Crush (1980 Me)
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| Single by Darren Hayes | ||||
| from the album Spin | ||||
| B-side | "Right Dead Back on It" | |||
| Released | 19 August 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
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| Length | 4:01 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Greg Bieck | |||
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"Crush (1980 Me)" is the third single released by Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes from his debut studio album, Spin (2002). Written by Hayes and Robert Conley and produced by Greg Bieck, it was released on 19 August 2002 in Australia. The track is a homage to the 1980s, featuring a synthesized pop sound, vocoded vocals, and references stars of the period like Cyndi Lauper, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, and the Eurythmics. The track's "Crush on Holiday" remix utilized samples of Madonna's 1983 breakthrough single "Holiday".
"Crush" became a moderate success, hitting the top twenty of both Australia and the United Kingdom and also charted in Sweden. The song is regarded as a huge shift for Hayes in sound and shaped the form of what would be his next studio album The Tension and the Spark (2004).