There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
| "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Ocean | ||||
| from the album Love Zone | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Soul, R&B | |||
| Length | 4:55 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
| Writer(s) |
Billy Ocean Wayne Brathwaite Barry Eastmond | |||
| Certification | Gold | |||
| Billy Ocean singles chronology | ||||
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"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" is a 1986 single by Billy Ocean. The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. It appears on Ocean's 1986 album Love Zone, which was released on Jive Records. The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week beginning 5 July 1986, where it remained for one week, becoming the 600th song to ascend to that position. It also topped the adult contemporary and R&B charts in the United States that same summer.
Music video
The music video consists of Billy Ocean performing the song live at one of his concerts in 1986. [There is a not-live-performance video in which towards the end, Billy stands seeing a woman coming towards him and as he gets ready to hug her, she just walks past him, to his devastation.]
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| Canada (RPM) | 1 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) | 12 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot Black Singles | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary | 1 |
References
The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
External links
| Preceded by "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
Canadian RPM number-one single 5 July 1986 |
Succeeded by "I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz |
| Preceded by "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single 5 July 1986 |
Succeeded by "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red |
| Preceded by "Live to Tell" by Madonna |
Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single 21 June 1986 |
Succeeded by "No One Is to Blame" by Howard Jones |
| Preceded by "Nasty" by Janet Jackson |
Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single 28 June – 5 July 1986 |
Succeeded by "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge |
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