Crying Shame

{{For|the song by the Wild Strawberries|Bet You Think I'm Lonely}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Crying Shame

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Michael Johnson

| album = That's That

| B-side = True Love

| released = October 17, 1987

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| genre = Country

| length = 3:26

| label = RCA

| writer = Michael Johnson, Brent Maher, Don Schlitz

| producer = Brent Maher

| prev_title = Ponies

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = I Will Whisper Your Name

| next_year = 1988

}}

"Crying Shame" is a song by American country pop artist Michael Johnson. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from the album That's That. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title=The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=178}} Johnson wrote the song with Brent Maher and Don Schlitz.

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1987–1988)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Michael Johnson}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

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References