- Demanding or requiring action or attention: a crying need.
- Abominable; reprehensible: a crying shame.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
Synonyms: weeping, tears
The adjective crying has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts
Synonyms: howling, yelling, shouting
Meaning #2:
demanding attention
Synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant
Meaning #3:
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
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| Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
| B-side | "Candy Man" | |||
| Released | July 1961 | |||
| Label | Monument 447 | |||
| Writer(s) | Roy Orbison, Joe Melson | |||
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"Crying" is a rock and roll ballad written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison.
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The song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in July 1961 and went to No. 2 on the Billboard pop music charts.
The song contains "a vivid combination of hurtful romantic longing combined with near operatic vocals" (Roy Orbison Biography, no date). It is remarkable in that Roy Orbison begins singing the climactic, final note slightly flat, sliding up by the end of the note to just under the correct pitch. That this was done for effect and this was confirmed in a live performance, Live at Austin City Limits, as well as on the 1987 re-recording from the album In Dreams: The Greatest Hits, on which he sang that note perfectly on key.
The song also appears on Orbison's 1962 album with the title Crying and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
In 1987, Orbison rerecorded the song as a duet with k.d. lang as part of the soundtrack for the motion picture, Hiding Out. Their collaboration won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. The duet version was a minor chart hit for the two, peaking at #42 on the Hot Country Singles chart. Rebekah Del Rio performed an a cappella Spanish language version of the song, entitled "Llorando" in the 2001 David Lynch film Mulholland Dr.; critics have described this sequence as the most powerful in the movie.[1] The song had also previously been used on the soundtrack for the 1997 cult film Gummo, directed by Harmony Korine, in which two of the central characters even discuss the song at length.
In 2002, "Crying" was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it #69 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Carrie Underwood performed the song on the TV Talent show, American Idol (Season 4). She later went on to win the show, and is now a successful country music artist. Emily Vinette performed this song in the Top 10 episode of Canadian Idol's third season. Vinette was voted off the next night. Ashley Coulter performed the song in the top 6 episode of season 4. She was also voted off the next night. The winner of Australian Idol Damien Leith also performed the song, in 2006.
In a 2006 poll for a Channel 5 program Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs, "Crying" was voted 13th.
The Lettermen recorded a version of "Crying" in 1964; it was included on their album She Cried. A version by Jay and the Americans reached #2 in the US in 1966. Don McLean also recorded a version of "Crying" in 1978. By 1980, it was an international number one hit in the UK and abroad, and a number five hit in the U.S..
Other artists who have covered the song include Lyn Paul, Brian Lane Green, Gene Pitney, k.d. lang, Waylon Jennings, Del Shannon, Bobby Vinton, Liza Minnelli, Billy Gilman, Don McLean, Deana Carter.
"Llorando", a Spanish version of "Crying", is featured in the movie Mulholland Drive performed at an eerie midnight theater called Club Silencio.
| Preceded by "Theme from MASH" by Mash |
UK number one single (Don McLean version) 21 June 1980 - 12 July 1980 |
Succeeded by "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John & ELO |
| Preceded by "Guitar Man" by Elvis Presley |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single (Don McLean version) April 11-April 18, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Old Flame" by Alabama |
| Preceded by "Hollywood Love" by Carroll Baker |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single of the year (Don McLean version) 1981 |
Succeeded by "Love Will Turn You Around" by Kenny Rogers |
Roy Orbison Biography. (no date). Retrieved July 19, 2006, from http://www.hotshotdigital.com/OldRock/RoyOrbisonBio.html
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