Crush (David Archuleta song)
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| Single by David Archuleta | ||||||||
| from the album David Archuleta | ||||||||
| Released | August 12, 2008 | |||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:33 | |||||||
| Label | Jive | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Jess Cates, David Hodges, Emanuel Kiriakou | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Emanuel Kiriakou | |||||||
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"Crush" is the debut single by American Idol season seven runner-up David Archuleta. It was first released to radio stations via New York City's radio station Z100 on August 1, 2008, and commercially in the United States on August 12, 2008, through digital distribution. "Crush" was produced by Emanuel Kiriakou and co-written by Kiriakou, Jess Cates and Dave Hodges.
The song was recorded for his self-titled first album, which was released on November 11, 2008.
"Crush" was met with positive reviews by many critics.
Chuck Taylor of Billboard praised it for being a suitable match for Archuleta, citing it as a "hummable, age-appropriate midtempo pop ditty for the 17-year-old, showcasing his fine mass-appeal vocal stylings with creamy harmonies and some nice falsetto effects." He also predicted chart success for the song, saying "'Crush' is likely to put its money where its title is on the charts."
Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly called the song "surprisingly good!" as well as "hip and contemporary." He stated, "David adroitly walks the line between giving his core fans their fill of vocal runs while showing enough restraint that he won't automatically alienate non-Idol-loving listeners."
Blender Magazine also praised the song, giving it three and a half out of five stars and claiming to have "just listened to the thing six times in a row and we're not terribly angry about spin seven." They also liked that the song seemed perfectly crafted for radio, saying, "Songs like "Crush" are great because they sound as if the radio immaculately conceived them."
Ken Barnes of USA Today liked the "effortless glides into falsetto and some rousing moments in the bridge and chorus", but also said it "tends to plod", and "could become pretty tedious with repetition."
The music video was directed by Declan Whitebloom. The music video was first leaked on September 7, 2008, through AOL, initially restricted to Canada and then released on September 16, 2008, on iTunes. The video now has over 50 million hits on YouTube.
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