She stared, rolled her eyes, and kept walking, but he kept insisting, "Well, do you?" [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. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 Vinyl release of "Creep '96" on Discogs. 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) [31], Musically, "Creep" is set in the time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. Yes it's me again It's me too girl [15], Thomas thought the song and the video's choreography routine were "cool" enough to distract people from its lyrical content and "just sing along". [8][99], Rolston brought his team including make-up artist, wardrobe-hair stylist, dancers and choreographer, but had a few creative conflicts with the group. [147][148][149] [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). [158][157][159] "[8] Shortly after winning, they announced they were bankrupt in a backstage interview. 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. [3] "We thought that was a good relationship to talk about because a lot of people don't admit that's how they feel – that their man's playing on them and they want to be with him so they seek attention elsewhere, but they really want to be with their guy", she added. [14][34] Many producers contributed their remixes to the song's release, including Austin and his "DARP Mix". That's TLC, whether [Lopes] is brat-a-tat-tatting with her brash raps or whether [Thomas] is kickin' [sic] it butter-slick on this infectious cheatin' [sic] song, written and so smoothly produced by Dallas Austin. Mickey Hess wrote in his book Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture, Volume 2, "TLC celebrates women and encourages them to love men and demand respect from their men and from themselves. The Grammys is like the Oscars of music, so we were just beyond happy to get one. Honey G takes on TLC's Creep", "TLC – Creep (Kaytranada's Creepier Edition)", "Who Is GoldLink? [112] It opens with each girl, wearing different colored, barely buttoned and wind-blown silk pajamas, singing and dancing individually in front of a distinct brightly colored background. 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. 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 (Brett Oosterhaus Remix) MASTER by DJ BRETT OOSTERHAUS from desktop or your mobile device This official remix of legendary 90's trio TLC sees Lauren in fine form, the r&b icons’ ‘Creep’ becomes a seriously weighty tech cut with rock solid drums, whilst the original vocals are layered over the top between raw, coarse hits and dark warehouse bass that powers the whole thing along. Harvell continued to say that Austin even managed to make scratching, "that emblem of noisy hip-hop ruckus", sound "smooth".[23]. "[12][16] The rapper later added a new rap verse on remixed versions of the song, which talks about the consequences of cheating. [102] Thomas also talked about their exhaustion on the set: "People don't realize that for video shoots you have to wake up at like 5 in the morning for your call time. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 CD release of "Creep" on Discogs. [53][54] The song received two nominations at the 38th Grammy Awards, for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, winning the latter. I just like to dance and I know when I like what I see. People totally understood what type of group we were. [87][88][89], "Creep" maintained this moderate European success after its January 1996 re-issue. [8], Despite this, member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was opposed to it. [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. The video ends with the trio dancing arguing jokingly. [64][65][66][67][68], After more than a month in the top ten, "Creep" reached the number one position on January 28, 1995, and became TLC's first number-one hit in the US. Luckily when she heard the record she loved it!" [103] When their management suggested having the video re-edited, the group declined[103] and reached out to Rolston to schedule an August 1994 shoot in Los Angeles. I'm just not one of those people. [116] Throughout the clip, Watkins keeps giving the man an incredulous look that suggests he might be cheating. [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. [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". "[111] Each custom-made outfit cost more than US$1,000. "[29] Ebony's writer Michael A. Gonzales agreed that the song "put the sonic scientist that much closer to [Austin's] dreams of making tracks as enticing and sexy as the ones his hero Prince created for Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6". [60][61] Within a month of its release the single received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 500,000 copies. The trio contacted Matthew Rolston to film a music video after seeing his work for Salt-N-Pepa. "[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". 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." Watkins is confirmed to have a cameo on its music video, which remains unreleased.