1992Released
5:32

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Interesting facts and trivia about Creep. By Songfacts®.

This early '90s Grunge classic has some intriguing lyrics: Take time with a wounded hand 'cause it likes to heal Take time with a wounded hand 'cause I like to steal The "Wounded Hand" could belong to Jesus Christ, simply because Jesus was a healer and of course he had nails driven through his hands. Also, you could say that in the song he wants to be healed of any tragic flaws, indicated by the line "'cause I like to steal." In our interview with Scott Weiland, he explained: "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."

This is a track from Core, the first Stone Temple Pilots album. The album would sell over 8 million copies and become a landmark of '90s rock, but many critics were far from enthralled by the effort, possibly wary that STP was simply a Pearl Jam clone who earned their record deal because they had a similar sound. Here's a section from the review in Creem: "Weiland's mid-range growl does not set him apart as a hard rock shrieker, and DeLeo's catalog of chunky riffs is fairly limited."

This was used in the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Creep.
EKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
108BPM

Album

The album Creep is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Creep.
Rhino
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.

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