"Far Side of Crazy" is a song by the New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 group Wall of Voodoo

Wall of Voodoo

Wall of Voodoo was an American New Wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.-Formation:...

. It was released as a 7" and 12" single in 1985. It is arguably the band's second biggest hit. Although it never charted in its native US, it reached #23 in the Australian Charts and stayed in the top 100 for 21 weeks. It was featured in the 1985 movie Head Office

Head Office

Head Office is a 1985 American comedy film, produced by HBO Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners. It stars Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Lori-Nan Engler, Jane Seymour, Richard Masur, Michael O'Donoghue, Ron Frazier, Merritt Butrick and was directed and written by Ken...

. Its parent album is Seven Days in Sammystown

Seven Days in Sammystown

Seven Days in Sammystown is the third studio album by American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1985. This was the first Wall of Voodoo album to include Andy Prieboy on vocals and Ned Leukhardt on drums. It includes their cover version of "Dark as a Dungeon". The album reached #50 on the...

. A black and white music video was made for the song.

7"/12" single

Side A

1. "Far Side Of Crazy" (A. Prieboy)

Side B

1. "Wrong Way To Hollywood" (C. Gray, M. Moreland, A. Prieboy)
2. "Dance You Fuckers" (Wall Of Voodoo)

7" promo single

Side A

1. "Far Side Of Crazy" (A. Prieboy)

Side B

1. "This Business Of Love" (C. Gray)