Stop Crying Your Heart Out

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
Picture of a desertic road. In the pavement the word "Stop" is painted in capital white letters. Above it, Oasis's stylised logo and "Stop Crying Your Heart Out", written in lowercase white letters and without spaces, appear.
Single by Oasis
from the album Heathen Chemistry
B-side
  • "Thank You for the Good Times"
  • "Shout It Out Loud"
Released17 June 2002 (2002-06-17)
Recorded2001–2002
StudioWheeler End, Olympic (London)
Genre
Length5:02
LabelBig Brother
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)Oasis
Oasis singles chronology
"The Hindu Times"
(2002) 		"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
(2002) 		"Little by Little" / "She Is Love"
(2002)

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. The song was written by Noel Gallagher and produced by Oasis. It was released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 2002 as the second single from the band's fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry (2002). In the United States, it was serviced to radio several weeks before its UK release, in May 2002.

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and reached a peak of number six on the UK Indie Chart. It peaked at number one in Italy and reached the top 20 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. The song was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 12 July 2002, It has since been certified double platinum selling over 1,200,000 copies.

British singer-songwriter Leona Lewis recorded a cover version for her second studio album Echo (2009). She performed her version on the sixth series finale of The X Factor, and it peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the UK R&B Chart.

  1. ^ a b Rolling Stone Staff (31 August 2024). "The 40 Best Oasis Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 August 2024. Stop Crying Your Heart Out" is the sound of Oasis testing out how their Britpop bravado translated into the self-conscious swamp of rock in the early 2000s.