History YMMV / Crush40

** ''I Am (All of Me)'' for the more contemporary audience thanks to Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.

* MisattributedSong: They get this pretty bad. If its a vocal song in a ''Sonic'' game, they WILL get credited for it by someone. Some of the more confusing examples are ''Lazy Days ~ Livin In Paradise'' and ''My Sweet Passion'', the latter of which is sung by a girl. And perhaps the most prevalent songs to be hit by this are ''It Doesn't Matter'' and ''Escape From the City'', being that they were bonus tracks on a Crush 40 album and share a guitarist. It gets really ridiculous when the [[ThemeTuneRap rap songs from Knuckles' levels]] get attributed to them

** [[SurprisinglyGentleSong "Live Life"]] from ''Sonic & the Black Knight'', especially since it would be not only the last game as of yet to feature a new Crush 40 song, but also the last time Jason Griffith (who's vocal work in the series had since become VindicatedByHistory) would ever voice Sonic in a video game again.

* MisattributedSong: They get this pretty bad. If its a vocal song in a Sonic game, they WILL get credited for it by someone. Some of the more confusing examples are ''Lazy Days ~ Livin In Paradise'', and disturbingly, ''My Sweet Passion'', which is sung by a girl. And perhaps the most prevalent songs to be hit by this are ''It Doesn't Matter'' and ''Escape From the City'', being that they were bonus tracks on a Crush 40 album and share a guitarist.
** It gets really ridiculous when the [[ThemeTuneRap rap songs from Knuckles' levels]] get attributed to them

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: They have a lot. Some standout examples are ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmacJ5cQ4AU Open Your Heart]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BryGOBW7f1U Live and Learn]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ETLeNOOFI What I'm Made Of]]'', and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDuBtoFn-kk His World]]''.
** Sonic Youth, which was a callback to multiple Sonic the Hedgehog songs.

* SignatureSong: ''Live and Learn'', easily their most recognized and respected song from the series to the general audience.
** ''Open Your Heart'', their first song, also qualifies. Pretty much anything that includes ''Live and Learn'' will have this song as well.
* TearJerker: [[SurprisinglyGentleSong "Live Life"]] from ''Sonic & the Black Knight'', especially since it would be not only the last game as of yet to feature a new Crush 40 song, but also the last time Jason Griffith (who's vocal work in the series had since become VindicatedByHistory) would ever voice Sonic in a video game again.
** There's also "Watch Me Fly..." from ''NASCAR Arcade'', in the more [[HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]] sense. And man, can Johnny really pack a punch with his vocal delivery on this one.
-->Well I've been wondering about who I am
-->And just how far I drive to see the end
-->Where I started from, where I believe I've won
-->And as the sweat rolls down my face
-->I put my heart into this place of mine
-->Go back in time to see what I'm living in

* {{Mondegreen}}: For the most part averted, but this hits hard in Knight of the Wind, which has these in the double digits.
** For the lyrics of ''What I'm Made Of'' some sites will list lyrics in the chorus as "take a part of me" and others "take a bite of me".

-->Well i've been wondering about who I am

-->Where I started from, where I believe i've won

-->Go back in time to see what i'm living in

* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Lyrics Seriously]]: Johnny Gioeli's confident and sincere vocals can make the cheesiest lyrics sound incredible. His cover of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNh-jNmKWfY Sonic Boom]] is probably the best example of this.

** There's also "Watch Me Fly" from ''NASCAR Arcade'', in the more {{Heartwarming}} sense. And man, can Johnny really pack a punch with his vocal delivery on this one.

* CoveredUp: Their cover of "Fire Woman" is generally assumed to be about Blaze the Cat, However they are very quick to point out it's a cover and say that Blaze had nothing to do with the cover. Jun simply wanted a cover song on their 2009 album, and Jonny chose "Fire Woman"

** It gets really ridiculous when the [[ThemeTuneRap rap songs from Knuckle's levels]] get attributed to them

** CoveredUp: Their cover of "Fire Woman" is generally assumed to be about Blaze the Cat, However they are very quick to point out it's a cover and say that Blaze had nothing to do with the cover. Jun simply wanted a cover song on their 2009 album, and Jonny chose "Fire Woman"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: They have a lot. Some standout examples are ''Open Your Heart'', ''Live and Learn'', ''What I'm Made Of'', and ''His World''.

* SignatureSong: "Live and Learn", easily their most recognized and respected song from the series to the general audience.

* NarmCharm: Being that most of their lyrics are made to be applicable to video games, this is kinda inevitable. Arguably hits its hardest in the song ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''. If it wasn't for the rockin' music (and Johnny Gioeli's incredible singing), it'd be straight-up {{Narm}}.
* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Lyrics Seriously]]: Johnny Gioeli's confident and sincere vocals can make the cheesiest lyrics sound incredible.

* {{Narm}}[=/=]NarmCharm: Being that most of their lyrics are made to be applicable to video games, this is kinda inevitable. Arguably hits its hardest in the song ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Their cover of ''[[SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic Boom]]'' with Cash Cash being publically released as part of the ''SonicTheHedgehogCD'' soundtrack released for the 20th anniversary of the ''Sonic'' franchise.

* MisattributedSong: They get this pretty bad. If its a vocal song in a Sonic game, they WILL get credited for it by someone. Some of the more confusing examples are ''Lazy Days ~ Livin In Paradise'', and disturbingly, ''My Sweet Passion'', with is sung by a girl. And perhaps the most prevalent songs to be hit by this are ''It Doesn't Matter'' and ''Escape From the City'', being that they were bonus tracks on a Crush 40 album and share a guitarist.

* {{Narm}}[=/=]NarmCharm: Being that most of their lyrics are made to be applicable to video games, this is kinda inevitable. Arguably hits its hardest in the song ''SonicHeroes''.

* {{Narm}}: Being that most of their lyrics are made to be applicable to video games, this is kinda inevitable. Arguably hits its hardest in the song ''SonicHeroes''
** NarmCharm thank you very much.

* MisattributedSong: They get this pretty bad. If its a vocal song in a Sonic game, they WILL get credited for it by someone. Some of the more confusing examples are ''Lazy Days ~ Livin In Paradise'', and disturbingly, ''My Sweet Passion'', with is sung by a girl. And perhaps the most prevalent songs to be hit by this are ''It Doesn't Matter'' and ''Escape From the City''., being that they were bonis tracks on an album. They share the guitarist too.
* {{Narm}}: Being that most of their lyrics are made to be applicable to video games, this is kinda inevitable.

* {{Narm}}: Being that most of their lyrics are made to be applicable to video games, this is kinda inevitable