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This article is about the Shanice song. For the Stevie Ray Vaughan song, see Texas Flood. For the song by The Animals, see I'm Crying. 1992 single by Shanice
"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

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." Michael Eric Dyson from Rolling Stone described the song as "a piercing lamentation of lost love, slowly builds to a wailing climax."

Track listing

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

Charts

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

Notes and references

  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.
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