TLC first performed " Creep " on television for the Nickelodeon series '' All That '' on January 7 , 1995 , followed by a performance on the May 6 episode of '' Saturday Night Live '' along with " Red Light Special " . '' Complex '' chose the '' All That '' performance as one of the best of the series , while " Red Light Special " appeared on the compilation '' SNL25 – Saturday Night Live , The Musical Performances Volume 2 '' ( 1999 ) , though '' Billboard '' Michael Paoletta described it as " awful " . Later in July , the trio joined other artists on the 16th Annual Budweiser Superfest Tour , with " Creep " added to their playlist . On stage , they performed the song to an audience of 3,000 – 6,000 in front of the letters " CrazySexyCool " . Many girls wore cropped T-shirts with oversized jeans held up by thick belts . '' Chicago Tribune '' reporter Rohan B. Preston said their set " lit torches for female desire " their songs " Creep " and " Red Light Special " . '' Complex '' chose their performance of " CrazySexyMedley " — which included " Ai n't 2 Proud 2 Beg " , " Kick Your Game " , " Creep " and " Waterfalls " — at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards as one of the ceremony 's twenty best performances of all-time . Writer Edwin Ortiz declared : " Back in the '90s , no female R&B act could touch TLC . " A " Hitmix " medley was put together for their September 28 appearance on '' Top of the Pops '' , made of three '' CrazySexyCool '' singles : " Creep " , " Waterfalls " and " Diggin ' on You "
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
Creep (TLC song)