Including it on her list of best tracks that make people dance , Bernadette McNulty of '' The Telegraph '' claimed : " The Dallas Austin groove on this is so deep , it might give you vertigo . " '' Ebony '' writer Michael A. Gonzales agreed that the song " put the sonic scientist that much closer to Austin 's dreams of making tracks as enticing and sexy as the ones his hero Prince created for Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6 " . Music critic Smokey Fontaine called the track Austin 's best work : " Here , the harmonies worked , the bass line was hard enough to compete in a hip-hop world , and for a moment , R&B did n't need a guest rapper . " In 1995 , " Creep " was nominated for three categories at the first Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards : Best R&B / Soul Single by a Group , Band or Duo ; R&B / Soul Song of the Year ; and R&B / Soul Music Video of the Year . It won the first of these awards . The song received two nominations at the 38th Grammy Awards , for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals , winning the latter . " We were in shock ! We just put out music so that people could find a connection with what were saying , so we did n't know exactly how people would feel about anything " , Thomas said of TLC 's winning moment . " So when you get that kind of recognition , it says so much . The Grammys is like the Oscars of music , so we were just beyond happy to get one . " Shortly after winning , they announced they were bankrupt in a backstage interview . The song 's publisher , EMI , later received the 1996 ASCAP Pop Music Award for Publisher of the Year
38th Grammy Awards
38th Annual Grammy Awards
Creep (TLC song)