May have originally been released on MySpace.

A ~2022 comment on this 2010 YouTube upload of the 6:19 version:

"The original myspace release is lost forever, but this is the closest to it. The one that showed up on an album later was gross, i thought it was a cover lol"
-@skait174

Equal

The motif for Creep first showed up in 2005 in the track Equal, where it is played in reverse

Version Timeline

All MusicBrainz recordings listed below have an accurate YouTube video linked for easy reference

1. this 3:24 version sounds like an early demo. Speculation, but it could be the MySpace version @skait174 refers to in the comment above. Play Records attempted to release this version in 2018, under the BSOD moniker. It is unknown when it was originally created

2. this 6:19 version is the original/classic version most people would think of. It was officially released on Spotify in 2012, though appeared on YouTube as early as 2009 in this video. Perhaps could have been on MySpace. It can be seen performed live here/here on YouTube videos uploaded 2008-11-04

3. this 3:01 "v2" version was then released on Soundcloud 2013-10-05

4. this 4:39 version was released the next day 2013-10-06 on Soundcloud simply as "Creep". It was later released on stuff i used to do in 2017 as "Creep (alt. version)"

5. this 5:39 version, finally, was released on Soundcloud the same day 2013-10-06 as "Creep 2k13". It later appeared on while(1<2) simply as "Creep"

See Also

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