Masatoshi Nakano (alternatively credited as Pierrot Nakano) – drums (#1)
  • Wataru Iga – bass guitar (#2)
  • Daichi Ito – drums (#2)
  • Ayano Kasahara – cello (#2)
  • Mari Masumoto – cello (#2)
  • Mikiko Ise – violin (#2)
  • Osamu Iyoku – violin (#2)
  • Mio Okamura – violin (#2)
  • Yu Sugino – violin (#2)
  • Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola (#2)
  • Reiichi Tateizumi – viola (#2)
  • Shōhei Takagi – chorus vocals (#2)
  • Yū Arauchi – chorus vocals (#2)
  • Orarī – chorus vocals (#2)
  • Takahiro Uchida – mastering engineer (#1–2)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Gen Hoshino.

Regular edition
  1. "Crazy Crazy" – 3:36
  2. "Sakura no Mori" (桜の森) – 5:13
  3. "Night Troop" – 3:27
  4. "Umi o Sukū" (海を掬う; House Version) – 3:34
Total length: 13:50
First edition (DVD – Crazy Disc)
  1. "Kinkyū Tokubetsu Bangumi: Hoshino Gen Ninki Song Top 10" (緊急特別番組・星野 源 人気ソングTOP10)
  2. "Recording Documentary"
  3. "Barabara" (Hikigatari) (2012.12.13 at Shibuya Public Hall)
  4. "Film" (Hikigatari) (2012.12.13 at Shibuya Public Hall)
Total length: c. 1:17:00

Charts

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Release history

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Release history for "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori"
Region Date Edition Format Label Catalogue code Ref.
Japan June 11, 2014 Standard CD Speedstar Records VICL-36914 [57]
Limited CD+DVD VIZL-678 [7]
June 28, 2014 Standard Rental CD Victor Entertainment VICL-36914R [58]
December 17, 2014 Analog Vinyl Speedstar Records VIJL-60140 [25]
Various June 23, 2015 Standard Digital download — [59][8]
August 30, 2019 Streaming — [60][8]
South Korea J-Box Entertainment — [61]

See also

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References

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