"Let Her Cry" | ||||
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Single by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||||
from the album Cracked Rear View | ||||
B-side |
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Released | December 1994 | |||
Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
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Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Don Gehman | |||
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Let Her Cry" on YouTube |
"Let Her Cry" is a song by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in December 1994 as the second single from their debut album, Cracked Rear View (1994), and became a top-10 hit in Australia, Canada, Iceland, and the United States. The song received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1996.[2]
In 2008, lead singer Darius Rucker recalled that he had just listened to the song "She Talks to Angels" by the Black Crowes for the first time and was listening to a record by blues singer Bonnie Raitt and "in one stream of consciousness" wrote the lyrics to the song.[3]
The single reached the number-two position on the US Billboard Top 40/Mainstream chart and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.[4][5] It also peaked at number two on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart and number four on the Australian Singles Chart.[6][7]
The music video was directed by Adolfo Doring. The video was shot in a sepia tone and features the band singing the song intercut with a woman who runs around a city in the rain.
US maxi-CD single[8]
US cassette single[9]
Australian CD and cassette single[10][11]
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UK CD1[12]
UK CD2[13]
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[24] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | December 1994 | — | Atlantic | |
United Kingdom | May 15, 1995 |
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