Million Tears

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"Million Tears"
Million Tears by Kasey Chambers.jpg
Single by Kasey Chambers
from the album Barricades & Brickwalls
ReleasedJune 2002 (Australia)
Recorded2001
Genre Country pop
Length4:17
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Kasey Chambers, Steven Mark Werchon
Producer(s) Nash Chambers
Kasey Chambers singles chronology
"Not Pretty Enough"
(2002)
"Million Tears"
(2002)
"If I Were You"
(2002)

"Million Tears" is a song written by Kasey Chambers, produced by Nash Chambers for Chambers's second album Barricades & Brickwalls . It was released as the album's fourth single in 2002. It peaked at number 32.

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Track listing

  1. "Million Tears" – 4:17
  2. "Runaway Train" (live) – 3:28
  3. "The Captain" (live acoustic version) – 5:06
  4. "Not Pretty Enough" (live acoustic version) – 3:14

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 32

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