[155], Seven years later, the two performed the song at the Japanese Springroove Music Festival on April 4, 2009, and at the October 17 set of Justin Timberlake's charity concert, Justin Timberlake and Friends, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas. We just put out music so that people could find a connection with what were saying, so we didn't know exactly how people would feel about anything", Thomas said of TLC's winning moment. [62] Combined with 100,000 sold in the following month, it became the 23rd best-selling single of 1994, according to Billboard. Stream Free Download: TLC - CREEP (BLK&WHT REMIX) by Housechart1 from desktop or your mobile device "[13][10], Opening the second verse, Watkins again counts her "twenty-third of loneliness" and still talks of her love for her partner despite signs of a broken romance. [114] The trio and their accompanying female dancers are later shown in black-and-white shots, practicing the choreography and making fun of Lopes for trying to breakdance while walking on her hands. [15], In the end, Lopes capitulated, saying: "If some people can creep, and in their minds, they can feel better by going out doing the same thing... Fine. [87][88][89], "Creep" maintained this moderate European success after its January 1996 re-issue. [31], Musically, "Creep" is set in the time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. [73][74], In the United Kingdom, "Creep" peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart and at number four on the R&B Chart. [2] This was a new songwriting experience for him, as he was "talking about stuff guys didn't know girls did". "Creep" is a song recorded by American singing group TLC for their second studio album CrazySexyCool (1994). [156][157] This performance marked their first live-concert US appearance in six years, however, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the girls had been lip-syncing throughout the show. Read Creep Remix from the story TLC♕ by peanutbutterjailee (ԹօԹմӀɑɾíԵվ™) with 451 reads. Is your network connection unstable or browser outdated? In other media, "Creep" was included on "CAT", an episode from season one of the television series New York Undercover, which first aired on February 23, 1995. [106] "To me, I didn't even think about, 'Well, can I really choreograph?' [131] In 2014, shot-for-shot re-enactments of the videos for "Creep", "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs" were produced for their biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, with Keke Palmer playing Thomas, Drew Sidora as Watkins and rapper Lil Mama as Lopes, the three wearing TLC's original wardrobe from each video. "[32][8] "So I creep/Yeah/And I'll just keep it on the down low." Premiere: TLC 'Creep' (Lauren Lane Remix) by Mixmag published on 2019-09-11T19:04:12Z Buy: https://bit.ly/2mdFOzB Jet-setting DJ-producer Lauren Lane kicks off her new record label, Recreation, with a fantastically raw remix of pop group TLC's track 'Creep'. [106] One involved the original routine created by Watkins, who had choreographed most of the group's early videos. He invited Watkins to contribute vocals for a new verse. T-Boz' familiar infidieltiy bounces with new verve over a steady tech-house ... Lauren Lane Launches Recreation Label With TLC 'Creep' Remix ... with a bumpin' club remix of the 1994 hit "Creep." [115] It appeared at number six on Consequence of Sound's fifty best 1994 videos list, and at number 30 on Complex's top fifty R&B clips of the 1990s. SoundCloud. But sometimes that ends up being your best shots. This context was controversial within the group, and strongly opposed by member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who threatened to wear black tape over her m… The lyrics portray the singers as women who cheat on their unfaithful lovers for attention. [63] Soon after it became their third platinum single, it topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Rhythmic charts, and peaked at number three on the Radio Songs chart and number nine on the Mainstream Top 40. 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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 CD release of "Creep" on Discogs. In July 2015, American singer-songwriter Eric Bellinger re-wrote and recorded a new version of the track for his album Cuffing Season. A sample of the song's chorus, where Watkins' vocals are laid over an "infectious" groove, comprising a heavy, CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (. [33][32] In the first verse, the singer counts her relationship's "twenty-second [sic] of loneliness" and expresses how she still loves her boyfriend while acknowledging that he has cheated on her. The first also lacked sufficient footage for the song's length. [111] Dazed Digital's editor Tempe Nakiska later mentioned the trio's