Crawling in the Dark

"Crawling in the Dark"
Single by Hoobastank
from the album Hoobastank
ReleasedOctober 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)
GenreNu metal
Length2:57
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
  • Dan Estrin
  • Chris Hesse
  • Markku Lappalainen
  • Doug Robb
Producer(s)Jim Wirt
Hoobastank singles chronology
"Crawling in the Dark"
(2001)
"Running Away"
(2002)
Music video
"Crawling in the Dark" on YouTube

"Crawling in the Dark" is the first single by American rock band Hoobastank, released from their major-label debut, Hoobastank.

The song was released as a single on October 2, 2001. A nu metal song,[1][2][3] the single was their breakthrough hit and is their second most successful song from their debut album behind their second hit "Running Away". It reached No. 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

The song was also well remembered for being in a 2002 Mountain Dew commercial featuring Channing Tatum.[4]

  1. ^ "The Essential Nu-Metal Playlist - NME.COM". NME.COM. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Hill, Stephen (July 4, 2017). "The Top 40 nu-metal songs of all time". Metal Hammer. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Coffman, Tim (November 11, 2022). "10 Most Underrated Nu Metal Songs". WhatCulture. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Channing Tatum - Mt Dew Commercial". 20 September 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2024.