Crawl (Chris Brown song)
"Crawl" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown. It is the second single from his third studio album Graffiti, released as a digital download on November 24, 2009. The song was produced by The Messengers and was written by Brown. The song is about yearning to rebuild a failed relationship and was interpreted by critics as being about Brown's former relationship with Barbadian singer Rihanna. However, Brown has stated the song is not about any of his previous relationships.
| "Crawl" | ||||
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| Single by Chris Brown | ||||
| from the album Graffiti | ||||
| Released | November 23, 2009 | |||
| Studio | The Compound, Orlando, Florida | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Chris Brown | |||
| Producer(s) | The Messengers | |||
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| "Crawl" on YouTube | ||||
The song received positive to mixed reviews. It charted in the top twenty in Japan and New Zealand, and the top forty in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It peaked in the United States at number fifty-three. The accompanying music video features Brown and American R&B singer Cassie as his love interest. In the video, he yearns for their relationship on a winter night in a city and in a desert scene. Brown performed the song on his 2009 Fan Appreciation Tour, and on BET's SOS: Help for Haiti Telethon, which benefited victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.