Crabbuckit

"Crabbuckit"
Single by k-os
from the album Joyful Rebellion
Released	2004
Format	CD
Recorded	2003
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:48
Label	Astralwerks
Writer(s)	k-os
k-os singles chronology
"B-Boy Stance" (2004) "Crabbuckit" (2004) "Man I Used to Be" (2005) Music video "Crabbuckit" on YouTube

"Crabbuckit" is a single by Canadian hip hop musician k-os, released in 2004 as a single from his album Joyful Rebellion. 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.

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	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	23
German Singles Chart[1]	90

Trivia

• The song was also used in a commercial for Shrek the Third.
• Toronto rock station The Edge named the song the 9th biggest modern rock hit of the 2000s.

Covers

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

References

1. ^ http://acharts.us/song/4559
2. ^ "Music". The Good Lovelies. http://www.goodlovelies.com/music.php. Retrieved July 29, 2011.