I'm Cryin'

"I'm Cryin'"
Single by Shanice
from the album Inner Child
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1992
GenreR&B
Length5:07
LabelMotown
Songwriters
ProducerNarada Michael Walden
Shanice singles chronology
"I Love Your Smile"
(1991)		 "I'm Cryin'"
(1992)		 "Silent Prayer"
(1992)

"I'm Cryin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Shanice, released in February 1992 by Motown Records as the second single from her second album, Inner Child (1991). Produced by Narada Michael Walden, who also co-wrote the lyrics, it was the follow-up to her highly successful single "I Love Your Smile". The song peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Pop/urban ingenue follows the giddy 'I Love Your Smile' with a mature and sensitive ballad. Grand production by Walden inspires a powerful vocal performance, which should help build momentum at several radio formats."[1] Michael Eric Dyson from Rolling Stone described the song as "a piercing lamentation of lost love, [that] slowly builds to a wailing climax."[2]

Track listing

  1. Radio Edit (3:46)
  2. Full Version (5:03)
  3. Instrumental (5:02)

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 140
Germany (GfK)[5]47
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6]69
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[7] 11

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States February 18, 1992 N/a Motown
Japan May 25, 1992 Mini-CD [8]
Australia June 22, 1992
  • CD
  • cassette
 [9]

References

  1. ↑ Flick, Larry (February 22, 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Dyson, Michael Eric (March 19, 1992). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. Issue 626.
  3. ↑ deetownsounds.com Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Accessed November 29, 2007
  4. ↑ "Shanice chart history, received from ARIA on October 12, 2021". ARIA. Retrieved July 4, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. Only releases credited to 'Shanice' are listed.
  5. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Shanice – I'm Cryin'" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Shanice Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "シャニース | アイム・クライン" [Shanice | I'm Cryin'] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  9. ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 22/06/92: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 125. June 21, 1992. p. 19.
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