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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Cryin'
| cover = Tn_Aerosmith_-_Cryin.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Aerosmith
| album = Get a Grip
| B-side = Walk On Down
| released = June 20, 1993
| recorded = 1992
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* Blues rock
* hard rock
| length =
*
* (music video version)
| label = Geffen
| writer =
* Steven Tyler
* Joe Perry
* Taylor Rhodes
| producer = Bruce Fairbairn
| prev_title = Eat the Rich
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Amazing
| next_year = 1993
| misc =
}}
"'Cryin'" is a power ballad by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Taylor Rhodes. It was released by Geffen Records on June 20, 1993, as a single from their eleventh studio album, 'Get a Grip'. The single reached number 12 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100, ending the year at number 60 overall. The song 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.
The song's music video features Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Dorff and Josh Holloway.
Background
Tyler described the song saying "It was country we just Aerosmithd it.
Music video
of Alicia Silverstone's character getting a navel piercing in the music video for "Cryin'".
The music video for the song, directed by Marty Callner, features the first of three successive appearances by Alicia Silverstone in the band's videos, the next two being "Amazing" (1993) and "Crazy" (1994). Silverstone was 16 years old when "Cryin'" was filmed. In the video, the band performs in the Central Congregational Church in Fall River, Massachusetts. The video flashes back and forth between the band and Silverstone, who plays a teen who has a falling out with her boyfriend (played by Stephen Dorff) after catching him cheating. She feigns an attempt to kiss him, but instead leans away, annoying him. She then punches him and shoves him out of the car, leaving him in the dust. She begins a phase of rebellion and individuality and gets a navel piercing, which has largely been credited as introducing navel piercing to mainstream culture. After having her purse stolen by another young man (played by then-unknown Josh Holloway of 'Lost'), she chases him down and knocks him to the ground. The video then cuts to her standing on the edge of an overpass, contemplating jumping. Her ex-boyfriend arrives on the scene, along with numerous police officers, encouraging her to come down from the bridge. She jumps, but a bungee rope is revealed, arresting her fall and leaving her dangling over the freeway, laughing at Dorff's character. The video ends with the dangling Silverstone looking up and giving Dorff the finger.
The video was a smash success on MTV, becoming the most requested video in 1993 and earning the band several awards at the Video Music Awards.
Awards
* MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, 1994
* MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice, 1994
* MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video, 1994
Track listings
'US and Canadian 7-inch and cassette single'
:A. "Cryin'" (LP version) 5:08
:B. "Walk On Down" (LP version) 3:39
'UK CD single'
# "Cryin'" (LP version) 5:08
# "Walk On Down" (LP version) 3:39
# "I'm Down" (LP version) 2:20
# "My Fist Your Face" (LP version) 4:21
'European CD single'
# "Cryin'" (LP version) 5:08
# "Love in an Elevator" (LP version) 5:22
# "Janie's Got a Gun" (LP version) 5:29
'German 7-inch single'
:A. "Cryin'" 5:08
:B. "Love in an Elevator" 5:22
'French CD and cassette single'
# "Cryin'" (LP version) 5:08
# "Janie's Got a Gun" (LP version) 5:29
'Australian CD single'
# "Cryin'"
# "Janie's Got a Gun"
# "Love in an Elevator"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Category:1990s ballads
Category:1992 songs
Category:1993 singles
Category:Aerosmith songs
Category:Blues rock songs
Category:Geffen Records singles
Category:Hard rock ballads
Category:MTV Video of the Year Award
Category:Music videos directed by Marty Callner
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:Song recordings produced by Bruce Fairbairn
Category:Songs written by Joe Perry (musician)
Category:Songs written by Steven Tyler
Category:Songs written by Taylor Rhodes
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