Crucial (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Crucial

| cover = New Edition Crucial cover.JPG

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = New Edition

| album = Heart Break & License to Drive soundtrack

| released = January 31, 1989

| recorded = 1987–1988

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = New jack swing{{cite news|first= Tris |last= McCall |title= For Bobby Brown and New Edition, the show goes on in Newark |date= February 19, 2012 |newspaper= The Star-Ledger |url= http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/02/for_bobby_brown_and_new_editio.html |accessdate= August 5, 2016}}

| length = 4:33

| label = MCA

| writer = Jellybean Johnson, Lisa Keith

| producer = Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

| prev_title = Can You Stand The Rain

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = N.E. Heart Break

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Crucial" is New Edition's fourth single from the Heart Break album. The single featured production from Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. "Crucial" hit No. 4 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. It was featured on the License to Drive soundtrack.