"Cry for Me" | ||||
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Single by Camila Cabello | ||||
from the album Romance | ||||
Released | October 4, 2019 | |||
Recorded | May 2019 | |||
Studio | Electric Feel Recordings (West Hollywood, California) | |||
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Length | 3:09 | |||
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"Cry for Me" on YouTube |
"Cry for Me" is a song by Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello. It was released as the third single from Cabello's second studio album, Romance (2019), on October 4, 2019, by Epic Records and Syco Music. [3] [4] [5]
In her announcement of the song, Cabello called the song one of her "favorites" and explained that it was written about "when your ex moves on faster than you and of course you want them to be happy but just..... not so fast". [6] Two days later Cabello explained the track further more, saying "I wrote a song back when I was 16 called I’m Pissed Off You’re Happy, about a situation where someone and I broke up and sooner than I expected, they moved on, they were having fun and happy and dating and I was just like.... what the hell, that didn’t take very long. I took that idea and put it into this song, the feeling nobody likes to admit about feeling wild with jealousy". [7] It was written by Camila Cabello, Ryan Tedder, Adam Feeney and Louis Bell. The song runs for three minutes and nine seconds.
Emily Zemler of Rolling Stone described the song as a "pop number" that takes on that feeling after a breakup where you want your ex to be just as miserable as you are". [1]
Cabello announced the track's release on social media on October 2, 2019. [6]
Camila first performed "Cry for Me" on Saturday Night Live , on October 12, 2019. [8]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Romance . [9]
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Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] | 20 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] | 81 |
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [12] | 78 |
Greece (IFPI) [13] | 40 |
Ireland (IRMA) [14] | 57 |
Lithuania (AGATA) [15] | 35 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [16] | 5 |
Portugal (AFP) [17] | 88 |
Scotland (OCC) [18] | 48 |
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [19] | 50 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [20] | 95 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 90 |
UK Singles (OCC) [22] | 85 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [23] | 15 |
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [24] | 29 |
Venezuela Anglo (Record Report) [25] | 52 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [26] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | October 4, 2019 | [27] |
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