The Crying Game (song)

"The Crying Game"
Single by Dave Berry
from the album Dave Berry
B-side"Don't Gimme No Lip Child"
Released17 July 1964[1]
StudioDecca, London
GenrePop
Length2:43
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Geoff Stephens
Producer(s)Mike Smith
Dave Berry singles chronology
"Baby It's You"
(1964)
"The Crying Game"
(1964)
"One Heart Between Two"
(1964)

"The Crying Game" is a song written by Geoff Stephens. It was first released by English rock singer Dave Berry in July 1964, becoming his first top-ten hit in the UK.[2][3]

The song was covered by Boy George, which reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one in Canada in 1992. Three versions of the song, by Dave Berry, Kate Robbins and Boy George, were used in the film titled after the song The Crying Game directed by Neil Jordan.[4]

  1. ^ "Dave Berry's next" (PDF). Disc. 18 July 1964. p. 7. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ Cad, Saint (31 July 2012). "Top 10 Famous Songs With Unknown Originals". Listverse.com. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ukrr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Pramaggiore, Maria (2008). Neil Jordan. University of Illinois Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 9780252075308.