Baby Don't Cry (INXS song)

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"Baby Don't Cry"
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Single by INXS
from the album Welcome to Wherever You Are
Released9 August 1992 (1992-08-09)
Length4:54
Label EastWest
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mark Opitz
INXS singles chronology
"Heaven Sent"
(1992)		"Baby Don't Cry"
(1992)		"Not Enough Time"
(1992)

"Baby Don't Cry" is the second single released from Australian rock band INXS's eighth studio album, Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992). It was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, who has said it was written about his daughter Grace and how he missed her whilst touring. The single was released only in Europe and Australia.

Contents

Incorporating the 60-piece Australian Concert Orchestra, [1] the song reached number 20 in the United Kingdom, number 30 in Australia and Belgium, number 34 in New Zealand, and number 46 in the Netherlands. In 1993, the song's engineer, Niven Garland, was nomination for Engineer of the Year at the 1993 ARIA Music Award for his work on "Baby Don't Cry", "Heaven Sent", and "Taste It". [2]

Track listings

Australian CD and cassette single [3] [4]

  1. "Baby Don't Cry"
  2. "Questions"
  3. "Ptar Speaks"
  4. "Baby Don't Cry" (vocal and orchestra mix)

UK 7-inch and cassette single [5] [6]

  1. "Baby Don't Cry"
  2. "Questions" (instrumental)

UK CD single and Dutch 12-inch single [7] [8]

  1. "Baby Don't Cry"
  2. "Questions" (instrumental)
  3. "Ptar Speaks"
  4. "Baby Don't Cry" (vocal and orchestra mix)

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 30
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 30
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [11] 59
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [12] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 46
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 34
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 20

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia9 August 1992CD EastWest [9]
United Kingdom24 August 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Mercury [16]

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  2. ↑ "Winners by Year 1993". ARIA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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  5. ↑ Baby Don't Cry (UK 7-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXS 20, 864 364-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Baby Don't Cry (UK cassette single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXMC 20.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Baby Don't Cry (UK CD single liner notes). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXCD 20, 864 365-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Baby Don't Cry (Dutch 12-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXS X 20, 864 367-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  16. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 22 August 1992. p. 19.
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