Crush on You (Lil' Kim song)


"Crush on You" is a single by Lil' Kim from her debut album, featuring fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. member Lil' Cease. Late hip-hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. raps the hook. 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 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" 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 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

  1. "Crush on You" - 4:00
  2. "Crush on You" - 5:39
  3. "Crush on You" - 7:03
  4. "Crush on You" - 4:33
  5. "Crush on You" 4:33
  6. "Crush on You" 4:32

    Credits and personnel

Original version

Recording
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Weekly charts

Year-end charts