# Songs with titles relating to crying **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527 "2006-02-28T21:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/21 "2006-03-01T03:44:18Z")
“Tear Stained Letter” - Johnny Cash “Tear Stained Letter” - Richard Thompson “I’m Cryin’” - Stevie Ray Vaughan ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/22 "2006-03-01T03:46:16Z")
Taking a small tour of my singles database: Slim Whitman - Darlin’ Don’t Cry Johnnie Ray - Cry (double A-side of “The Little White Cloud That Cried”) Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, others - Crying In The Chapel Eddie Dean - Cry Of A Broken Heart Elvis, The Beatles, others - I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You Buddy Holly - Crying, Waiting, Hoping Bobby Curtola - I Cry And Cry Dion - (I Was) Born To Cry The Everly Brothers - Crying In The Rain The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don’t Cry The Caravelles - You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry Lesley Gore - Judy’s Turn To Cry Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters - Cry Baby (already mentioned by Janis Joplin, but this is the definitive performance) The Animals - I’m Crying Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying The Magicians - Invitation To Cry The Mamas & The Papas - Did You Ever Want To Cry The Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby The Troggs - You Can Cry If You Want To Elvis - Don’t Cry Daddy Joe Cocker - Cry Me A River The Poppy Family - No Good To Cry Les Emmerson - Cry Your Eyes Out Don Goodwin - Time To Cry George Harrison - This Guitar (Can’t Keep From Crying) (sequel to “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”) Alice Cooper - I Never Cry The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry Buckingham / Nicks - Crying In The Night Melissa Manchester - Don’t Cry Out Loud Journey - Who’s Crying Now Prince - When Doves Cry Squeeze - Crying In My Sleep ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/23 "2006-03-01T03:56:06Z")
Continuing: Doris Day & Her Country Cousins - Crocodile Tears Johnny Burnette Trio, The Beatles - Lonesome Tears In My Eyes Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears Fats Domino - Valley Of Tears Marty Robbins - Grown Up Tears LaVern Baker - I Cried A Tear Ray Price - Wall Of Tears Santo & Johnny - Tear Drop Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - When My Tears Have Dried Pat Hervey - Tears Of Misery The Miracles, Johnny Rivers - The Tracks Of My Tears Ben E. King - Tears, Tears, Tears The Monkees - Tear Drop City The Beach Boys - Tears In The Morning Roberta Flack - No Tears (In The End) Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls George Harrison - Teardrops Also, The Dramatics - In The Rain (same theme as Dee Clark “Raindrops”) ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/24 "2006-03-01T05:35:34Z")
Boy George - **The Crying Game** (from the [movie of the same name](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104036/)). ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/25 "2006-03-01T08:43:53Z")
Burst forth, my tears Flow, my tears Weep you no more, sad fountains I saw my lady weep Flow not so fast, ye fountains Go crystal tears All by John Dowland. Probably not what you were asking, but he is the ULTIMATE emo. There’s probably more. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/26 "2006-03-01T09:23:01Z")
_Llorando_—Rebekah Del Rio ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/27 "2006-03-01T09:45:57Z")
“Tonight I Wanna Cry” -Keith Urban Yay me! I got one. ---
**Author:** ![paulmarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/28 "2006-03-01T09:46:45Z")
Bell Bottom Tear - Beautiful South Cry Baby Cry - The Beatles I’ll Cry Instead - The Beatles Tear Stained Letter - Richard Thompson Never Make Me Cry - Fleetwood Mac To Cry About - Mary Margaret O’Hara Can’t Cry Any More - Sheryl Crow ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/29 "2006-03-01T16:43:15Z")
One pf the most incredible things I’ve ever seen or heard was Rebekah Del Rio’s performance of “Llorando” (Roy Orbison’s “Crying” in Spanish) in the movie _Mulholland Falls_. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/30 "2006-03-01T16:58:01Z")
“How Many Tears” - Helloween “I Never Cry” Alice Cooper “No Time For Tears” Alice Cooper “Million Tears” -Kasey Chambers “Stop Crying” - Bob Dylan “Cry Awhile” Bob Dylan “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” Bob Dylan “Trippin’ On My Own Tears” - Ringo Starr “Sailing On My Tears” -Hanoi Rocks (or something like that–been a long time since I heard it). ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/31 "2006-03-01T17:56:27Z")
“It’s All Right To Cry”- Rosie Grier ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/32 "2006-03-01T18:33:34Z")
Some of these are going to be better than others, you did ask for ALL suggestions, not just GOOD ones! Smokey Robinson: **The Tracks of My Tears** Beck: **Lonesome Tears** Emmylou Harris: **All My Tears** Ozzy Osbourne: **No More Tears** Kylie Minogue: **Tears** Qkumba Zoo: **Weeping** The Beegees: **I’m Weeping** Chris de Burgh- **The Last Time I Cried** Hanson: **Cried** Morrissey: **He Cried** Midge Ure: **She Cried** LeAnn Rimes: **Ten Thousand Angels Cried** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/33 "2006-03-01T19:29:59Z")
[Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry](http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/cahn/GuessIllHangMyTearsOutToDry.txt) – Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn – recorded by Frank Sinatra and others ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/34 "2006-03-01T19:54:11Z")
Dry My Tears and Move On-Richard Thompson ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/35 "2006-03-01T21:09:27Z")
Carl Smith - “If Teardrops Were Pennies” Maddox Brothers and Rose - “Don’t Bother to Cry” Bettye LaVette - “Cry Me a River” (different than the “classic” version) Broadcast - “Still Feels Like Tears” Tommy Roe - “Cry on Crying Eyes” The Cure - “Boys Don’t Cry” Richard Ashcroft - “Cry Til Morning” ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/36 "2006-03-01T23:02:35Z")
Cry by James Blunt Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/37 "2006-03-02T01:02:34Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Some of these are going to be better than others, you did ask for ALL suggestions, not just GOOD ones! For the record, they’re all good! ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/38 "2006-03-02T01:29:32Z")
A quick scan of my iTunes reveals these: All-Time Quarterback–Why I Cry Massive Attack–Teardrop Paul Beribeau–Only Babies Cry ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/39 "2006-03-02T04:53:38Z")
The only song I have on my computer with “cry” in the title is “Why I Cry” by the Magnetic Fields. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527.md?page=1)