Cryin'

"Cryin'"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Get a Grip
B-side"Walk On Down"
ReleasedJune 29, 1993
Studio
Length
  • 5:08 (album version)
  • 4:14 (fade)
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn[1]
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Eat the Rich"
(1993)
"Cryin'"
(1993)
"Amazing"
(1993)
Music video
"Cryin'" on YouTube

"Cryin'" is a power ballad[2] by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Taylor Rhodes, and released by Geffen Records on June 29, 1993, as the second US single from their 11th studio album, Get a Grip (1993). The single reached numbers 12 and 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, ending the year at number 60 overall. It is one of their most successful hits in Europe, reaching number one in Norway, number three in Iceland, Portugal, and Sweden, and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The song went gold in the United States for selling over 500,000 copies. Its music video, directed by Marty Callner, features Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Dorff and Josh Holloway.

  1. ^ a b Big Ones (CD insert). Aerosmith. United States: Geffen Records. 1994. GEFD-24716.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Jackson, L. (2008). Steven Tyler: The Biography. Little, Brown Book Group.