She Drives Me Crazy – was recorded by English group Fine Young Cannibals. Lead singer Roland Gift was born in Birmingham and in 1990, he was named by People magazine as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” in the world. The song reached number five on the British singles chart and was a big hit in the US. She Drives Me Crazy also reached the top of the charts in Spain and Australia.
1. Play the song: Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy (1989). What is the song about? How does it make you feel?
2. Below is a list of some words and phrases taken from the song. If you’ve never heard these words or they’re not very familiar to you, make sure you look up their meaning in a dictionary and try to pronounce them yourself.
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- a) “feel” (verb)
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- b) “seem real”
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- c) “obsessed” (adjective)
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- d) “she drives me crazy” (idiom)
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- e) “get any rest” (verb + noun collocation)
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- f) “else” (adverb) E.g. “Do you have anything else” = “Do you have something different?”
- g) “to be alone” (verb + adjective)
3. Complete the task below by putting the correct word or phrase into the gap when you hear it. Make use of the time references and rewind the song as many times as you need to. You don’t have to get everything correct the second time that you listen.
Fine Young cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
I can’t stop the way I _______(0:29)
Things you do don’t ________(0:37)
Tell me what you’ve got in mind,
‘Cause we’re running out of time.
Won’t you ever set me free?
This waiting ‘round’s killing me.___________________ like no one else(0:59)
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.I can’t ____________(1:17)
People say I’m _________(1:30)
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that’s no surprise.
What I had for you was true.
Things go wrong, they always do.She drives me crazy like no one ______(1:57)
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
Tell me what you’ve got in mind,
‘Cause we’re running out of time.
Won’t you ever set me free?
This waiting ‘round’s killing me.
She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
I won’t make it on my own.
No one likes to _______________(2:40)
She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drives me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
She drives me crazy like no one else.
I can’t stop the way I _______
Things you do don’t ________
Tell me what you’ve got in mind,
‘Cause we’re running out of time.
Won’t you ever set me free?
This waiting ‘round’s killing me.___________________ like no one else
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.I can’t ____________
People say I’m _________
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that’s no surprise.
What I had for you was true.
Things go wrong, they always do.She drives me crazy like no one ______
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
Tell me what you’ve got in mind,
‘Cause we’re running out of time.
Won’t you ever set me free?
This waiting ‘round’s killing me.
She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
I won’t make it on my own.
No one likes to _______________
She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drives me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
She drives me crazy like no one else.
I can’t ____________
Things you do _____________
Tell me what you’ve got in mind,
‘Cause we’re running out of time.
Won’t you ever set me free?She drives me crazy like no one ______
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.I can’t get ___________,
People say I’m obsessed.
_________ you say is lies,
But to me that’s no ______.
What I had for you was true.
__________ wrong, they always do. She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drive me crazy, and I __________________.
Tell me what you’ve _______________,
‘________ we’re running out of time.
Won’t you ever ____________?
This waiting ‘round’s killing me.
She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drive me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
I won’t make it on my own.
No one likes to _______________
She drives me crazy like no one else.
She drives me crazy, and I _________________.
She drives me crazy like no one else.
4. It’s a great song, right?! Which is your favourite verse or line? Record yourself on video singing and post it to our Instagram or Facebook page. Who said English was difficult?!
Rob Hamburg is a trained English teacher from England who has numerous years of experience teaching English to young learners, teenagers and adults in Spain. He completed his bachelor degree in 2010 at The University of Manchester and obtained CELTA certification in 2015. As well as being an active teacher on Verbling, Rob teaches English online for SayABC and gives classes via Skype and Google Hangouts.