pajamas as "one of the greatest group coordinates of all time" while Canadian Fashion magazine chose the clip as one of the most fashionable. [125] In the book Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context, author Carol Vernallis felt the women's outfits in "Creep" suggested their "sexual availability" but the low-angle camera placement, and the texture and movement of billowing silk fabric suggest a "phallic sexuality". [26] Similar to their past works, "Creep" includes hip hop samples—particularly two 1989 singles, Slick Rick's "Hey Young World" and Shinehead's "Who the Cap Fits"—a heavy beat, with "forthright sex talk" lyrics with a kind of "playful sensuality" and "street aggression". She said: "The song, when I first heard it, already had that TLC sample in it. The term "creep" still appears in rap music. [8], Despite this, member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was opposed to it. [44] From the same publication, Benjamin Chesna and Edwin Ortiz credited the song with making infidelity sound "empowering" while praising Austin's "silky smooth production", adding: "[Watkins] forced you into the arms of another lady, now you just have to keep it on the down low". [95] Bruce Pollock listed the song in his book Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era (2005) for "establish[ing] the sound of chick hop". [122] Idolator's Robbie Daw found the women comfortable with their own sexuality in the clip and said "What girl in the mid-90s did not want to emulate that?". [38] "Creep '96" climbed up to number six on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for seven weeks, and reached third place on the country's R&B chart. She lowers the key and sings the hook as if she is "confessing to a chosen few. [164][165] Journalist Jason Ankeny from AllMusic said the rendition proved that "even if [band member Greg Dulli] doesn't possess a heart, he at least has a brain -- albeit in his pants". Please download one of our supported browsers. "[144][145] A "Hitmix" medley was put together for their September 28 appearance on Top of the Pops, made of three CrazySexyCool singles: "Creep", "Waterfalls" and "Diggin' on You". [132][133] In 2016, the pajamas were said to have inspired Thomas and rapper-actor Nick Cannon's outfits in his music video for "If I Was Your Man", where Thomas has a cameo role as Cannon's love interest. She threatened to wear black tape over her mouth in the song's music video to express her disagreement with its message, and its selection as CrazySexyCool's lead single, and in part because of the group's history of advocating for safe sex. Stream Creep (Remixes), a playlist by TLC from desktop or your mobile device. Dallas Austin, who tried to write the track from a "female perspective", wrote and produced it. [99][119][120], Many publications considered the video "iconic" and "classic". To sing a song like "Creep" wouldn't be surprising from us. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 Vinyl release of "Creep '96" on Discogs. [8] According to Thomas, the theme did not come as much of a shock for them: I think when we first came out, it was very bold of us to have a song called "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" with [the lyrics] "Two inches or a yard, rock hard or if it's sagging". [80][81][82][83][84] The song appeared on Canada's RPM magazine's Top Singles top-forty, year-end dance chart at number 35. Your current browser isn't compatible with SoundCloud. [50] In 2014, singers Nick Carter and Jordan Knight covered the song as part of a 1990s hits medley on their North American tour. [32] "Yes, it's me again/And I'm back", Watkins introduces herself while opening the track in a "husky" voice. [44][24] In 2017, Billboard named it the second-greatest girl-group song of all time. Home / Hip Hop / TLC – Creep remix. [169][170][171][172][173] Two notable recordings were released on SoundCloud in 2013: Haitian-Canadian record producer Kaytranada's remix of the song called "Kaytranada's Creepier Edition" in January and GoldLink's rap rendition in December. [28], Watkins recalled that LaFace Records' co-founder Antonio "L.A." Reid "flipped out" when he first heard "Creep"[2] and the track became CrazySexyCool's first single on October 31, 1994, despite Lopes' disagreement with the choice. [167] The X Factor UK's contestant Honey G covered the track during the bootcamp episode aired in 2016. Music critics praised Austin's work and TLC's new musical direction, and commercially "Creep" became the group's first number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100. 