Crash (Charli XCX album)

***Crash*** is Charli XCX's fifth studio album. The album contains singles like "Good Ones", "New Shapes" featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama, "Baby", "Every Rule" and "Used to Know Me".

## Accolades

Since the album's release, _Crash_ has been named by several magazines as one of the best albums of 2022. Commercially, it is Charli XCX's best-selling record, being one of the UK's best-selling vinyl and cassette records.

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|The 100 Best Albums of 2022||||||
|Albums of the Year 2022||||||
|The Best Albums of 2022 Ranked||||||
|The Best Albums of 2022 (So Far)||||||
|Albums of the Year 2022||||||
|The 50 Best Albums of 2022||||||
|_NME_s 50 Best Albums of 2022||||||
|_DIY_s Albums of 2022||||||
|_Nylon_s favorite albums of 2022||||||
|The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Staff List||||||
|The 50 Best Albums of 2022||||||
|The 50 Best Albums of 2022||||||
|The 25 Best Albums of 2022||||||
|The best albums of 2022||||||
|_Gorilla vs. Bear_s albums of 2022||||||
|Los 50 mejores discos internacionales de 2022||||||
|The 80 best albums of 2022||||||
|The 20 best albums of 2022||||||
|The best albums of 2022||||||
|Best Albums of 2022||||||
|The 50 best albums of 2022||||||
|_Under the Radar_s Top 100 Albums of 2022 Part 1||||||
|Our favourite albums of 2022||||||
|The 25 Best Albums of 2022||||||

### Awards for _Crash_

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|2023|Best Pop Album||style="text-align:center;"|||||||

### Ranking of _Crash_ songs

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|The 100 Best Songs of 2022||||||
|Best Songs of 2022||||||

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|_DIY_s Tracks of 2022||||||
|The best songs of 2022||||||
|22 Best Tracks of 2022||||||
|_Nylon_s Favorite Songs of 2022||||||
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|The 100 best songs of 2022||||||
|Best songs of 2022||||||
|_Gorilla vs. Bear_s songs of 2022||||||
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|The 50 Best Dance Songs of 2022: Staff Picks||||||

## Track listing

**Notes**
- <sup></sup> signifies an additional producer.
- <sup></sup>"Beg for You" contains samples of "Don't Cry" by Milk Inc. and "Cry for You" by September.
- <sup></sup>"Used to Know Me" contains samples of "Show Me Love" by Robin S.
- <sup></sup>"How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now" contains samples of "Saturday Love" by Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal.

### Musicians and vocals

- Charli XCX – vocals
- George Daniel – vocal chops, drums, bass programming , synth and keys programming
- Waylon Rector – guitar
- A. G. Cook – programming, synths
- Christine and the Queens – vocals
- Caroline Polachek – vocals
- Deaton Chris Anthony – additional vocals, synths, keyboard programming, bass programming, instrumentation ,  drum programming
- Lotus IV – drum programming, instrumentation , keyboard programming, bass programming
- Caroline Ailin – background vocals
- Oscar Holter – programming, drums, bass, keys
- Rina Sawayama – vocals
- Sorana – additional backing vocals
- Sadpony – synths, bass, drum programming
- Justin Raisen – guitar, FX
- Ariel Rechtshaid – drum programming, synths, nylon guitar
- Jon Shave – keyboards, programming
- Darryl Reid – keyboards, programming
- Noonie Bao – percussion

### Technical

- Geoff Swan – mixing
- Niko Battistini – mix assistance
- Matt Cahill – mix assistance
- A. G. Cook – engineering
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Bryce Bordone – mix assistance
- Lionel Crasta – bridge vocals engineering
- John Hanes – engineering
- Oscar Holter – engineering
- Thomas Warren – engineering
- Kevin Grainger – mixing
- Alexander Soifer – additional vocal production
- Ben Hogarth – vocal engineering
- Jonathan Gilmore – vocal production & engineering for Rina Sawayama
- Anthony Tucci Jr. – Charli vocal recording
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Ian Kirkpatrick – recording
- Ainjel Emme – assistant engineering
- Anthony Paul Lopez – engineering
- Justin Raisen – engineering
- Sadpony – engineering
- Rami Yacoub – vocal recording
- Matt DiMona – engineering
- Matt Cohn – engineering
- Jon Shave – engineering
- Darryl Reid – engineering
- Lou Carrao – engineering
- Oli Jacobs – mixing

## Charts

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|8||||
|15||||
|48||||
|36||||

## Release history

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|18 March 2022||Standard|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|25 March 2022||Deluxe|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|30 March 2022|CD|Standard|Warner|style="text-align:center;"||||||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Crash
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Charli XCX
- **recorded**: 2020–2021
- **genre**: * Dance-pop
* synth-pop
* power pop
- **length**: 33:46
- **label**: * Asylum Records, Asylum
* Atlantic Records, Atlantic
* Warner Music Group, Warner UK
- **producer**: * George Daniel
* A. G. Cook
* Linus Wiklund, Lotus IV
* Deaton Chris Anthony
* Oscar Holter
* Digital Farm Animals
* Ian Kirkpatrick (record producer), Ian Kirkpatrick
* Justin Raisen
* Sadpony
* Ariel Rechtshaid
* Daniel Lopatin
* Mike Wise (record producer), Mike Wise
* Dopamine
- **prev title**: How I'm Feeling Now
- **prev year**: 2020
- **next title**: Brat (album), Brat
- **next year**: 2024