Crave You

"Crave You" is a song written Australian electronic music production duo Flight Facilities featuring Australian singer-songwriter Giselle Rosselli.^[1] The breakout track was released as their debut single in September 2010 and subsequently featured on the band's debut studio album, Down to Earth (2014).

"Crave You"
Single by Flight Facilities featuring Giselle
from the album Down to Earth
Released	March 26, 2010 (2010-03-26)
Recorded	2009, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Electronic pop
Length	3:55
Label	Flight Facilities, Bang Gang
Songwriter(s)	Hugo Gruzman, James Lyell, Giselle Rosselli
Producer(s)	Hugo Gruzman, James Lyell
Flight Facilities singles chronology
"Crave You" (2010) "Foreign Language" (2011)
Music video
"Crave You feat. Giselle (Official Video)" on YouTube

An acapella reprise featuring Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue was also featured on the album.

In 2023 an interpolation of the main melody and lyrics was used in the song "Other Boys" by Dove Cameron and Marshmello.

Background

After a chance meeting of the songwriter and the DJ duo, who were still performing locally as "Hugo & Jimmy" and looking to release original works, the pair sent Giselle an instrumental track. Rosselli describes in a joint interview with Hugo and James, "I had thought up the main line of the song, “Why can’t you want me like the other boys do, they stare at me while I stare at you,” and had scribbled it down. It so followed that when the guys sent me one of their new loops they had been working on, the lyric happened to fit perfectly to the mood of the track and the melody just followed suit."^[2]

Composition

The song was composed using ⁴
₄ common time in the key of C sharp minor, with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. The song is often described as Indie pop, Nu-disco and Indietronica.

Reception

The song polled at number 19 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2010.^[3] It also came in at #39 in the Hottest 100 of the Decade.^[4]

In 2015, the song was listed at number 24 in In the Mix's '100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time'.^[5]

Music video

A music video was released on YouTube on 10 September 2010. It depicts the paralleled perspective of two young people whose individual experiences are interchanged in the final moments.

Credits and personnel

• Giselle Rosselli – composer, lyricist, featured performer
• Hugo Gruzman – sample production, drum tracking sample
• James Lyell – sample production, drum tracking

Track listings

Digital download^[6]

1. "Crave You" – 3:55

Remixes digital download^[7]

1. "Crave You" (Version 2) – 7:33
2. "Crave You" (James Curd Pretty Mix) – 4:02
3. "Crave You" (An-2 Remix) – 7:48
4. "Crave You" (The C-90s Remix) – 7:29
5. "Crave You" (Cassian Remix) – 5:38
6. "Crave You" (Graz Remix) – 4:31
7. "Crave You" (Ted & Francis Dub) – 4:18
8. "Crave You" (Adventure Club Remix) – 3:56

10th Anniversary Edition

• A1 "Crave You"
• A2 "Crave You" (Version 2)
• B1 "Crave You" (The C90s Remix)
• B2 "Crave You" (AN-2 Remix)

Certifications

Certifications for "Crave You" (Adventure Club Remix)

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8]	Gold	35,000‡
United States (RIAA)[9]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.