Crush on You (Lil' Kim song)

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"Crush on You"
Lil' Kim - Crush on You.jpg
Single by Lil' Kim featuring Lil' Cease
from the album Hard Core
ReleasedJune 10, 1997
Recorded1996
Genre
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Andraeo "Fanatic" Heard
Lil' Kim singles chronology
"No Time"
(1996) 		"Crush on You"
(1997) 		"I Can Love You"
(1997)
Music video
"Crush on You" on YouTube

"Crush on You" is a song by Lil' Kim, released as the second single from her debut album, featuring fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. member Lil' Cease. The Notorious B.I.G. raps the hook. It peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart. The original album version had Lil' Cease rapping alone, while the single version featured him with Lil' Kim. The song contains a sample of Jeff Lorber Fusion's "Rain Dance" from their 1979 album Water Sign.

Background[]

The song was going to be a duet between Kim and Lil' Cease from the beginning, but after filming the music video for her debut single "No Time", Kim became pregnant; she would later decide to abort. After this, Kim took a musical hiatus. This resulted in the album version of the song featuring just Lil' Cease. The single version, retitled as a remix, features Kim. The "Crush on You" (Remix) was not featured on the "Crush on You" single, it was only featured on the "Not Tonight" single.

Samples[]

The song has been sampled many times since its release, including:

  • The hook rapped by The Notorious B.I.G. (He's a slut, He's a hoe, He's a freak, got a different girl everyday of the week) appears in the 2006 song "So What" by Field Mob and Ciara.
  • Ariana Grande sampled the beat in her song "Right There" from Yours Truly in 2013.
  • City Girls on the track "Fuck on U" in 2018.
  • Drake sampled Kim's part where she says "True" in his track "8 out of 10" from his 2018 album Scorpion.
  • Mariah Carey sampled the beat on her song "A No No" from her album Caution in 2018, as well as various remixes of her song.[1]
  • The song was sampled again by J. Cole in his collaboration with Drake on the track "Jodeci Freestyle" on Drake's 2019 album Care Package.
  • The song was sampled by SWV on the track "Love Like This" which also samples "Crush on You" from 1997's Release Some Tension (which was released two months after its release prior), which was first recorded by Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease himself.

Music video[]

The music video for "Crush on You" is noted as being the first video to feature the different colored wigs that Kim became known for. The theme for the video, the changing floor colors, was based on the film The Wiz. After deciding on the theme, Kim and her stylist thought that her outfits should change to match the floor color, with Kim adding that she should wear wigs to match as well. The video consists of four colored setups, blue, yellow, green and red with Kim's outfits and wigs changing throughout to match.

Additionally, Luke, Aaliyah and Sheek Louch make cameos in the music video.

Formats and track listings[]

  • UK CD single[2]
  1. "Crush on You" (Squeaky Clean Radio Edit) - 4:00
  2. "Crush on You" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Short / Clean) - 5:39
  3. "Crush on You" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Instrumental) - 7:03
  4. "Crush on You" (Aim Remix) - 4:33
  5. "Crush on You" (Aim Instrumental) 4:33
  6. "Crush on You" (Acapella) 4:32

Credits and personnel[]

Original version[]

Recording

  • Recorded at The Hit Factory
  • Recorded by Tony Black

Personnel

Remix version[]

Recording

  • Recorded at The Hit Factory
  • Recorded by Axel Niehaus

Personnel

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hoffman, Lauren (November 1, 2018). "Mariah Carey Unveils New 'Caution' Track, 'A No No'". Radio.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lil' Kim - Crush On You (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1997-01-03. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  3. ^ "Hot 100 Airplay - April 26, 1997". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 26, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Hot 100 Airplay - April 26, 1997". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 26, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Lil Kim Chart History: Rhythmic Songs - Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Hot R&B Airplay - April 26, 1997". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 26, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "1997: The Year In Music - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. December 12, 1997. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

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