"I'm Cryin'" | ||||
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Single by Shanice | ||||
from the album Inner Child | ||||
Released | February 18, 1992 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 5:07 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Narada Michael Walden | |||
Shanice singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Cryin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Shanice, released in February 1992 as the second single from her second album, Inner Child (1991). It was the follow-up to her highly successful single "I Love Your Smile", and it peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. A music video was also produced to promote the single.
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Pop/urban ingenue follows the giddy "I Love Your Smile" with a mature and sensitive ballad. Grand production by Walden inspires a powerful vocal performance, which should help build momentum at several radio formats." [1] Michael Eric Dyson from Rolling Stone described the song as "a piercing lamentation of lost love, [that] slowly builds to a wailing climax." [2]
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [4] | 140 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] | 47 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] | 69 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] | 11 |
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