Creep (Stone Temple Pilots song) explained
| Creep |
| Cover: | Stone temple pilots creep.jpg |
| Caption: | European commercial CD release |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Stone Temple Pilots |
| Album: | Core |
| B-Side: | - "Crackerman"
- "Where the River Goes"
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| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | May 1992[2] |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | - 5:33 (album version)
- (radio edit)
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| Label: | Atlantic |
| Lyricist: |
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| Composer: | Robert DeLeo |
| Producer: | Brendan O'Brien |
| Prev Title: | Plush |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Big Empty |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"Creep" is a ballad[6] by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, appearing as the seventh track off the band's debut album, Core and later released as the third and final single. The song also appears on the band's greatest hits album, Thank You. A live version featuring Aaron Lewis is included on The Family Values 2001 Tour release.
Composition
In a November 2014 interview with Songfacts, Scott Weiland said, "That's just the idea of being a young person somewhere, caught between still being a kid and becoming a young man. It's that youth apathy, that second-guessing yourself, not feeling like you fit in."[7]
Track listing
- "Creep" [New Radio Version] - 4:31
- "Crackerman" - 3:12
- "Where the River Goes" - 8:20
German track listing
- Creep
- Dead and Bloated
- Piece of Pie
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: November 1993: Stone Temple Pilots Release CREEP | Rhino .
- Web site: Stone Temple Pilots – Core (1992) – The Year Grunge Broke. theyeargrungebroke.com. September 25, 2023. February 1, 2024.
- Web site: July 27, 2020. The 10 best Grunge albums. January 27, 2021. Radio X.
- September 29, 2017. Stone Temple Pilots’ Debut ‘Core’ Turns 25: Why the Critics and Haters Were Wrong. April 11, 2024. Billboard.
- December 4, 2015. Scott Weiland: 20 Essential Songs. January 27, 2021. Rolling Stone.
- Web site: June 7, 2024. Still Remains:Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple at 30. Tucker. Kara. Rock and Roll Globe. September 14, 2024.
- Web site: Scott Weiland: Songwriter Interviews . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015115725/https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/scott_weiland/. dead. October 15, 2014. Songfacts. January 31, 2018.
- Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Feb 1994. ARIA. Imgur. May 30, 2021.
- The Year in Music: Hot Album Rock Tracks. Billboard. 106. 52. YE-62. December 24, 1994.
