Save Up All Your Tears

"Save Up All Your Tears" is a song written by Desmond Child and Diane Warren, and originally released by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. The song was subsequently covered by other artists including Robin Beck, Cher, and Freda Payne.

The original Bonnie Tyler version of the song was featured on the album called Notes From America in the United States and entitled Hide Your Heart throughout the rest of the world. The song was produced by its co-writer, Desmond Child, who was enjoying chart success in the US with singles by Bon Jovi including "Livin' on a Prayer". The single, released in 1988, did not approach the success of previous releases like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero", and charted only on airplay charts in Europe. The London Mix mixed by Desmond Child.

Robin Beck version

"Save Up All Your Tears"

Single by Robin Beck

from the album Trouble Or Nothin'

B-side

"Jealous Hearts" (7", Mini CD)
"Jealous Hearts", "First Time" (12", CD single)

Released

1989

Format

7" vinyl single, CD single, Mini CD single, 12" Maxi single

Recorded

Bearsville Studios, New York

Genre

Soft rock

Length

4:05

Label

Mercury, Polygram, Phonogram Records

Writer(s)

Desmond Child, Diane Warren

Producer(s)

Desmond Child

Robin Beck singles chronology

"First Time"
(1988)

"Save Up All Your Tears"
(1989)

"Tears in the Rain"
(1989)

In 1989, Robin Beck included her version on the album Trouble Or Nothin'. As with Bonnie Tyler's original recording, the Beck version was produced by the song's co-writer, Desmond Child. Beck's version featured Steve Lukather on guitar and KISS' Paul Stanley on background vocals. Beck's single was the follow-up single to her European #1 breakout hit "First Time". While not the smash of that song, "Save Up All Your Tears" was a significant hit for Beck in Germany and Switzerland, where it went to #10 and #5 respectively, and was also a success in Sweden and Austria. A video was made for the single, and although it received some airplay in the US and UK, it failed to garner any national success in the United States and was only a minor hit in the United Kingdom.

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Swiss	05
Germany	10
Sweden	17
Austria	27
UK	84

Cher version

"Save Up All Your Tears"

Single by Cher

from the album Love Hurts

B-side

"A World Without Heroes"

Released

October 1991

Recorded

1991

Genre

Pop rock, soft rock

Length

4:03

Label

Geffen

Writer(s)

Desmond Child, Diane Warren

Producer(s)

Richie Zito, Bob Rock

Cher singles chronology

Music video
"Love and Understanding" (1991)	"'Save Up All Your Tears" (1991)	"Love Hurts" (1991)
"Save Up All Your Tears" on YouTube

In 1991, Cher released a cover of the song as the second US and third European single from her 20th album, Love Hurts. While Beck was the only artist to take the song top ten, Cher's version of the song did the best in the US and the UK, cracking the top 40 to peak at #37 in both markets.

Promotion and performances

Cher performed the song live in Dame Edna's TV Show and in David Letterman's Late Night Show. During Cher's ABC Coca-Cola Concert Special, as a part of the promotional campaign for her album, she also performed the song live—even though she actually lip-synched. This special was taped in a studio; Cher lip-synched to four songs of her latest album and had her band play along.

Music video

Cher's music video for "Save Up All Your Tears" was rather racy, but not as racy as its predecessor "If I Could Turn Back Time". In the video Cher sports three different wigs as well as three different outfits. She first wears a light pink lingerie nighty and a large red curly wig and next another skimpy black lingerie outfit with a dark brown curly wig. The final outfit she wears was one of her most extravagant to date, a dominatrix-themed black leather and chain top, with fishnet stockings and leather nets for sleeves, accompanied by Cher's signature long straight black hair. Twice during the video she turns around to display that she is wearing a thong which reveals a rather large tattoo across her backside. A photograph of this outfit taken by Herb Ritts would be used for the poster for her Love Hurts Tour. Under the banner of "Cher's Back!" with this buttock-revealing poster Cher performed several dates in Europe during her Love Hurts Tour. Later she also performs the song during the rehearsal for her Farewell Tour, this performance is available only as a Bonus Material in the DVD of the show.

Critical reception

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Allmusic highlighted the song and called it "pleasantly melodic."^[1]

Track listing

"Save Up All Your Tears" – CD single^[2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Save Up All Your Tears"	4:03
2.	"Save Up All Your Tears" (Hot AC Mix)	3:52
3.	"Save Up All Your Tears" (Soft AC Mix)	3:48
4.	"Save Up All Your Tears" (CHR Remix)	3:56

Chart performance

Chart (1991–92)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	18
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[4]	32
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[5]	16
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[6]	76
Germany (Official German Charts)^[7]	56
Ireland (IRMA)^[8]	30
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[9]	37
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	37
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[11]	16

References

↑ Review by Allmusic Retrieved 15 October 2013
↑ "Save Up All Your Tears Single".
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Cher – Save Up All Your Tears" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2025." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1691." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Cher - Top Titel" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Save Up All Your Tears". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Cher: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Cher – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Cher. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
↑ "Cher – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Cher. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Bonnie Tyler songs

Discography

The World Starts Tonight	"Lost in France" "More Than a Lover"

