"Crush Tonight" is a song performed by American rapper

Fat Joe Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He began recording as a member of Hip-hop, hip hop group D.I.T.C., Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) in 1992, and pursued a sol ...

featuring American R&B singer

Ginuwine Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine ( ), is an American R&B singer. He began his career as a member of the musical collective Swing Mob in the early 1990s. As a solo act, he signed with Epic R ...

. It was released on August 27, 2002 via

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as the

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from Fat Joe's fifth studio album ''

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''. Written by Fat Joe, Ginuwine, Larry "Precision" Gates, Armageddon, Cool & Dre, it was produced by Precision. An accompanying

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was directed by Benny Boom. In the United States, the song peaked at number 77 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 29 on both the

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and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and number 17 on the

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charts. It also made it to number 42 on the UK singles chart and number 12 on the UK Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart, as well as reaching number 92 in Germany.

Track listing

Charts

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* {{Authority control 2002 songs 2002 singles Fat Joe songs Ginuwine songs Atlantic Records singles Songs written by Fat Joe Songs written by Ginuwine Songs written by Dre (record producer) Songs written by Cool (record producer) Music videos directed by Benny Boom