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[22] The song placed at number three on Hot 100's year-end chart with 800,000 copies sold in 1995, making it the 18th best-selling single that year. Contains a sample from "Who the Cap Fits", written by Edmund Carl Aiken Jr. [116] Throughout the clip, Watkins keeps giving the man an incredulous look that suggests he might be cheating. CD single cover art. Get all the lyrics to songs on Creep (Remixes) and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. [121] Daniel Ralston, host of MTV's Videohead podcast said Rolston flipped the "paradigm" on "Creep", "Whatta Man" and many of his works, where the women were in control and men were shown in a way that women were often depicted in male artists' videos. [158][157][159] [85][86] It also charted in Belgium, Sweden and the European Hot 100 Singles. [166] On the 2015 season of Idols South Africa contestants Mmatema Moremi, Busisiwe Mthembu and Nonhle Mhlongo performed the song during the show's Hell Week round. An interesting concept but I really like this remix. [174] "Creep" appeared on The Game's "Sex Skit" from his album The Documentary 2.5, released in October 2015. SoundCloud. Following its European debut/re-issue in early 1996, the song reached the top ten in the United Kingdom and New Zealand and the top forty in other countries. "[20] The Guardian's Carol Cooper described the track as reflecting the darker side of TLC's "giddy hedonism". TLC - Creep (DJ Chiments Funk House Remix) 2018 by DJChiments published on 2018-06-25T18:01:59Z. The Grammys is like the Oscars of music, so we were just beyond happy to get one. Stream TLC - Creep (Drew G. Remix) by Drew G from desktop or your mobile device With changes in both musical style and image, the song marked a major reinvention in TLC's career and was hailed as a "masterpiece". [32] Moving on to the song's bridge, she suddenly uses a lower register to "nonchalantly" reveal: "I'll never leave him down, though I might mess around/It's only cause I need some affection. They performed it during several live concerts and television events, and the track being used in films and TV series, and covered and sampled by artists including American rock band The Afghan Whigs and singer Zendaya. [17][18] Watkins stated that Lopes initially intended for the rap to be included in the original version of the song; but Watkins and Austin disagreed with the rap and opted to have it removed. [51] Like Gonzales, PopMatters' writer Quentin B. Huff also noticed the "striking" difference between the T-shirt and baggy pants look on their last video "What About Your Friends" and the new "silky nightgown come-ons" look on "Creep" and "Red Light Special". This context was controversial within the group, and strongly opposed by member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who threatened to wear black tape over her mouth on its accompanying music video. Stream TLC - Creep (BLK&WHT REMIX)*FREE DOWNLOAD* by BLK&WHT from desktop or your mobile device. [178] In 2010, "Creep" and "Waterfalls" were played in the comedy film The Other Guys, with a running gag that Michael Keaton's character would subconsciously reference TLC's lyrics without having any idea who the group is. [107] The "bend-down-and-jump-up" dance that appeared in the video was created by Watkins to "Foe Life", a song by rapper Mack 10, her spouse from 2000 to 2004. The song became their first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for four weeks.It was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 1996 Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals and it was the … Creep (Remixes) by TLC published on 2019-11-15T00:26:56Z. It is based on member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins's experience with infidelity. [134], TLC first performed "Creep" on television for the Nickelodeon series All That on January 7, 1995, followed by a performance on the May 6 episode of Saturday Night Live along with "Red Light Special". [38][39][40] Internationally, it appeared on most TLC compilations over the years, notably Now & Forever: The Hits (2003), The Very Best of TLC: Crazy Sexy Hits (2006) and 20 (2013). [6] The "female point-of-view" on the track was something the trio appreciated because as a group they portrayed themselves as feminists, and the song reflects that perspective. [99][103], The clip debuted on MTV in the last week of October 1994. It was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in C minor with Watkins and Thomas' vocals ranging from the chords of C4 to F5. [45] Ralph Tee from Music Week's RM Dance Update said, "It's not the anthem that 'Ain't Too Proud To Beg' was, but is still a quality mid-pacer with catchy tooting trumpet riff, scratch and static effects and cool laid-back vocals. TLC – Creep remix. Watkins wears blue in front of a pink background, Lopes—red with a blue background, and Thomas—pink with a red background. It peaked on the Swedish chart at number 56. Harvell continued to say that Austin even managed to make scratching, "that emblem of noisy hip-hop ruckus", sound "smooth".[23]. [32][13][28] Billboard's Larry Flick said that Watkins' vocals were "tightly woven" and "rife with raspy grit", which provided a nice contrast to the song's horn sample and funk guitars. [41] For the 2013 Japanese compilation TLC 20: 20th Anniversary Hits, Watkins and Thomas re-recorded "Creep", and a few other tracks, to celebrate the group's twenty years in the music industry. I was in the middle of this drama, because the other guy was [my boyfriend's] friend, and my boyfriend was just not getting it together. [58], Two weeks after its release, "Creep" debuted at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart of November 12, 1994. [50][97][52][23] Both Complex and The Guardian chose "Creep" as the second-best R&B song of the 1990s, with the latter's Charlotte Richardson Andrews calling the song "90s R&B at its most thrilling". [11] The idea, however, was considered quite "controversial". "[111] Each custom-made outfit cost more than US$1,000. [93][19] Almost a decade after its debut, Mimi Valdés of Vibe said that the song lifted their "girl power movement" to new heights, with its female-empowerment theme inspiring works by many artists at the time, including Aaliyah, Missy Elliott and Destiny's Child. [12][13] "I was like 'If a girl is gonna [sic] catch her man cheating,' this was my thing, 'instead of telling her to cheat back, why don't we tell her [to] just leave? Combining the two, the girls ended up in bright colored, flowing silk pajamas "that took on an edge when all but one button was unbuttoned and wind machines were turned on high. [124] Ebony's Michael A. Gonzales reminisced about the time when the video debuted on MTV, TLC returned as the "lipstick liberators", much to the surprise of a public used to their tomboy style. [137][138][139] Later in July, the trio joined other artists on the 16th Annual Budweiser Superfest Tour, with "Creep" added to their playlist. [57] The song's publisher, EMI, later received the 1996 ASCAP Pop Music Award for Publisher of the Year. [177] In December of that year, the song was used on the soundtrack of the film Waiting to Exhale; TLC also recorded a new song, "This Is How It Works", for the film's soundtrack album. Stream TLC - Creep (DJ Chiments Funk House Remix) 2018 by DJChiments from desktop or your mobile device. "[3] The following month, they filmed a second version in Los Angeles with Lionel C. Martin, the director of most of their early videos. [102][8][103] Martin's version was later released in early 2013. [104][105] "Not only is this 'Creep' more genre specific, it also feels more dated", Elan added. "[48], In contrast, one of Pitchfork's contributors, Jess Harvell, felt its lyrics were "unconscionable", but praised the song's groove for being "so seductive you barely register what you're singing along to". 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[160][161] Intermittently, "Creep" was added to many of their performances, notably the 2015 The Main Event tour with main act New Kids on the Block, and other shows across America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 Vinyl release of "Creep 1 - Remixes" on Discogs. Creep (96 Remix) Lyrics: Yeah / TLC / Untouchables / Eddie F / Kenny Love / So I creep yeah / Just keep it on the down low / 'Cept nobody is supposed to know / So I creep … She stared, rolled her eyes, and kept walking, but he kept insisting, "Well, do you?" I was just like, 'Let me do my thing.' "[52], In 1995, "Creep" was nominated for three categories at the first Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: Best R&B/Soul Single by a Group, Band or Duo; R&B/Soul Song of the Year; and R&B/Soul Music Video of the Year. Watkins is confirmed to have a cameo on its music video, which remains unreleased.[176]. [126], After the video's release, the pajamas created "a fashion stir". [8][102][103] Lopes recalled how adamant they were about redoing the video as they were returning to the music scene. [14][34] Many producers contributed their remixes to the song's release, including Austin and his "DARP Mix". For what was billed as the group's final performance, they wore baggy white jumpsuits while singing "Creep" with four backup dancers. [164] According to Spin, "Creep" was also reportedly sung by the famous Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton. [8] Thomas described the scene as "most fun part" of the shoot, calling it a "classic TLC moment". It topped the chart for four consecutive weeks and was later certified platinum in sales. [1] One of the album's tracks, "Creep", was based on member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins' experience. [75][76] It reached the number four spot in New Zealand, becoming TLC's highest listed single in the country at the time. [140][141][142]Chicago Tribune's