Strong Enough (Sheryl Crow song)

"Strong Enough"
U.S. CD single cover art
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club
B-side	"All I Wanna Do" (live) "Reach Around Jerk" (live) "Leaving Las Vegas" (live) "Run Baby Run" "What I Can Do for You"
Released	November 15, 1994
Studio	Toad Hall (Pasadena, California) [1]
Genre	Folk [2]
Length	3:10
Label	A&M
Songwriters	Sheryl Crow Bill Bottrell Kevin Gilbert Brian MacLeod David Ricketts David Baerwald
Producer	Bill Bottrell
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"All I Wanna Do" (1994) "Strong Enough" (1994) "Can't Cry Anymore" (1995)
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US and Australian CD single [1] [8] "Strong Enough" (LP version) – 3:40 "All I Wanna Do" (live) – 4:12 "Reach Around Jerk" (live) – 4:22 "Leaving Las Vegas" (live) – 5:29 US 7-inch single [9] A. "Strong Enough" – 3:10 B. "Run Baby Run" – 4:53 US cassette single [10] "Strong Enough" "What I Can Do for You" UK 7-inch single [11] A. "Strong Enough" B. "No One Said It Would Be Easy"

UK CD1 [12] "Strong Enough" "All by Myself" "Strong Enough" (live at the Borderline) "Reach Around Jerk" UK CD2 [13] "Strong Enough" "No One Said It Would Be Easy" "All I Wanna Do" (live in Nashville) European CD single [14] Australian cassette single [15] Japanese mini-CD single [16] "Strong Enough" (LP version) – 3:10 "Leaving Las Vegas" (live) – 5:29

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [17] 3 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [18] 1 Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [19] 3 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [20] 78 Germany (GfK) [21] 69 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [22] 9 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [23] 19 Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade) [24] 7 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [25] 42 Scotland (OCC) [26] 27 UK Singles (OCC) [27] 33 US Billboard Hot 100 [28] 5 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [29] 11 US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [30] 34 US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [31] 10 US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [32] 3

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position Australia (ARIA) [33] 26 Canada Top Singles (RPM) [34] 8 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) [35] 31 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [36] 73 US Billboard Hot 100 [37] 30 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) [38] 40 US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard) [39] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [40]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [41]	Gold	15,000‡
United States (RIAA) [42]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	November 15, 1994	7-inch vinyl CD cassette	A&M	[ citation needed ]
Japan	January 25, 1995	Mini-CD		[43]
United Kingdom	January 30, 1995	7-inch vinyl CD cassette		[44]
Australia	March 3, 1995	CD cassette	A&M Polydor	[45]

Covers and interpolations

Travis Tritt wrote and released an answer song called "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" in 2002. ^[46] Haim covered the song for Triple J's Like a Version segment in 2103, with the video uploaded to Triple J's channel in April 2020. ^{[47] [48] [49]} Haim covered the song with singer-songwriter Lorde later in 2013 for VH1's You Oughta Know concert series. ^[50]

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