Cry (Godley & Creme song)

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"Cry"
Godley & Creme Cry.jpg
Single by Godley & Creme
from the album The History Mix Volume 1
Released11 March 1985
Recorded1984
Genre Soft rock
Length
  • 6:35 (album version)
  • 3:55 (single edit)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Godley & Creme
Producer(s)
Godley & Creme singles chronology
"Golden Boy (Extended)"
(1984)		"Cry"
(1985)		"A Little Piece of Heaven"
(1988)

"Cry" is a song released by the English music duo Godley & Creme on 11 March 1985. It was included on the duo's album The History Mix Volume 1 .

Contents

The song reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone top 40 hit in the US apart from their former band, 10cc. It reached No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The duo also directed the song's music video, which featured faces blended into each other using dissolving and wiping effects.

Creation and recording

After Godley & Creme left their former band 10cc after the group's fourth album, they began writing songs for their own albums, but became better known for producing music videos for other bands. Within the music video producing process, they met producer Trevor Horn, ex of the Buggles and now heading his own label ZTT Records. [1]

Godley & Creme asked Horn to produce their album, but had very little material that was recording studio ready. After their first track failed to produce the required effect, Horn asked what else they had. The pair had already written the first verse of "Cry", and much as though the song came from a position – a man in a relationship where his partner lies and cheats on him – unlike 10cc's "I'm Not in Love", it did not come from real-life experience. The three hence sat down and started writing down words and phrases which could be associated with the first verse, and then Horn put Godley in the recording booth to record them. Godley later described the song's creation process as "patchwork like", but it worked due to its envisaged simple production. [1]

The basic sound of the track was provided by electronic music specialist J. J. Jeczalik who used a Fairlight CMI synthesizer. Godley & Creme then created the full backing track, which was mixed and produced by Horn. [1]

Track listing

7" – Polydor (UK) 881 786-7

  1. "Cry" – 3:55
  2. "Love Bombs" – 3:54

12" – Polydor (UK) 881 786-1

  1. "Cry" (extended version) – 6:30
  2. "Love Bombs" – 4:52

12" – Polydor (US) 881 786-1

  1. "Cry" (extended remix) – 7:25
  2. "Cry" (single version) – 3:55
  3. "Cry" (extended version) – 6:30

12" – Polydor (CA) POLSXC 107

  1. "Cry" (remix 12" club version)
  2. "Cry" (extended version)
  3. "Love Bombs"

CDV – Polydor (UK) 080 010-2

  1. "Cry" (extended version) – 6:30
  2. "Love Bombs" – 4:53
  3. "Under Your Thumb" – 3:45
  4. "Power Behind the Throne" – 3:31
  5. "Cry" (video) – 3:36

Chart positions

The Philosopher Kings version

"Cry"
Single by The Philosopher Kings
from the album Famous, Rich and Beautiful
ReleasedMay 1998
Genre Soft rock
Length3:04
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo
The Philosopher Kings singles chronology
"Hurts to Love You"
(1998)		"Cry"
(1998)		"You Don't Love Me (Like You Used To Do)"
(1998)

Canadian band The Philosopher Kings covered the song for their 1997 album, Famous, Rich and Beautiful . It was released in May 1998 as the third single from the album and peaked at No. 10 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart, ranking in at No. 38 on the magazine's year-end edition. [11] [12]

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [11] 10

Other versions

In 1992, Australian musician Lisa Edwards covered the song and released it as a single. It reached No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, earned a Gold record from the Australian Recording Industry Association, and was the country's 41st-best-selling hit of the year. [13] [14]

Legacy

A remix of the song appears at the end of the 1986 Miami Vice episode "Definitely Miami". [15]

The song is in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the radio station Liberty Rock Radio. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 127. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
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  11. 1 2 "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – June 8, 1998". RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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  14. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1992". ARIA . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  15. ↑ Definitely Miami at IMDB
  16. ↑ RoTak. "GTA 4 Radio Stations: Full List of Songs in IV, TLaD & TBoGT". GTA Base. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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