High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Crash" is a song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani from her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004). Written by Stefani and Tony Kanal, the song uses automobile metaphors to describe a relationship, and it received mixed reviews from critics. Not originally planned as a single, the song was released as the album`s sixth and final single in early 2006 during Stefani`s pregnancy.