Let Her Cry (song)

"Let Her Cry"
Single by Hootie & the Blowfish
from the album Cracked Rear View
Released	December 17, 1994
Genre	Rock, heartland rock, roots rock
Length	5:08 (LP version) 4:10 (radio edit)
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld
Producer(s)	Don Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology
"Hold My Hand" (1994) "Let Her Cry" (1994) "Only Wanna Be with You" (1995)
Music video "Let Her Cry" on YouTube

"Let Her Cry" is a song by American rock group Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in December 1994 as the second single from their successful 1994 album, Cracked Rear View. The single went on to reach the #2 position on the American Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also peaked at #4 on the Australian ARIA Charts.^[1] The song also received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1996. The song references R.E.M lead singer, Michael Stipe with the following lyrics: "She says, 'Dad's the one I love the most, but Stipe's not far behind.'"

Music video

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.

Charts

Chart (1994–95)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1]	4
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	2
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	7
Germany (Official German Charts)[2]	78
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3]	19
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[4]	62
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	75
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	9
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6]	7
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	34

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[7]	25
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8]	26

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – Hootie & the Blowfish – Let Her Cry". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
2. "Musicline.de – Hootie & the Blowfish Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
3. "Charts.org.nz – Hootie & the Blowfish – Let Her Cry". Top 40 Singles.
4. "Archive Chart: 1995-05-21". Scottish Singles Top 40.
5. "Hootie & the Blowfish – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Hootie & the Blowfish. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
6. "Hootie & the Blowfish – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Hootie & the Blowfish. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
7. "Top Singles - Volume 62, No. 20, December 18, 1995". RPM. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
8. "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". Retrieved 2010-08-27.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics