Not Gon' Cry

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"Not Gon' Cry"
"Not Gon' Cry" cover
Single by Mary J. Blige
from the album Waiting to Exhale OST and Share My World
Released 1996
Format CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre R&B
Length 4:57
Label Arista
Writer(s) Babyface
Producer(s) Babyface
Chart positions
  • #39 (UK)
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
(1996)
"Not Gon' Cry"
(1996)
"Love Is All We Need"
(1997)

"Not Gon' Cry" is a 1996 single by Mary J. Blige from the soundtrack to the film Waiting to Exhale. The song was written and produced by Babyface and became a major hit for Blige, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The lyrics are inspired by Angela Bassett's character, a frustrated woman abandoned by her philandering husband, in the movie. The music video features clips from the film.

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1
UK Singles Chart 39
Preceded by
" Before You Walk Out Of My Life / Like This and Like That" by Monica
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single
February 3, 1996
Succeeded by
"Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)" by R. Kelly feat. Mr. Biggs