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I'm Cryin'

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"I'm Cryin'"
Single by Shanice
from the album Inner Child
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1992
GenreR&B
Length5:07
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden
Shanice singles chronology
"I Love Your Smile"
(1991)
"I'm Cryin'"
(1992)
"Silent Prayer"
(1992)

"I'm Cryin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Shanice, released in February 1992 as the second single from her second album, Inner Child (1991). It was the follow-up to her highly successful single "I Love Your Smile", and it peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. A music video was also produced to promote the single.

Critical reception

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Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Pop/urban ingenue follows the giddy "I Love Your Smile" with a mature and sensitive ballad. Grand production by Walden inspires a powerful vocal performance, which should help build momentum at several radio formats."[1] Michael Eric Dyson from Rolling Stone described the song as "a piercing lamentation of lost love, [that] slowly builds to a wailing climax."[2]

Track listing

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  1. Radio Edit (3:46)
  2. Full Version (5:03)
  3. Instrumental (5:02)

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 140
Germany (GfK)[5] 47
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 69
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 11

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Flick, Larry (February 22, 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Dyson, Michael Eric (March 19, 1992). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. Issue 626.
  3. ^ deetownsounds.com Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Accessed November 29, 2007
  4. ^ "Shanice chart history, received from ARIA on October 12, 2021". ARIA. Retrieved July 4, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. Only releases credited to 'Shanice' are listed.
  5. ^ "Shanice – I'm Cryin'" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Shanice – I'm Cryin'" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Shanice Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2023.