Crash into Me

"Crash into Me"
Single by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Crash
Released	December 1996
Format	CD single
Genre	Rock
Length	5:16 (Album version) 4:15 (Radio edit)
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	David J. Matthews
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band singles chronology
"Two Step" (1996) "Crash into Me" (1996) "Tripping Billies" (1996)
Music sample Crash into Me Crash track listing "Two Step (2) "Crash Into Me" (3) "Too Much" (4) The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 track listing "What Would You Say" (2) "Crash into Me" (3) "Too Much" (4)

"Crash into Me" is a song by Dave Matthews Band, from the album Crash. It reached #7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in March 1997. It is also featured on Dave Matthews Band's first compilation album, The Best of What's Around Vol. 1. The song was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

In his performance on VH1 Storytellers, Dave Matthews described this song as being about "the worship of women," albeit from a voyeur's perspective, and subsequently does a humorous impression of the woman being watched through the window complaining to the police. He ends by saying that he wrote this song instead of getting arrested.

This song was featured in the 2001 comedy film Joe Dirt. It was also featured at the end of the pilot episode for Roswell, and is one of the few songs kept for the DVD release, as producers deemed it vital to the show's theme and that it should not be replaced with a different song.

In the 2010 documentary "The Road To Big Whiskey" Matthews explained that most of "Crash into Me" was inspired by the love of his life: his wife Ashley Harper.

"Crash into Me" was on Clear Channel's list of "songs with questionable lyrics" following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The song has been covered by various artists including Stevie Nicks, who performed it on her 2008 Soundstage episode. Her version was later released as a single.^[1] It has also been covered numerous times by Lee DeWyze, who cites Dave Matthews Band as one of his biggest musical influences.

Track listing

U.S. promo CD single 1 / Australia promo CD single

1. "Crash into Me" (Edit) — 4:15
2. "Crash into Me" (Acoustic) — 5:18
3. "Crash into Me" (Album Version) — 5:16

U.S. promo CD single 2

1. "Crash into Me" — 5:16
2. "Ants Marching" (Live) — 4:45
3. "So Much to Say" (Acoustic) — 3:44
4. "Crash into Me" (Acoustic) — 5:18
5. "Christmas Song" — 5:34

Live in Concert

When played live, the band usually includes an interpolation of the song "Dixie Chicken" by Little Feat, using the lyrics "I will be your Dixie chicken if you'll be my Tennessee lamb / And we can walk together down in Dixieland."

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	7
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	9
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	19
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay	3
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Recurrents	1
	7

Stevie Nicks version

"Crash Into Me"
Single by Stevie Nicks
from the album The Soundstage Sessions
B-side	"Landslide" (orchestra version)
Released	March 17, 2009
Format	digital download
Recorded	2007, 2008
Genre	Rock
Length	5:33
Label	Reprise
Producer	Joe Thomas, Stevie Nicks, Waddy Wachtel
Stevie Nicks singles chronology
"Stand Back" (2007) "Crash Into Me" (2009) "Secret Love" (2011)

Stevie Nicks released "Crash into Me" as the first single from her album, The Soundstage Sessions, on March 17, 2009. The promo, with the orchestra version of "Landslide" as the B-side, was serviced to radio on the week of March 3, 2009. It has been serviced to Triple A radio stations, and to XM Satellite Radio channel 45, The Spectrum, and XM channel 51, The Coffee House. The music video for the single has been playing on VH1 occasionally and is from her DVD Live In Chicago.

Stevie Nicks has often referred to the song simply as "Crash", hence the single cover title.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Crash into Me"	5:33
2.	"Landslide (Orchestra version)"	4:20

References

1. ^ Crash Into Me Songfacts
2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VFC5BU Crash Into Me/Landslide Single Amazon.com