Cry Wolf (Laura Branigan song)

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"Cry Wolf"
Laura Branigan - Cry Wolf.png
Single by Laura Branigan
from the album Touch
Released1988
StudioPowertrax, Hollywood, California
GenrePop rock
Length4:48
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Jude Johnstone
Producer(s)David Kershenbaum
Laura Branigan singles chronology
"Power of Love"
(1987) 		"Cry Wolf"
(1988) 		"Come into My Life"
(1988)
Music video
"Cry Wolf" on YouTube

"Cry Wolf" is a song by American singer Laura Branigan, released as the third and final single from her fifth studio album, Touch (1987). It was written by singer-songwriter Jude Johnstone, who later recorded the song herself for her 2002 debut album. Stevie Nicks recorded a cover in 1989 for her fourth solo studio album, The Other Side of the Mirror.

Track listings[]

7-inch single[1] / cassette single[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Cry Wolf"4:48
2."Whatever I Do"3:59
European 7-inch single[3]
No.TitleLength
1."Cry Wolf"4:48
2."Touch"4:09

Credits and personnel[]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Touch.[4]

  • Laura Branigan – vocals
  • David Kershenbaum – production
  • Bob Marlette – arrangements, keyboards, guitars, string arrangements, drum programming
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • John Nelson – guitars
  • Kim Scharnberg – string arrangements, conducting
  • Kenneth G. Kugler – copyist
  • Julie Ann Gigante, Ralph D. Morrison III, Clayton Haslop, Alexander Horvath, R.F. Peterson, Arthur Zadinsky, Michael Nowak, Raymond J. Tischer II, Margot MacLaine, Armen Ksjikian, Dennis Karmazyn, Michael Matthews – strings
  • David J. Holman – engineering, mixing, PPG programming

Charts[]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Billboard’s Adult Contemporary 20
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 98


Cover versions[]

References[]

  1. ^ Cry Wolf (7-inch single). Laura Branigan. Atlantic Records. 1988. 7-89121.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Cry Wolf (cassette single). Laura Branigan. Atlantic Records. 1988. 7-89121-4.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Cry Wolf (European 7-inch single). Laura Branigan. Atlantic Records. 1988. 789 173-7.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Touch (liner notes). Laura Branigan. Atlantic Records. 1987. 81747-1.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 45. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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