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• The second single off American band Daughtry's third album Break The Spell is a continuation of the raw rock sound that his fans are familiar with. "Going into the writing sessions (for 'Spell'), we said, 'Let's not try to sound like anything. Let's just write and see what happens'," said Chris Daughtry. "We came up with some pretty interesting tunes that sound nothing like anything we've done before. At the same time, 'Crawling Back to You' is a song that will appeal to fans who have been with us from the start."
• Chris Daughtry explained that the song's message is: "Your significant other is in the right, and just like she said it would happen, you come crawling back."
• The song's music video is a simple one of the band performing the song. Talking about the clip, Chris Daughtry said, "We wanted it to be a performance video not necessarily based on any narrative or story." The singer added, regarding his philosophy of filming visuals: "Whenever I do a video I have a hard time faking it. I always lose my voice at the end of a video shoot because I give it all every single take."
• Chris Daughtry had this song in his back pocket for a few years, but there was something not quite right about it. "It didn't make Leave This Town, and a lot of times, after being away from the songs for a good amount of time, you either go back and go, 'OK, there's a reason that didn't make the record; it's junk,' or you go, 'Man, there's something really cool about that song, but it's not quite there yet,' " he told MTV News. "And the more we listened to it, the more we were like, 'Man, it gets to that moment, and then it's a letdown.' So we realized the chorus wasn't quite right, and when I was working with [producer] Marti [Frederiksen] again for this record, we went back to it, and he goes, 'Let's try going here, man,' and I came up with the melody and that was it."