Jayson Rodriguez of MTV News noted that both 'Crawl' and Rihanna's 'Russian Roulette' would inevitably be interpreted as being about Brown and Rihanna's relationship. The song, which has been described as 'melancholy', sees Brown singing about a relationship that has slipped out of his hands with its chorus calling for an 'incremental reconciliation' of the unspecified relationship.

The song was leaked to internet on October 21, 2009, one day after ex-girlfriend Rihanna's ballad ' Russian Roulette' was also leaked. Brown performed the song on his 2009 Fan Appreciation Tour, and on BET's SOS: Help for Haiti Telethon, which benefited victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In the video, he yearns for their relationship on a winter night in a city and in a desert scene. The accompanying music video features Brown and American R&B singer Cassie as his love interest. It peaked in the United States at number fifty-three. It charted in the top twenty in Japan and New Zealand, and the top forty in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The song received positive to mixed reviews.

However, Brown has stated the song is not about any of his previous relationships. The song is about yearning to rebuild a failed relationship and was interpreted by critics as being about Brown's former relationship with Barbadian singer Rihanna. The song was produced by The Messengers and was written by Brown. It is the second single from his third studio album Graffiti, released as a digital download on November 24, 2009. Keep it locked to for all the latest.' Crawl' is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown. Can the former prince of R&B come crawling back into the good graces of America? We’ll find out when the Booth starts rating this track, and when his new album Graffiti drops on December 15. Released just a day after Rihanna’s provocative Russian Roulette, the ties between Brown and Rihanna won’t be ending any time soon. In other words, it’s not groundbreaking, but radio will eat it up. It will be at least a couple years before every ballad Chris Brown does gets related back to Rihanna, and there’s no doubt that his new single Crawl will be widely viewed as an apology of sorts the woman he assaulted, especially with lyrics like “ Everyone says were through, I hope you haven’t said it too.” Drama aside, musically Crawl picks up where Brown left off without missing a beat, letting the teen heartthrob crooner lift his good-but-not-great voice over lush and symphonic production from Nasri.

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