Cry (Mandy Moore song)

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"Cry"
Cry single.jpg
Single by Mandy Moore
from the album Mandy Moore and A Walk to Remember: Music From the Motion Picture
B-side"Someday We'll Know" (with Jon Foreman)
ReleasedNovember 4, 2001
GenrePop
Length3:43
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
James Renald
Producer(s)
Mandy Moore singles chronology
"Crush"
(2001) 		"Cry"
(2001) 		"Only Hope"
(2002)

"Cry" is a song by American recording artist Mandy Moore, released on November 4, 2001, by Epic Records. It was written by James Renald, and co-produced by Renald and Peter Mokran.[1] The song was released as the third and final single from her self-titled third studio album.

The lyrics of "Cry" focuses on a girl who thinks the boy she likes is insensitive until the day she sees him cry. The musical structure of the song is created based on the melody of a guitar as a ballad. It was used as a promotional single and was included in the soundtrack of Moore and Shane West's romantic drama A Walk to Remember (2002).[2][3]

Song information[]

The song tells the story of a girl who thinks the boy she likes is insensitive, until the day she sees him cry. "You were all by yourself, staring up at the dark gray sky, I was changed..." It was not a major hit in the U.S. until the release of Moore's romantic drama A Walk to Remember. Because the song was set to be released around the same time as the film and they had a similar theme, Moore felt that "Cry" would be perfect to be included in the film's soundtrack. The song is one of Moore's favorites on her third self-titled studio album.
Moore said in a Billboard interview that she carried around a copy of the song for over a year before she recorded it. "It felt like my ace in the hole. It's such a beautiful song on every level. I couldn't wait to get into the studio and sing it." She also said that James Renald, the co-writer and co-producer of the song, had to "peel" her out of the vocal booth because she "wanted to sing it over and over again."[1]

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Chris Applebaum and released in 2002. Moore sings the song in Heaven that looks like the night sky. West drives home from the premiere of A Walk to Remember and watches their home video. Then he looks up at her through their telescope. When she disappears from his sight, he goes and falls asleep on his bed. Stars shoot and explode behind Moore for a moment. The next day, West goes out with friends where he walks around and sees a window display of Moore's self-titled album, the theater again with a worker putting the title A Walk to Remember on the front of it and a building covered with the A Walk to Remember movie poster. The music video is included on A Walk to Remember's DVD as a bonus feature. It was also included as a multi-media track on the 2003 special expanded edition of the film's soundtrack.

Chart performance[]

A Walk to Remember and its soundtrack were a financial success, but the single never entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. In Germany, a maxi-CD was also released. To date, "Cry" has sold 15,000 physical copies and 203,000 paid digital downloads according to Nielsen Soundscan.[4]

Versions[]

German/Austrian/Swiss CD single
  1. "Cry" (Album Version) - 3:43
  2. "Someday We'll Know" (with Jon Foreman) - 3:42
German maxi single (limited edition)[5]
  1. "Cry" (Album Version) - 3:43
  2. "Only Hope" - 5:53
  3. "It's Gonna Be Love" - 3:53
  4. "Someday We'll Know" - 3:42
Promo CD single
  1. "Cry" (Album Version) - 3:43[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [3]
  4. ^ "Billboard.com - Ask Billboard". Billboard. 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  5. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5419335/a/cry.htm
  6. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=208651

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