I'm Crying
"I'm Crying" | ||||
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Single by The Animals | ||||
from the album The Animals on Tour | ||||
B-side | "Take It Easy" | |||
Released | September 1964[1] | |||
Format | 7" 45 RPM | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues, rock | |||
Length | 2:49 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Eric Burdon, Alan Price | |||
Producer(s) | Mickie Most[1] | |||
The Animals singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Crying" is a song originally performed by the English rock/R&B band The Animals, written by the group's lead vocalist Eric Burdon and organist Alan Price. The song was released as a single in September 1964[1] and became their second transatlantic hit after "The House of the Rising Sun", which was released earlier in the year (see 1964 in music). The single became a Top 20 hit in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Reception and charts
Even when the single became a hit, it was nowhere near the hit that "The House of the Rising Sun" was, so songs written by members of the band were kept as b-sides until the band changed record producers from Mickie Most to Tom Wilson in 1966.
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Canadian Singles Chart[2] | 6 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] | 8 |
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 19 |
Cover versions
There are many covers of it, including:
- Eric Burdon
- Iggy Pop
- Mondo Topless
- Paul Revere & the Raiders
- The Pretty Things
- The Secret Service
- Bobby Sherman
- SRC
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- The Doughboys [5] (2007)
References
- 1 2 3 "The Story of the Animals". The Singles+ (CD liner). The Animals. Netherlands: BR Music. 1994, 1999. p. 1. BS 8112-2. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Top 40&5" (PHP). RPM. Vol. 2 (No. 12). 16 November 1964. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 1964-10-17" UK Singles Chart.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2010). "Chapter 1: The Artists". The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5.
- ↑ The Doughboys - Is It Now? at Discogs
External links
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