Cruel (Tori Amos song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Cruel

| cover = Cruel single.jpeg

| alt =

| caption = US and Canada Cruel single

| type = single

| artist = Tori Amos

| album = From the Choirgirl Hotel

| released = November 24, 1998 (US)
December 18, 1998 (CA)

| recorded = 1998

| studio = Martian Engineering (Cornwall){{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/from-the-choirgirl-hotel-mw0000031539 |title=From the Choirgirl Hotel – Tori Amos |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 10, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| venue =

| genre = Trip hop{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ij4Wc-5krxYC&pg=PA127 |title=Original Sinner |journal=Spin |volume=14 |issue=6 |date=June 1998 |access-date=August 10, 2015 |last=Vowell |first=Sarah |author-link=Sarah Vowell |page=127}}

| length = 4:07

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Tori Amos

| producer = Tori Amos

| prev_title = Jackie's Strength

| prev_year = 1998

| title =

| title2 = Raspberry Swirl

| next_title = Bliss

| next_year = 1999

}}

"Cruel" is a song written and performed by Tori Amos. It was released as the third single from her 1998 album From the Choirgirl Hotel. In the United States it was released as a double A-side single with "Raspberry Swirl", off the same album.