[176]. The lyrics portray the singers as women who cheat on their unfaithful lovers for attention. [104][105] "Not only is this 'Creep' more genre specific, it also feels more dated", Elan added. In other scenes Thomas' colors have been color corrected to grey for artistic reasons. [135][136] Complex chose the All That performance as one of the best of the series, while "Red Light Special" appeared on the compilation SNL25 – Saturday Night Live, The Musical Performances Volume 2 (1999), though Billboard's Michael Paoletta described it as "awful". "When I heard [the original version] flip I immediately knew I had to at least try to get T-Boz on it since that was her solo song with [TLC]! [127][128] VH1's Seher Sikandar listed the video's choreography as one of the top-twenty R&B dance routines of the 1990s. "[46] Slant Magazine's editor Sal Cinquemani was reviewing the greatest-hits album 20 when he observed that both girls' "finest" singles, "Creep" and "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", had them "proudly flipping accepted modes of female sexual behavior and consent on their heads". [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. Read Creep Remix from the story TLC♕ by peanutbutterjailee (ԹօԹմӀɑɾíԵվ™) with 451 reads. Is your network connection unstable or browser outdated? [3][117], An alternative cut for the video has also been made. [108][106] The trio eventually dropped Gatson because they thought his version was not their "style of dancing", though two of his moves were adapted in the final clip. "[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". [9] The group denied being inspired by Radiohead's 1992 track with the same name. We fell in love with the way it was shot. tlc, teamtlc, tboz. SoundCloud. TLC - Creep (DJ Chiments Funk House Remix) 2018 by DJChiments published on 2018-06-25T18:01:59Z. [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". The lyrics portray the singers as women who cheat on their unfaithful lovers for attention. [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. Dallas Austin, who tried to write the track from a "female perspective", wrote and produced it. "[17][18] Nate Jones from People wrote of the Lopes lyric, saying it was another reminder of the trio's commitment to address social issues in their music. To sing a song like "Creep" wouldn't be surprising from us. [13] She then repeats the lines "oh-I, oh-I, oh-I", which was compared by Spin's Terry Sutton to Watkins finding "a spiritual instruction in vowel sounds" before starting the song's first verse. [175] In February 2016, singer Zendaya sampled the song for her single "Something New" with Chris Brown. [99] Thomas later said "It didn't feel like we had evolved. Creep (Untouchables Mix) Lyrics: Yeah / TLC / Untouchables / Eddie F / Kenny Low / So I creep yeah I / Just keep it on the down low / Said nobody is supposed to know / So I creep … [72] Retrospectively, "Creep" was listed at number 21 on Billboard Hot 100's decade-end list of the 1990s, and became the fourth-most-successful song on the chart by a girl group. [104] The "blue-tinged" clip shows the girls sneaking away from their unsuspecting boyfriends to cheat, while other scenes show them performing in front of trucks and cars. TLC "Creep" Remix Produced By; Dj Jourdan(Josh Littlejohn) twitter -@JourdanMonroe TLC – Creep remix. It is based on member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins's experience with infidelity. "[20] The Guardian's Carol Cooper described the track as reflecting the darker side of TLC's "giddy hedonism". [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. [174] "Creep" appeared on The Game's "Sex Skit" from his album The Documentary 2.5, released in October 2015. Genre R&B/Soul Contains tracks. Your current browser isn't compatible with SoundCloud. An interesting concept but I really like this remix. 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. [17][27][13][28] According to The Telegraph, the group delivered it with an "empowered" attitude with Prince-style eroticism. [58], Two weeks after its release, "Creep" debuted at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart of November 12, 1994. [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. "Creep" appeared on many best-of lists and received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. "[8] She said several times the video they had watched was "Whatta Man", however, during an interview with MTV in 1995, the show said it was "None of Your Business", a video also shot by Rolston that has more visual similarities to the final "Creep" video. [92][88], The song was described by many publications as a "masterpiece" and a "classic", and became one of the group's signature hits. [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". Vibe's Clover Hope watched the scene and realized how "perfectly sexy and unapologetic" the song was at the time of its first release.