There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Love Zone
B-side	"If I Should Lose You"
Released	22 January 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Soul
Length	4:55
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Billy Ocean; Wayne Brathwaite; Barry Eastmond;
Producer(s)	Barry J. Eastmond; Wayne Brathwaite;
Billy Ocean singles chronology

"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" is a song by English singer Billy Ocean from his sixth studio album, Love Zone (1986). The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week beginning 5 July 1986, where it remained for one week, becoming the 600th different song^{[citation needed]} to ascend to that position. It also topped the adult contemporary and R&B charts in the United States that same summer.

^ Breihan, Tom (16 December 2020). "The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)". Stereogum. Retrieved 24 September 2023. On its own, "Sad Songs" is perfectly innocuous filler... [it] has all the hallmarks of mid-'80s adult-contempo soul...

[Breihan_2020-1] Breihan, Tom (16 December 2020). "The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)". Stereogum. Retrieved 24 September 2023. On its own, "Sad Songs" is perfectly innocuous filler... [it] has all the hallmarks of mid-'80s adult-contempo soul...

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