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"Crash into Me" is a song by Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
, coming off the album Crash
Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)

Crash is the second studio album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me."...
. It reached #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. 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
VH1 Storytellers

Storytellers is a television music series produced by the VH1 network.In each episode artists perform in front of a live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat similar to MTV Unplugged....
, 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
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
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"Crash into Me" is a song by Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
, coming off the album Crash
Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)

Crash is the second studio album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me."...
. It reached #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. 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
VH1 Storytellers

Storytellers is a television music series produced by the VH1 network.In each episode artists perform in front of a live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat similar to MTV Unplugged....
, 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
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
. He ends by saying that he wrote this song instead of getting arrested.

"Crash into Me" was on Clear Channel's
Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications is a Mass media list of conglomerates company based in the United States. Clear Channel, founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, wields considerable influence in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and hosting, and fixed advertising in the United States through its subsidiaries....
 list of "songs with questionable lyrics" following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The song has been covered by various artists including Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks

Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums....
, who has put the song on her new live album
Live album

A live album – commonly contrasted with a studio album – is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances. Live albums may be recorded at a single concert, or combine recordings made at multiple concerts....
, The Soundstage Sessions
The Soundstage Sessions

The Soundstage Sessions is a forthcoming album by the American singer/songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. It is the first live album of Nicks' solo career, and features fan favorites, live performance rarities and two new songs....
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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
    So Much to Say

    "So Much to Say" is a song by Dave Matthews Band from their album, Crash . It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in Grammy Awards of 1997....
    " (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
Interpolation (music)

In music and musical composition, especially twentieth century music and later, interpolation is an abrupt change of aspect of music, with continuation of the first idea ....
 of the song "Dixie Chicken" by Little Feat
Little Feat

Little Feat is an United States Rock music formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboard player Bill Payne in 1969 in music in Los Angeles, California....
, 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 (1996)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
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U.S. Billboard Adult Top 409
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream
Top 40 Mainstream

Top 40 Mainstream Chart is an airplay chart from Billboard Magazine and is featured in both sister publications Billboard and R&R . It is often mistaken for and confused with the Pop 100 Airplay charts ....
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