Crazy from the Heat is the autobiography of former Van Halen lead vocalist and successful American solo artist David Lee Roth. The book, published in 1997, shares its name with Roth's debut release as a solo artist, more specifically 1985's Crazy from the Heat EP. The cover of the book shows Roth returning to the scene where the artwork for the EP was taken and striking a different pose, this time with a woman in his arms. The cover artwork for the EP was taken in the Seychelle Islands. A Princeton University graduate student recorded around 100 hours of Roth's monologues and transcribed them onto 1200 pages, from which the 359-page book was edited.