Crybaby (Paloma Faith song)

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"Crybaby"
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Single by Paloma Faith
from the album The Architect
Released31 August 2017
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Starsmith
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Beauty Remains"
(2015)
"Crybaby"
(2017)
"Guilty"
(2017)

"Crybaby" is a song performed by English recording artist Paloma Faith. The song was released as a digital download on 31 August 2017 [4] as the lead single from her fourth studio album The Architect (2017). [5] The song peaked at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart. [6]

Contents

Background and composition

"Crybaby" is a "slinky soul-funk" [1] and disco [2] [3] track. The song was written by Paloma Faith, Lindy Robbins, Cleo Tighe and Fin Dow-Smith, [7] with the latter handling production. [8] The song talks about toxic masculinity, with Paloma describing the song's lyrics as "a conversation between a man and I (sic), and the song questions whether global conflicts would cease to exist if men successfully dealt with their feelings. Would things be resolved without attack and with measured discussion?" [1] [9]

Music video

The dystopian visual for "Crybaby" premiered on 22 September 2017. [10] British actor Wesley Kent-Hargreaves played “Lead Boy”. [11] The lead Elder, who gives the speech to the boys at the beginning of the video, is the actor Tom Keller.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Crybaby"3:53

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [12] 34
Croatia (HRT) [13] 29
Scotland (OCC) [14] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 36
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [16] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 31 August 2017 [4] Digital download

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