Crush on You (The Jets song)
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| Single by The Jets | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album The Jets | |||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Right Before My Eyes" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | March 12, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B, freestyle, adult contemporary | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | MCA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Don Powell, David Rivkin, Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Crush on You" was the second single released in 1986 from the Jets' critically and commercially successful debut album The Jets. It was also a successful single, reaching number three in the U.S. Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman cowrote the hit single which put The Jets on the charts.
In August 1997, Aaron Carter released a cover of the song on his debut self-titled album, Aaron Carter. It reached the top ten in some countries worldwide, such as the UK and Australia in 1998.
In 2000, Alan Braxe used a sample of "Crush on You" in his song "Intro".
In 2011, the dubstep group Nero sampled the song and released it as a single on 16 October 2011. It peaked in the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart.
Music video
A music video was produced to promote Aaron Carter's cover, and another for Nero's cover.
The original The Jets video "Crush on You" can be found on YouTube posted by the band.[1]
Chart performance
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot Black Singles | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 4 |
References
- ↑ JetsBand (2014-04-08), The Jets - Crush on You, retrieved 2016-03-15
External links
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
- Link to YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1oNF__s8Fg