Crush on You (Lil' Kim song): Difference between revisions

"Crush on You"
"Crush on You"
Single by Lil' Kim featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Lil Cease
from the album Hard Core
Released	June 10, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Hip hop; R&B;
Length	4:32
Label	Atlantic Records; Queen Bee Entertainment;
Songwriter(s)	K. Jones; M. Betha; C. Wallace; C. Giles; Jeff Lorber;
Producer(s)	Andraeo "Fanatic" Heard
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"Crush on You" is a single by Lil' Kim from her debut album and features fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. members Lil' Cease & The Notorious B.I.G.. It peaked at number 23 in 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 meant to be a duet between Kim and Lil' Cease from the beginning, but after filming the 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 never 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 chorus rapped by Notorious B.I.G. (He's a slut, He's a hoe, He's a freak, got a different girl everyday of the week) 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 “Fuck on You” in 2017.
Drake sampled Kim's part where she says "True" in his track "8 out of 10" on 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.

Music video

The music video for "Crush on You" is noted as being the first video to feature the 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 coloured set ups, 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]

"Crush on You" (Squeaky Clean Radio Edit) - 4:00
"Crush on You" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Short / Clean) - 5:39
"Crush on You" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Instrumental) - 7:03
"Crush on You" (Aim Remix) - 4:33
"Crush on You" (Aim Instrumental) 4:33
"Crush on You" (Acapella) 4:32

Credits and personnel

Original version

Recording

Recorded at The Hit Factory
Recorded by Tony Black

Personnel

Vocals - Lil' Cease
Additional vocals - Notorious B.I.G.
Producer - Andreao "Fanatic" Heard"
Mixing - Tony Black

Remix version

Recording

Recorded at The Hit Factory
Recorded by Axel Niehaus

Personnel

Vocals - Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease
Producer - Andreao "Fanatic" Heard"
Mixing - Axel Niehaus

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	23
US Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard)^[3]	56
US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)^[4]	34
US Hot R&B Airplay (Billboard)^[5]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)^[6]	11

References

^ 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.
^ "Lil' Kim - Crush On You (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1997-01-03. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
^ "Hot 100 Airplay - April 26, 1997". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 26, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
^ "Lil Kim Chart History: Rhythmic Songs - Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
^ "Hot R&B Airplay - April 26, 1997". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 26, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
^ "1997: The Year In Music - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. December 12, 1997. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

External links

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[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] "Lil Kim Chart History: Rhythmic Songs - Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

[5] "Hot R&B Airplay - April 26, 1997". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 26, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

[YearEnd97-6] "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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 * [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] sampled Kim's part where she says "True"  in his track "8 out of 10" on his 2018 album [[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]].
 * [[Mariah Carey]] sampled the beat on her song "[[A No No]]" from her album ''[[Caution (Mariah Carey album)|Caution]]'' in 2018, as well as various remixes of her song.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoffman |first1=Lauren |title=Mariah Carey Unveils New 'Caution' Track, 'A No No' |url=https://www.radio.com/blogs/lauren-hoffman/mariah-carey-unveils-new-caution-track-no-no |publisher=[[Radio.com]] |accessdate=November 29, 2018 |date=November 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103145415/https://www.radio.com//blogs/lauren-hoffman/mariah-carey-unveils-new-caution-track-no-no |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* The song was sampled again by [[J. Cole]] in his collaboration with Drake on the track "Jodeci Freestyle" on Drake's  2019album [[Care Package (album)|Care Package]].
+* 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 (album)|Care Package]].
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