Crashed

"Crashed"
Single by Daughtry
from the album Daughtry
Released	September 5, 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Rock
Length	3:31
Label	RCA 19
Songwriter(s)	Chris Daughtry Nina Ossoff Dana Calitri Kathy Sommer
Producer(s)	Howard Benson
Daughtry singles chronology
"Over You" (2007) "Crashed" (2007) "Feels Like Tonight" (2008)

"Crashed" is the third U.S. rock single, (the fifth overall), from the band Daughtry's debut album. It was released only to U.S. rock stations on September 5, 2007. Upon its release the song got adds at those stations, along with some Alternative and Top 40 stations.

The song's release is like the release of "What I Want" in that while "Over You" was the mainstream third single, "Crashed" was the third single on U.S. rock stations.

Music video

Like "What I Want" it did not have an official video, since the band made one for the main third single, "Over You" instead. It did however have an unofficial promo video that mixes black and white scenes of the band performing with clips from the ACC and SEC College Football season, which the song was used to open. This video can be viewed here.^[1]

Song usage and live performances

The song, as mentioned, has been used to open the ACC and SEC College Football season and has been the opening number for the band's shows. In the United States, it was used in the Lego Bionicle advertisements featuring sets named "Toa Mahri".<ref>BIONICLE MAHRI COMMERCIAL - TRAILER 4K 60fps on YouTube

They recently performed the track at the Rock And Roll 400, as well as on Late Show with David Letterman.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Mainstream Rock chart for the week of October 6, 2007 at number 35, and peaked at number 24 on the chart.

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