Cry Cry ('Til the Sun Shines)

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"Cry Cry ('Til the Sun Shines)"
Single by Heidi Newfield
from the album What Am I Waiting For
ReleasedNovember 22, 2008
Genre Country
Length3:20
Label Curb
Songwriter(s) Marv Green
Aimee Mayo
Chris Lindsey
Hillary Lindsey
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Heidi Newfield singles chronology
"Johnny & June"
(2008)
"Cry Cry ('Til the Sun Shines)"
(2008)
"What Am I Waiting For"
(2009)

"Cry Cry ('Til the Sun Shines)" is a song originally recorded by Martina McBride on her 2007 album Waking Up Laughing . It was later recorded by American country music artist Heidi Newfield and released in November 2008 as the second single from the album What Am I Waiting For . The song reached #29 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [1] The song was written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey and Hillary Lindsey.

Chart performance

Chart (2008-2009)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 29

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  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 239.
  2. "Heidi Newfield Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.