The video opens with Spears as a waitress of a dance club . She then goes with other waitresses to their dressing room , where they finish their make-up and change costumes . Spears , now wearing a green sparkly outfit , goes through the corridor to the dance floor with her friends , and starts to perform a high-profile choreography , including a chair dance sequence referencing Janet Jackson 's " Miss You Much " video , which Spears also referenced in live performances of the song on the " Crazy 2K Tour " . Scenes of Spears singing in front of a shining orange sign with the word " CRAZY " are also seen throughout the video . On August 24 , 1999 , the music video debuted at number four on '' Total Request Live '' . It is the longest running by a female artist on '' TRL '' , staying on the top ten for seventy-three days . The video was nominated on the category of Best Dance Video on the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards ; it lost , however , to Jennifer Lopez 's " Waiting for Tonight " ( 1999 ) . An alternate footage of the video can be found on the DVD of Spears first compilation album '' Greatest Hits : My Prerogative '' ( 2004 ) . Jennifer Vineyard of MTV commented , " the alternate audio gives the feel of Spears singing the song as a round , where the beat is in sync but one layer of her vocals is just slightly ahead of the other . " Britney performed the song for the very first time at her " The Hair Zone Mall Tour " ( promotional mini tour ) in New York City , USA on July 1 , 1998 . As part of promotion for " ( You Drive Me ) Crazy " s release as a single , Spears performed it at the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards and at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards . It was also performed on five concert tours , the first being the ... Baby One More Time Tour ( 1999 ) . The show began with a dance introduction by Spears ' dancers among smoke effects . She appeared shortly after at the top of the staircase wearing a hot pink vinyl tube top and white vinyl pants with pink knee patches . During the 2000 leg of the tour , entitled Crazy 2k Tour , Spears changed the opening sequence of the show ; the show started with a skit in which the dancers came out of lockers and stayed in the stage until a bell rang . They all sat until a female teacher voice started calling their names . After the teacher called Spears , she emerged at the top of the staircase in a cloud of smoke , wearing a top and white stretch pants , to perform a short dance mix of " ... Baby One More Time " . She then entered one of the lockers and appeared in another one on the opposite side of the stage to perform " ( You Drive Me ) Crazy " , which included a chair dance sequence referencing Janet Jackson 's " Miss You Much " music video that ended with Spears saying " Is that the end ? " , quoting Jackson 's phrase from the video . The song was once again performed in a dance-oriented form on the Oops ! ... I Did It Again World Tour ( 2000 ) , while in 2001 's Dream Within a Dream Tour , the performance featured Spears being captured by her dancers . " ( You Drive Me ) Crazy " was also performed on The Onyx Hotel Tour ( 2004 ) . For the tour , the song was remixed with elements of latin percussion . " Crazy " would not be performed by Spears for another nine years until it was included on the setlist of her Las Vegas residency show Britney : Piece of Me
2000 MTV Video Music Awards
2000 MTV Video Music Awards
(You Drive Me) Crazy