Who's Crying Now
1981 single by Journey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Who's Crying Now" is a song by the American rock band Journey. It was written by Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry. It was released in 1981 as the first single from Escape and reached No. 4 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The song charted at No. 46 in the UK Singles Chart, and was the band's highest charting single in the UK until "Don't Stop Believin'" (also released as a single from the Escape album in 1981) incurred a resurgence in UK popularity in 2009.
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Quick Facts Single by Journey, from the album Escape ...
"Who's Crying Now" | ||||
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Single by Journey | ||||
from the album Escape | ||||
B-side | "Mother, Father" | |||
Released | July 9, 1981 (US)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 4:24 (single version) 5:01 (album version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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The song is highlighted by Steve Perry's lyrics (with vocal riffs highly reminiscent of Sam Cooke) and piano playing by Jonathan Cain which segues into a bass riff by Ross Valory, and other guitars.