Crying in the Rain#Charts 3

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{{Infobox song

| name = Crying in the Rain

| cover = Everly Brothers Crying in the Rain.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Everly Brothers

| album =

| B-side = I'm Not Angry

| released = December 1961

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 1:59

| label = Warner Bros.

| composer = Carole King

| lyricist = Howard Greenfield

| producer =

| prev_title = Muskrat

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = That's Old Fashioned"/"How Can I Meet Her?

| next_year = 1962

}}

"Crying in the Rain" is a song composed by Carole King with lyrics by Howard Greenfield, originally recorded by American duo the Everly Brothers. Their version was released as a single on 22nd December 1961, peaking at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1962.

The song was a collaboration between Greenfield and King, both of whom worked for music publisher Aldon Music at the time. On a whim, two Aldon songwriting partnerships decided to switch partners for a day; King's regular lyricist and then-husband Gerry Goffin partnered with Greenfield's frequent collaborator Jack Keller, leaving King and Greenfield to pair up. {{cite book |last=Emerson |first=Ken |year=2005 |title=Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era |location=New York |publisher=Viking |page=111 |isbn=0-670-03456-8}} This was the only recorded composition credited to King and Greenfield as a duo, although the trio of Goffin, Greenfield and King had previously collaborated as composers of the minor 1961 hit (US #95) "Play It Again" by Tina Robin, and would also collectively compose the 1968 single "Golden Days" by Sally Field.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Crying in the Rain

| writer1 = {{hlist|Howard Greenfield|Carole King}}

| length1 = 1:59

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| title2 = I'm Not Angry

| writer2 = Jimmy Howard (pseudonym of the Everly Brothers)

| length2 = 1:58

}}

Charts

scope="col"\| Chart (1962–1966) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
scope="row"\| AustraliaAustralian Chart Book 1940-1969 p.64 David Kent \| 7
{{single chart\|Wallonia\|10\|artist=The Everly Brothers\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|9\|artist=The Everly Brothers\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\| New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade){{Cite web \|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=71#n_view_location \|title=Flavour of New Zealand, 5 April 1962 \|access-date=March 28, 2020 \|archive-date=October 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010080445/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=71#n_view_location \|url-status=dead }} \| 8
{{single chart\|Norway\|8\|artist=The Everly Brothers\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|UKsinglesbyname\|6\|artist=Everly Brothers\|artistid=4863\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|6\|artist=The Everly Brothers\|rowheader=true\|refname="eb_hot100"}}

Tammy Wynette version

{{Infobox song

| name = Crying in the Rain

| cover = Tammy Wynette--Crying in the Rain.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Tammy Wynette

| album = You Brought Me Back

| B-side = "Bring My Baby Back to Me"

| released = {{start date|1981|08}}

| recorded = January 1981

| studio = Moman's Recording Studio,
Las Vegas

| genre = Country

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=12}}

| label = Epic

| composer = Carole King

| lyricist = Howard Greenfield

| producer = Chips Moman

| prev_title = Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)

| prev_year = 1981

| title =

| next_title = Another Chance

| next_year = 1982

}}

In 1981, "Crying in the Rain" was covered by American country artist Tammy Wynette Wynette's version was produced by Chips Moman at the Moman Recording Studio in Las Vegas, alongside other tracks that would appear on the album You Brought Me Back.{{cite web |title=Tammy Wynette – You Brought Me Back (1981, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tammy-Wynette-You-Brought-Me-Back/release/4140478 |website=Discogs |year=1981 |access-date=24 December 2019}}

Released as a single in July 1981, the song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that year, becoming Wynette's third top 20 country hit of the decade.{{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}} "Crying in the Rain" also peaked at number 11 on the Canadian RPM country chart.

=Track listing=

7-inch single{{cite journal |last1=Wynette |first1=Tammy |title="Crying in the Rain"/"Bring My Baby Back to Me" (7" vinyl single) |journal=Epic Records |date=August 1981 |id=14-02439}}

:A. "Crying in the Rain" – 3:12

:B. "Bring My Baby Back to Me" – 3:25

=Charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+ Chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
scope="col"\| Chart (1981) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{single chart\|Canadacountry\|11\|chartid=0416\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020\|refname="RPM Country Songs"}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcountrysongs\|18\|artist=Tammy Wynette\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"

scope="col"| Chart (1981)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Canadacountry|11|chartid=0416|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2020|refname="RPM Country Songs"}}

{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|18|artist=Tammy Wynette|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2020}}

A-ha version

{{Infobox song

| name = Crying in the Rain

| cover = a-ha Crying in the Rain.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = A-ha

| album = East of the Sun, West of the Moon

| B-side = (Seemingly) Nonstop July

| released = October 1, 1990

| recorded =

| studio =

| length = 4:25

| label = Warner Bros.

| composer = Carole King

| lyricist = Howard Greenfield

| producer = Christopher Neil

| prev_title = There's Never a Forever Thing

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = I Call Your Name

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|h-WPexVEujg|"Crying in the Rain"}}}}

}}

Norwegian band A-ha released a cover version of the song as the first single from their fourth studio album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, in 1990. Following its success, A-ha became closer to the Everly Brothers, who had originally recorded the song. The band members were presented a set of guitars by the Everly Brothers that A-ha continues to use.{{Cite web|url=http://a-ha-live.com/2014/01/04/phil-everly-dies/|title=Phil Everly dies {{!}} a-ha live|website=a-ha-live.com|access-date=2019-08-21}}

=Commercial performance=

"Crying in the Rain" was A-ha's last single to reach the top 40 on a Billboard chart in the United States to date, peaking at number 26 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the week ending April 6, 1991. It was more popular in other countries, topping the charts in the band's native Norway, and peaking at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the 32nd most successful song of the year 2010 in Romanian Top 100, although it peaked outside the Top 20.{{cite news|title=Topul celor mai difuzate piese în România în 2010 |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/arte/muzica/exclusiv-topul-celor-mai-difuzate-piese-in-romania-in-2010-211604.html |newspaper=România Liberă |language=ro |access-date=21 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103025823/http://www.romanialibera.ro/arte/muzica/exclusiv-topul-celor-mai-difuzate-piese-in-romania-in-2010-211604.html |archive-date=3 January 2011 }}

=Music video=

The video was directed by Steve Barron. The theme of the video is a robbery gone wrong. It is actually the second version of this video. The first version did not feature any of the scenes of Morten Harket singing alone. The video was filmed entirely with a specific technique of mobile cameras, and it was filmed in Big Timber, Montana. Academy Award-nominated actor John Hawkes had a small role as a robber in the music video.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710700/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_128|title = A-ha: Crying in the Rain|website = IMDb}}

=Track listings=

UK CD single

"Crying in the Rain" (LP version) – 4:25
"(Seemingly) Nonstop July" – 2:55
"Cry Wolf" (LP version) – 4:05

UK 7-inch single

:A. "Crying in the Rain" (LP version) – 4:25

:B. "(Seemingly) Nonstop July" – 2:55

UK 12-inch single

:A. "Crying in the Rain" (LP version) – 4:25

:B1. "(Seemingly) Nonstop July" – 2:55

:B2. "Cry Wolf" (LP version) – 4:05

=Charts=

==Weekly charts==

scope="col"\| Chart (1990–1991) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
scope="row"\| Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://i.imgur.com/5ox8gOb.jpg\|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received May 29, 2015\|access-date=September 18, 2015\|via=Imgur}} \| 131
{{single chart\|Austria\|17\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 29, 2009}}
{{single chart\|Flanders\|12\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|34\|chartid=1480\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
scope="row"\| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine \|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-11-03.pdf \|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles \|magazine=Music & Media \|volume=7 \|issue=44 \|date=November 3, 1990 \|page=IV \|oclc=29800226 \|via=World Radio History}} \| 9
scope="row"\| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book \|last=Pennanen \|first=Timo \|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 \|language=Finnish \|edition=1st \|location=Helsinki \|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava \|year=2006 \|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}} \| 14
{{single chart\|France\|11\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 29, 2009}}
{{single chart\|Germany\|6\|songid=2192\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|8\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
scope="row"\|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite web\|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php\|title=Classifiche\|work=Musica e dischi\|language=it}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "A-Ha". \|9
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|11\|artist=a-ha\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|10\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 29, 2009}}
{{single chart\|Norway\|1\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020\|refname="aha_norway"}}
scope="row"\|Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf\|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf\|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec\|publisher=BAnQ\|date=12 July 1997\|access-date=27 April 2025\|archive-date=29 November 2015\|language=fr\|url-status=dead}} \|align="center"\|3
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|21\|artist=a-ha\|song=Crying in the Rain\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020}}
{{single chart\|UKsinglesbyname\|13\|artist=a-ha\|artistid=26315\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020\|refname="aha_uk"}}
{{single chart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|26\|artist=a-ha\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 15, 2020\|refname="aha_ac"}}

==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Year-end chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
scope="col"\| Chart (1990) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Germany (Media Control){{cite web \|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1990 \|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990 \|language=de \|publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts \|access-date=December 15, 2020}} \| 86
scope="row"\| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web \|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=s \|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990 \|language=nl \|publisher=Dutch Charts \|access-date=December 15, 2020}} \| 92

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Year-end chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"

scope="col"| Chart (1990)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Germany (Media Control){{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1990 |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990 |language=de |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |access-date=December 15, 2020}}

| 86

scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=s |title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990 |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=December 15, 2020}}

| 92

Other cover versions

"Crying in the Rain" has been covered by many other artists.

In 1963, Los Hermanos Carrion recorded a Spanish version titled Entre la lluvia y mi llorar.

In 1969, The Sweet Inspirations recorded a rendition which reached number 38 on the US R&B chart. It was their second Everly Brothers cover hit, having charted two years earlier with "Let It Be Me."

In 1972, Penny DeHaven in duet with Del Reeves released a Country version on a single only (number 54 on the Billboard country chart).{{cite news|last=Oermann|first=Robert K.|title=[Updated] Lifenotes: Penny DeHaven Passes|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2014/02/penny-dehaven-passes/|access-date=February 25, 2014|newspaper=MusicRow|date=February 25, 2014}}

Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds released a version of the song on their 1980 EP, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers.{{cite web|title=Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers|website=Discogs|date=October 1980 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nick-Lowe-Dave-Edmunds-Nick-Lowe-Dave-Edmunds-Sing-The-Everly-Brothers/release/9192507|access-date=December 3, 2016}}{{better source needed|date=July 2023}}

Carole King recorded her own version on her 1983 album Speeding Time. It was also released as a single.

In 1994, Art Garfunkel had a Canadian Pop and AC hit with the song.