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The Whole World's Goin' Crazy is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1976.[1][2] With the release of this album Steve Lang had replaced Jim Clench on bass. It reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on May 8, 1976,[3] and remained there for two weeks.[4] The album was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders.[5][6][7][8][9]

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
Studio album by April Wine
Released	September 1976 (September 1976)
Genre	Rock
Length	39:13
Label	Aquarius, London
Producer	Myles Goodwyn
April Wine chronology
Stand Back (1975) The Whole World's Goin' Crazy (1976) Forever for Now (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

Canadian release

1. "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian) – 4:00
2. "So Bad" – 3:26
3. "Wings of Love" – 4:51
4. "We Can be More than We Are" (M. Goodwyn, J. Henman) - 3:29
5. "Rock n' Roll Woman" – 3:44
6. "Shotdown" – 3:39
7. "Like a Lover, Like a Song" – 6:29 (original release only - subsequent reissues edited out the extended guitar solo reducing the time to 5:12)
8. "Kick Willy Road" – 3:22
9. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy" – 2:40

U.S. release

1. "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian)
2. "Child's Garden"
3. "Rock n' Roll Woman"
4. "Wings of Love"
5. "Marjorie"
6. "So Bad"
7. "Shotdown"
8. "Like a Lover, Like a Song"
9. "Kick Willy Road"
10. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy"

Personnel

April Wine

• Myles Goodwyn – lead vocals, guitars, piano, Moog synthesizer
• Gary Moffet – guitars, backing vocals
• Jerry Mercer – drums, backing vocals
• Steve Lang – bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Frank Marino – guitar on "So Bad"
• Marie Bernard – Ondes Martenot on "Wings Of Love"
• Marie-Lou Gauthier – Background Vocals on "Wings Of Love"
• Serge Locas – Mellotron, Piano
• Dwayne Ford – Piano
• Frank Ludwig – Piano

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[10]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11]	10

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Platinum	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Allusions

The reference to "everybody's nose" in the title track echoes the "everybody's nose" lyric in the 1973 hit song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce.

References

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