I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)

"I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" is a song written by Bob McDill and Wayland Holyfield, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in July 1981 as the third single and title track from her album I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart^[1] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Preceded by "Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)" by Charley Pride	RPM Country Tracks number-one single November 14, 1981	Succeeded by "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" by Hank Williams, Jr.

References

Janie Fricke

Studio albums	It Ain't Easy Black and White

Notable singles	"Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Johnny Duncan) "Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love with You)" "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" "Down to My Last Broken Heart" "Pride" "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" "Do Me with Love" "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" "You Don't Know Love" "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" "Tell Me a Lie" "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" "If the Fall Don't Get You" "Your Heart's Not in It" "The First Word in Memory Is Me" "She's Single Again" "Somebody Else's Fire" "Easy to Please" "Always Have, Always Will" "When a Woman Cries"

Guest singles	"On My Knees" (with Charlie Rich) "A Place to Fall Apart" (with Merle Haggard)

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