Crabbuckit

"Crabbuckit" is a single by Canadian hip hop musician k-os, released in 2004 as the first single from his album Joyful Rebellion, and is the fourth track on the album. The title and work refers to the crab in the bucket syndrome where a group of crabs will pull down any crab that tries to escape, thereby ensuring their collective demise.

"Crabbuckit"
Single by k-os
from the album Joyful Rebellion
Released2004
Recorded2003
GenreHip hop
Length3:48
LabelAstralwerks
Songwriter(s)k-os
K-os singles chronology
"B-Boy Stance"
(2004)		 "Crabbuckit"
(2004)		 "Man I Used to Be"
(2005)
Music video
"Crabbuckit" on YouTube

The song won the Juno Award for Single of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2005, and was the first hip hop song ever to win the Juno in that category.

Music video

k-os walks down streets in Toronto, wearing sunglasses that allow him to see individual people who are crabs in disguise and he performs in a club. Both Nelly Furtado and Red1 (from Rascalz) make a brief cameo appearance in the music video. Nelly Furtado can be seen playing guitar in front of a house block and Red1 can be seen in the bar sitting beside k-os.

Chart performance

The single reached number 23 on the Canadian Singles Chart. The video also made No. 1 on the MuchMusic Countdown for two weeks in 2004. The song was also named the 37th greatest Canadian song of all time in the 2005 CBC Radio series 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version.

Peak chart positions
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 23
German Singles Chart[1] 90

Covers

The song was covered by Canadian folk/country trio The Good Lovelies on their 2011 album Let the Rain Fall.[2]

It was covered by the Canadian a capella quartet Cadence on their 2018 album "Home".

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References
  1. "K-os - Crabbuckit - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  2. "Music". The Good Lovelies. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
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