reporter Rohan B. Preston said their set "lit torches for female desire" their songs "Creep" and "Red Light Special". [180] The song can be heard on the soundtracks for video games The Hip Hop Dance Experience, Everybody Dance and Dance Central Spotlight. You need to enable JavaScript to use SoundCloud. [10] Andy Greene of Rolling Stone pointed out that the group took the term "creep" in a different direction from Radiohead's track or Stone Temple Pilots' 1993 single, because TLC's song is about getting revenge on a cheating guy by having an affair. [127][128] VH1's Seher Sikandar listed the video's choreography as one of the top-twenty R&B dance routines of the 1990s. [105], Expecting to show a new and more-mature side visually, TLC were in Los Angeles discussing the project when they saw a Matthew Rolston-directed music video for Salt-N-Pepa. I like different kinds of stuff", Watkins stated. [90][91] The re-release also improved the song's original 1995 peak on Scotland's chart at number 44 to number 17. "Creep" appeared on many best-of lists and received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. [6] As with many TLC songs, "Creep" positioned women as the gazers and men as their objects. [106][107] She remembered Rolston's choreographer, Frank Gatson Jr., "locked" the girls out from providing ideas as they were practicing the new dance moves. Yes it's me again It's me too girl People totally understood what type of group we were. Many girls wore cropped T-shirts with oversized jeans held up by thick belts. Jet-setting DJ Lauren Lane steps out with the launch of her brand new label, Recreation and kicks things off with her TLC - Creep (Lauren Lane Remix) [78][79] In other territories, "Creep" moved into the top-twenty in the Netherlands and Australia, while reaching the top-forty in France, Switzerland and Germany. Yeah'. Vibe's Clover Hope watched the scene and realized how "perfectly sexy and unapologetic" the song was at the time of its first release. Stream TLC - Creep (Brett Oosterhaus Remix) MASTER by DJ BRETT OOSTERHAUS from desktop or your mobile device [168], "Creep" has been covered, sampled and recreated by many hip-hop and R&B artists. CrazyVideoCool included excerpts of previously-scrapped versions and commentary from TLC. "Creep" a song by American R&B/Hip-Hop girl group TLC from their second studio album CrazySexyCool. LaFace and Arista Records released the song as the album's lead single on October 31, 1994, and it gained both critical acclaim and commercial success. [51] Music critic Smokey Fontaine called the track Austin's best work: "Here, the harmonies worked, the bass line was hard enough to compete in a hip-hop world, and for a moment, R&B didn't need a guest rapper. [47] Idolator's journalist Robbie Daw explained the song's "staying power" was because it is a "provocative" track that dared to expose the "taboo, down-low" aspects of a relationship. [96] It also appeared on several best decade-end lists: Spin placed it in the third spot on its top twenty; The Boston Phoenix listed it among ninety other best tracks; music journalist Smokey Fontaine placed it at number eight on his top ten;, and Pitchfork listed it at number 114 on its top 200 best tracks list. [69] "Creep" held the number-one position for four consecutive weeks before it was overtaken by Madonna's single "Take a Bow". [98], In June 1994, TLC shot the first video for "Creep" in their hometown, Atlanta, but were dissatisfied with the result. Music critic Robert Christgau, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Time magazine each declared the track one of CrazySexyCool's best. [8] VH1's writer Seher Sikandar described the dance during the song's chorus as the "modified butterfly with the swing-scoop arm", while The Telegraph's Bernadette McNulty's dance tip for her readers was: "Feet apart, bounce your knees as low as they will go while winding your hips. Need help? Creep (Untouchables Mix) by TLC published on 2019-11-06T01:20:23Z. [18], In the United Kingdom and some European countries, the song was later re-issued or debuted as "Creep '96" on January 13, 1996, composed of mixes by Dupri, Maxx, Tin Tin Out, and a single-edit of "Waterfalls" (replaced by its "DARP Mix" on the vinyl version). Dallas Austin, who tried to write the track from a "female perspective", wrote and produced it. The trio contacted Matthew Rolston to film a music video after seeing his work for Salt-N-Pepa. 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"[8] Shortly after winning, they announced they were bankrupt in a backstage interview. She had known him, and they had shared stories since they were teenagers. [32][13] She ends the track with the lines "I creep around because I need attention/I don't mess around with my affection" while fading out with the heavy beat and the horn sample.