Natural Force	"It's a Heartache" "Living for the City" "Heaven" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Here Am I"

Diamond Cut	"Too Good to Last" "My Guns Are Loaded"

Goodbye to the Island	"I'm Just a Woman" "Sometimes When We Touch" "A Whiter Shade of Pale" "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" "I Believe in Your Sweet Love"

Faster Than the Speed of Night	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" "Faster Than the Speed of Night" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "Straight from the Heart"

Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	"If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" "Band of Gold" "Lovers Again" "Holding Out for a Hero"

Hide Your Heart	"Hide Your Heart" "Don't Turn Around" "Save Up All Your Tears" "To Love Somebody" "The Best"

Bitterblue	"Against the Wind" "Bitterblue" "Where Were You"

Angel Heart	"Fools Lullaby" "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night"

Silhouette in Red	"You Are So Beautiful"

Free Spirit	"You're the One" "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"

All in One Voice	"Angel of the Morning" "I Put a Spell on You" "The Rose" "He's the King" "Silent Night"

Heart Strings	"Human Touch" "Everybody Hurts" "Amazed" "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" "Lean on Me" "In My Life" "Learning to Fly" "Right Here Waiting" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "I Can't Make You Love Me" "Need Your Love So Bad" "It's Over"

Simply Believe	"Si demain... (Turn Around)" "Si tout s'arrête (It's a Heartache) "Darlin'"

Wings	"Louise"

Rocks and Honey	"This Is Gonna Hurt" "Believe in Me" "What You Need from Me" "Love Is the Knife" "Mom"

Collaborations	"A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" "Islands" "Vergiß Es (Forget It)" "Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)"

Other songs	"Sayonara Tokyo" "Here She Comes" "The Desert Is in Your Heart" "I Don't Know How to Love Him"

Cher

Albums Singles Filmography Tours Videography Awards

Studio albums	All I Really Want to Do The Sonny Side of Chér Chér With Love, Chér Backstage 3614 Jackson Highway Chér Foxy Lady Bittersweet White Light Half-Breed Dark Lady Stars I'd Rather Believe in You Cherished Take Me Home Prisoner I Paralyze Cher Heart of Stone Love Hurts It's a Man's World Believe not.com.mercial Living Proof Closer to the Truth

Compilations	Golden Greats Superpack Vol. 1 and 2 Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: 1965–1992 If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits The Very Best of Cher Gold

Soundtracks	Chastity Mermaids Burlesque

Music video releases	The Video Collection The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection

Live releases	Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage Live in Concert Live! The Farewell Tour The Farewell Tour Live at the Mirage

Other video releases	CherFitness: A New Attitude CherFitness: Body Confidence

Tours and residency shows	Cher 1979–1982 World Tour Heart of Stone Tour Love Hurts Tour Do You Believe? Living Proof: The Farewell Tour Cher Dressed to Kill Tour

Motion pictures	Good Times Chastity Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Silkwood Mask Suspect The Witches of Eastwick Moonstruck Mermaids The Player Prêt-à-Porter Faithful If These Walls Could Talk Tea with Mussolini Stuck on You Burlesque Zookeeper

Television	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Cher The Sonny and Cher Show Cher... Special The X-Files: The Post-Modern Prometheus Super Bowl XXXIII Will & Grace: Gypsies, Tramps and Weed Dear Mom, Love Cher

Theatrical plays	Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Books	The Ugly Duckling (audiobook)

Related music	Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher (discography) Gregg Allman "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Be My Baby" Two the Hard Way (with Gregg Allman) Black Rose The Beavis and Butt-head Experience The Glory of Gershwin "Love Can Build a Bridge"

Related tours	Two the Hard Way Tour The Black Rose Show

Related soundtracks	Roller Boogie Foxes Chances Are Days of Thunder

Record companies	Warner Bros. WEA Geffen Columbia Casablanca MCA Kapp Atco Imperial

Related articles	Cher as a gay icon Chaz Bono Elijah Blue Allman Mego Sonny & Cher Toys Uninhibited 9: The Last Resort

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Cher singles

1960s	"All I Really Want to Do" "Where Do You Go" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "Alfie" "I Feel Something in the Air" "Sunny" "Hey Joe" "You Better Sit Down Kids" "For What It's Worth"

1970s	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" "The Way of Love" "Living in a House Divided" "Don't Hide Your Love" "Am I Blue" "Half-Breed" "Dark Lady" "Train of Thought" "Take Me Home" "Wasn't It Good" "Hell on Wheels"

1980s	"Rudy" "I Paralyze" "I Found Someone" "We All Sleep Alone" "Skin Deep" "Bang Bang" "Main Man" "After All" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "Just Like Jesse James"

1990s	"Heart of Stone" "You Wouldn't Know Love" "Baby I'm Yours" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Love and Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" "When Lovers Become Strangers" "Oh No Not My Baby" "Whenever You're Near" "Many Rivers to Cross" "Walking in Memphis" "One by One" "Not Enough Love in the World" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "Paradise Is Here" "Believe" "Strong Enough" "All or Nothing" "Dov'è l'amore"

2000s	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"

2010s	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" "Woman's World" "I Hope You Find It" "Take It Like a Man" "I Walk Alone"

Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

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