Creep (Stone Temple Pilots song)

"Creep" (also colloquially known as Half the Man I Used to Be) is a ballad^[5] by the 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.

"Creep"
European commercial CD release
Single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album Core
B-side	"Crackerman" "Where the River Goes"
Released	November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01)[1]
Genre	Alternative rock[2] folk[3] grunge[3][4]
Length	5:33 (album version) 4:31 (radio edit) 5:01 (music video edit)
Label	Atlantic
Composer(s)	Robert DeLeo
Lyricist(s)	Scott Weiland Robert DeLeo
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Plush" (1993) "Creep" (1993) "Big Empty" (1994)
Music video
"Creep" on YouTube

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."^[6]

Track listing

1. "Creep" [New Radio Version] - 4:31
2. "Crackerman" - 3:12
3. "Where the River Goes" - 8:20

German track listing

1. Creep
2. Dead and Bloated
3. Piece of Pie

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[7] 76 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 45 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 24 US Radio Songs (Billboard)[10] 59 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[11] 12 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12] 2 Chart (2015) Peak position US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[13] 12

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[14] 16

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[15]	Gold	15,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.