I'm Cryin'

"I'm Cryin'"
"I'm Cryin'"
Single by Shanice
from the album Inner Child
Released	February 18, 1992
Genre	R&B
Length	5:07
Label	Motown
Songwriters	Shanice Wilson; Sally Jo Dakota; