When the Children Cry

"When the Children Cry"
Single by White Lion
from the album Pride
B-side"Lady of the Valley"
ReleasedOctober 1988[1]
GenreGlam metal[2][3]
Length
  • 4:18 (album version)
  • 4:04 (single version)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael Wagener
White Lion singles chronology
"Tell Me"
(1988) 		"When the Children Cry"
(1988) 		"All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll"
(1989)

"When the Children Cry" is a power ballad[4][5] performed by Danish-American glam metal band White Lion. It is the third single and closing track on their 1987 album, Pride. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two in Canada, and number 88 in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ "White Lion - When the Children Cry".
  2. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s". LiveAbout. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Every Rose Has Its Thorn: A Tribute to the Syrupy-Sweet Sounds of '80s Hair-Metal Ballads". SPIN. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "The 10 worst power ballads ever written". Louder. 19 November 2016.
  5. ^ DiVita, Joe (9 November 2016). "Top 30 Hair Metal Albums". Loudwire. Retrieved 19 June 2021.