I'll Cry for You

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"I'll Cry for You"
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Single by Europe
from the album Prisoners in Paradise
B-side "Break Free"
ReleasedDecember 1991
Genre Hard rock
Length5:19
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Joey Tempest, Nick Graham
Producer(s) Beau Hill
Europe singles chronology
"Prisoners in Paradise"
(1991)
"I'll Cry for You"
(1991)
"Halfway to Heaven"
(1992)

"I'll Cry for You" is a 1991 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the second single from the band's album Prisoners in Paradise , and charted at number 28 in the United Kingdom. The song was co-written by Europe vocalist Joey Tempest and former Atomic Rooster vocalist/bassist Nick Graham.

Contents

An acoustic version of "I'll Cry for You" is included on the compilations 1982–1992 , 1982–2000 and Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe .

The German power metal band Edguy recorded a cover version of the song and included it as a bonus track on the single "Lavatory Love Machine" in 2004, which was released again on the 2008 compilation album, The Singles .

Track listing

  1. "I'll Cry for You"
  2. "Break Free"

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 179
UK Singles Chart 28

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References

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