I Wanna Make You Cry

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"I Wanna Make You Cry"
Single by Jeff Bates
from the album Rainbow Man
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2004
Genre Country
Length3:15
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Jeff Bates, Kenny Beard
Producer(s) Kenny Beard, David Malloy
Jeff Bates singles chronology
"Rainbow Man"
(2003)
"I Wanna Make You Cry"
(2004)
"Long, Slow Kisses"
(2004)

"I Wanna Make You Cry" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jeff Bates. It was released in January 2004 as the third single from the album Rainbow Man . The song reached #23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Bates and Kenny Beard.

Chart performance

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 23

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 37.
  2. "Jeff Bates Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.