"Crash" is a pop song written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal for Stefani's debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby (2004). The song uses automobile metaphors to describe a relationship, and it received mixed reviews from critics. Not originally planned as a single, the song was released as the album's sixth single in early 2006 (see 2006 in music) during Stefani's pregnancy.
Stefani had been working on her solo project with Linda Perry. The two...
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"Crash" is a pop song written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal for Stefani's debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby (2004). The song uses automobile metaphors to describe a relationship, and it received mixed reviews from critics. Not originally planned as a single, the song was released as the album's sixth single in early 2006 (see 2006 in music) during Stefani's pregnancy.
Stefani had been working on her solo project with Linda Perry. The two penned several songs, including lead single "What You Waiting For?", but Stefani found the process difficult, commenting, "It's humiliating and intimidating even if they're sweet and excited, because you're drowning in their creativity." When the two began working on a song about a deceased friend of Stefani's, Perry began writing the lyrics and Stefani, feeling that Perry was encroaching on her territory, broke down and left.
Stefani's No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal invited her to his house so that the two could go out with friends. When she...
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