"Crush" is a song by Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...

 on her third album, Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore (album)

Mandy Moore is the third studio album by American pop singer Mandy Moore. It was released by Epic Records when she was 17 years old on June 19, 2001. The album never reclaimed the commercial appeal as her album So Real or even the chart success of I Wanna Be with You...

(2001). It was the album's second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 — following the mildly successful "In My Pocket

In My Pocket

"In My Pocket" is a song performed by American recording artist Mandy Moore from her self-titled third studio album. The song was released as the first single by Epic Records on May 29, 2001. It was written by Randall Barlow, Emilio Estefan, Liza Quintana, and Gian Marco Zignago. It was produced...

" — and Moore's sixth. The single was released in mid-2001 (see 2001 in music

2001 in music

See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....

).

Music video

The "Crush" music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was directed by Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who has worked with a diverse range of artists, among them Rihanna, Hilary Duff, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mandy Moore, Natasha Bedingfield, Fountains of Wayne and Britney Spears...

 and edited by Nabil Mechi. On September 10, 2001, it became Moore's first video to reach the number-one spot on MTV's countdown show Total Request Live

Total Request Live

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. In the video, Moore sits in her crush's room and tries to wake him up. She performs with her band in another room. The video ends with Moore wearing a replica of the jacket Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 wears in the "Thriller" music video

Thriller (music video)

Michael Jackson's Thriller is a 14-minute music video for the song of the same name released on December 2, 1983 and directed by John Landis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jackson....

. When she walks down the hall, she sees her crush and smiles.

Track listings

Promotional US Single (sent to mainstream radio)

1. "Crush" (Ric Wake Mix) – 3:49

Australian CD single

1. "Crush" (remix) – 3:58
2. "Crush" (album version) – 3:43
3. "In My Pocket
   In My Pocket
   "In My Pocket" is a song performed by American recording artist Mandy Moore from her self-titled third studio album. The song was released as the first single by Epic Records on May 29, 2001. It was written by Randall Barlow, Emilio Estefan, Liza Quintana, and Gian Marco Zignago. It was produced...
   
   " (Brandnew remix) – 3:29
4. Album Mix Tape – 2:57

Dutch/Swiss/Swedish/German CD single (scarce release)

1. "Crush" (album version) – 3:43
2. "Crush" (Ric Wake Mix) – 3:49
3. "In My Pocket" (Soul Solution
   Soul Solution
   Soul Solution is a dance/electronica/house production duo from New York City.As artists they made six trips to the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart .Five times under the Soul Solution name:* "Love, Peace & Happiness"...
   
    club mix)

Charts

The song peaked number 19 on the Billbaord Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, equivalet to #119. It did chart also on the op 100], where it stayed for 5 weeks and peaked #35.

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Armenia Top 20	19
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Singles Chart	25
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	37
German Top 100	99
Sweden Top 60	—
Swiss Top 100	83
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top 40 Mainstream	35
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	19