You Won't See Me Cry

"You Won't See Me Cry"
Single by Wilson Phillips
from the album Shadows and Light
Released April 28, 1992
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD
Genre Pop
Length 3:53 (Single Edit)
4:51 (Album Version)
Label SBK
Writer(s) Wilson Phillips, Glen Ballard
Producer(s) Glen Ballard
Wilson Phillips singles chronology
"Daniel"
(1991)		 "You Won't See Me Cry"
(1992)		 "Give It Up"
(1992)

"You Won't See Me Cry" is a song by American group Wilson Phillips from their second studio album, Shadows and Light (1992). The song was released on April 28, 1992 by SBK Records. It was released as the lead single from the album.

Critical reception

Greg Sandow from Entertainment Weekly called the song "tough/sweet blend of sadness and underlying strength."[1] David Hiltbrand of People disagreed, describing it as a "wispy and anemic ballad."[2]

Chart performance

"You Won't See Me Cry" debuted and peaked at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart on May 23, 1992.[3]

During its first week on U.S. radio, "You Won't See Me Cry" became the most added song on American Top 40 with 141 adds in its first seven days. It also debuted at No. 33 on the airplay chart.[4] The song debuted at No. 96 and peaked at No. 20 in Billboard Hot 100.[5][6] The song also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 27 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart.[7][8] In Canada, on July 4, 1992, the song reached number one on RPM after nine weeks on the chart.[9] It stayed there for a single week before being succeeded by Mariah Carey's song "I'll Be There."

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 31
Canada (RPM) 1
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 30
New Zealand (RIANZ)[12] 46
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)[13] 11
UK Singles Chart 18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 20
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 4
Preceded by
"If You Asked Me To" by Celine Dion		 Canadian Singles Chart
July 4, 1992 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"I'll Be There" by Mariah Carey

References

  1. ↑ Sandow, Greg (1992-06-12). "Shadows and Light". EW.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Shadows and Light". People.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. ↑ "WILSON PHILLIPS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  4. ↑ "The Gavin Report" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. May 1, 1992. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  5. ↑ "YOU WON T SEE ME CRY av WILSON PHILLIPS - NostalgiListan". Nostalgilistan.se. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  6. ↑ "Wilson Phillips - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  7. ↑ "Wilson Phillips - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  8. ↑ "Wilson Phillips - Chart history". Billboard. 1969-12-31. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  9. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Cananda". Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  10. ↑ "WILSON PHILLIPS - YOU WON'T SEE ME CRY (SONG)". Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  11. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  12. ↑ "WILSON PHILLIPS - YOU WON'T SEE ME CRY (SONG)". Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  13. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Wilson Phillips - You Won't See Me Cry". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.