Cry (Mandy Moore song)
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| "Cry" | ||
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| Single by Mandy Moore | ||
| from the album Mandy Moore | ||
| Released | 2002 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |
| Length | 3:43 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Writer(s) | James Renald | |
| Producer(s) | James Renald | |
| Mandy Moore singles chronology | ||
| "Crush" (2001) |
"Cry" (2002) |
"17" (2002) |
"Cry" (2002) is the third song released by Mandy Moore from her third self-titled album Mandy Moore.
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[edit] Song Information
The song tells the story of a girl who first thought her lover to be insensitive, until one day she saw him cry. "You were all by yourself, staring up at the dark gray sky, I was changed..." The song wasn't a major hit in America but was an MTV favorite and did well overseas. The song was also on the A Walk To Remember soundtrack in 2002. It also debuted a brunette Moore. Moore felt that "Cry" would be perfect for the soundtrack since it would be released around the time of the Movie. It is also one of Moore's favorite songs off the album.
Moore performed the song live often to promote her album Mandy Moore and the Movie A Walk To Remember. She performed it also at the 2002 MTV VMA's in Asia, even though the performance was vocally weak.
[edit] The Video
The main premise of the video was centered around the movie A Walk To Remember. It showed Mandy in Heaven and Shane West looking through a telescope at her. The movie was based around the telescope. Moore's character "Jamie Sulivan" believes that when she would look through a telescope at the stars she can see into heaven. Shane West looks through the telescope and can see a now passed Jamie in heaven. As the video come to a climax, there is an explosion and stars shoot from behind Mandy. It is taken from the movie A Walk To Remember, Mandy's character has an obsession with looking at the stars. The video also shows Shane West looking at random video of him and Moore. The home video was the summer that Moore's and West's character spent together before she died. The video wasn't a huge success on MTV like her prior video Crush.
[edit] Chart Success
The single never cracked the Hot 100 in the States. However, the single was huge over seas in Asia. Mandy performed the song many times over seas and in America, however, it fail to perform well on the charts. She did perform the song, although not that well, at the MTV Video Music Awards for Asia in 2002.
[edit] Pop History
As far as Moore's career goes, "Cry" may be her fans favorite and her most well respected even though the song wasn't as successful as "Candy", "I Wanna Be With You", or even "Crush". The song is her best song lyrically and her best vocal performance. Though the song never won any awards, "Cry" did win the hearts of her fans.
| Mandy Moore |
| Discography |
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| So Real | I Wanna Be with You | Mandy Moore | Coverage | The Best of Mandy Moore | Candy | Wild Hope |
| Singles |
| "Candy" | "Walk Me Home" | "I Wanna Be with You" | "In My Pocket" | "Crush" | "Cry" | "17" | "Have a Little Faith in Me" |
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