I'm Crying

"I'm Crying"
Single by The Animals
from the album The Animals on Tour
B-side	"Take It Easy"
Released	September 1964[1]
Format	7" 45 RPM
Recorded	1964
Genre	Rhythm and blues, rock
Length	2:49
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Eric Burdon, Alan Price
Producer(s)	Mickie Most[1]
The Animals singles chronology
"The House Of The Rising Sun" (June 1964) "I'm Crying" (September 1964) "Boom Boom" (November 1964)

"I'm Crying" is a song originally performed by British rock band The Animals, written by the group's lead vocalist Eric Burdon and organist Alan Price. The song was released as a single in September 1964^[1] and became their second transatlantic hit after "The House of the Rising Sun", which was released earlier in the year (see 1964 in music). The single became a Top 20 hit in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Reception and charts

Even when the single became a hit, it was nowhere near the hit that "The House of the Rising Sun" was, so songs written by members of the band were kept as b-sides until the band changed record producers from Mickie Most to Tom Wilson in 1966.

Chart (1964)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart[2]	6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3]	8
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	19

Cover versions

There are many covers of it, including:

• Eric Burdon
• Iggy Pop
• Mondo Topless
• Paul Revere & the Raiders
• The Pretty Things
• The Secret Service
• Bobby Sherman
• SRC
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• The Doughboys

References

1. "The Story of the Animals". The Singles+ (CD liner). The Animals. Netherlands: BR Music. 1994, 1999. p. 1. BS 8112-2. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Top 40&5" (PHP). RPM. Vol. 2 (No. 12). 16 November 1964. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
3. "Archive Chart: 1964-10-17" UK Singles Chart.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2010). "Chapter 1: The Artists". The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics