Sometimes She Cries
{{Infobox song
| name = Sometimes She Cries
| cover = Sometimeshecriesingle.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Warrant
| album = Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
| released = December 1989
| format =
| recorded = 1988
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Glam metal{{Citation|title=The Best of Warrant - Warrant {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-warrant-mw0000182186|language=en|access-date=2021-04-08}}{{Citation|title=The Best of Metal: Hard and Soft - Various Artists {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-metal-hard-and-soft-mw0000659849|language=en|access-date=2021-04-12}}
| length = 4:44
| label = Columbia
| writer = Jani Lane
| producer =
| prev_title = Big Talk
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Cherry Pie
| next_year = 1990
}}
Sometimes She Cries is a song by American glam metal band Warrant. A power ballad, it was released in 1989{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-IDX/IDX/1989/Billboard-1989-12-02-OCR-Page-0019.pdf |title=Q 106.5 |date=December 2, 1989 |website= |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=February 8, 2020}} as the fourth single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. The song charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
{{cite web
| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5790|pure_url=yes}}
| title=Warrant - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles
| publisher=Allmusic
| date=
| accessdate=11 November 2011}}
Background
"Sometimes She Cries" is the 2nd power ballad released from their debut album following the hit single Heaven; together, the two ballads sold the album to a wider, largely female audience.{{Citation|title=Warrant Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000199011|language=en|access-date=2021-04-08}} The song is a mix of gospel and classic rock. The music video is about a woman who has a child and her husband leaves her, Jani Lane sits on a wooden table and sings before being joined by the band behind him.
==Tracklisting==
{{track listing
| title1 = Sometimes She Cries
| length1 = 4:11
| title2 = Ridin' High
| length2 = 3:07
}}
Charts
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| Chart (1990)
! Peak |
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| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|27|chartid=9249|rowheader=true|access-date=January 30, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|20|artist=Warrant|rowheader=true|access-date=January 30, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|11|artist=Warrant|rowheader=true|access-date=January 30, 2024}} |
References
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Category:Warrant (American band) songs
Category:Songs written by Jani Lane
Category:Columbia Records singles
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