Crying in the Chapel (Peter Blakeley song)

Crying in the Chapel is song by Australian pop singer Peter Blakeley. The song was released in November 1989 as the lead single from Blakeley's second studio album, Harry's Café De Wheels (1990). It was Blakeley's first single to receive commercial success, peaking at #3 on the ARIA Singles chart, and was certified Platinum.^[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, "Crying in the Chapel" won ARIA Award for Single of the Year. The song also earned Blakeley a nomination for ARIA Award for Best Male Artist and ARIA Award for Song of the Year.^[2]

Track listings

7" Single

Side A "Crying in the Chapel" - 3:40
Side B "Caterina" - 3:30

12" Single

Side A "Crying in the Chapel" (The Jungle Mix) - 6:15
Side B "Crying in the Chapel" (The Jungle Dub)- 5:40

CD single

"Crying in the Chapel" - 3:40
"Caterina" - 3:30
"Vicious" - 3:50
"Crying in the Chapel" (The Jungle Mix) - 6:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989/90)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	3
Germany (Official German Charts)^[4]	57
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[5]	7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (1990)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	18

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1 2 3 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
↑ "Winners by Year 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ "Australian-charts.com – Peter Blakeley – Crying in the Chapel". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
↑ "Musicline.de – Peter Blakeley Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Peter Blakeley – Crying in the Chapel". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

ARIA Award for Single of the Year

"You're the Voice" by John Farnham (1987)
"Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil (1988)
"Under the Milky Way" by The Church (1989)
"Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley (1990)
"I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody But You" by Absent Friends (1991)
"Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi (1992)
"The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews (1993)
"The Honeymoon Is Over" by The Cruel Sea (1994)
"Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995)
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue (1996)
"Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden (1997)
"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998)
"The Day You Come" by Powderfinger (1999)
"Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000)
"My Happiness" by Powderfinger (2001)
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2002)
"Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003)
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004)
"Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee (2005)
"Black Fingernails, Red Wine" by Eskimo Joe (2006)
"Straight Lines" by Silverchair (2007)
"Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008)
"Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun (2009)
"Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone (2010)
"Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2011)

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