Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)

"Mad About You"
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Belinda[1]
B-side	"I Never Wanted a Rich Man"
Released	May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05)
Recorded	1985
Genre	New wave, synth-pop
Length	3:30
Label	I.R.S.
Songwriter(s)	Paula Jean Brown James Whelan Mitchel Young Evans
Producer(s)	Michael Lloyd
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"Mad About You" (1986) "I Feel the Magic" (1986)

"Mad About You" is the debut solo single by American singer Belinda Carlisle. It was written by Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan and Mitchel Young Evans, and produced by Michael Lloyd for Carlisle's debut solo album Belinda. The single was released in 1986 as a CD single (one of the first ever marketed), 7-inch single and a 12-inch single. It was her first hit after leaving the Go-Go's, peaking at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (where it was on the chart for 21 weeks) and at number one on the Canadian Singles Chart.

Just over three weeks before the single was released, Carlisle married Morgan Mason, who appears with Belinda in the video for "Mad About You". The guitar solo on the song was performed by Andy Taylor (of Duran Duran), who also appears in the video.

Paula Jean Brown (who joined the Go-Go’s as bass guitarist following Jane Wiedlin’s departure) co-wrote the song with Jim Whelan, and Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey sang back-up vocals. "Mad About You" was one of a few songs being considered for the fourth (unrecorded) Go-Go's album. The Go-Go's split, and "Mad About You" and two other songs co-written by Paula Jean Brown ended up on Belinda.^[2]

The single's B-side, "I Never Wanted a Rich Man", was also featured on Carlisle's first long playing work (it closed Side 1 on the vinyl edition). The extended version of "Mad About You", originally on the A-side of the 12" single, was then included on the album compact disc re-release by Virgin in 2003.

The song was later included in the jukebox musical Head over Heels that used the Go-Go's music in addition to two of Carlisle's solo tracks. The musical debuted on Broadway in 2018.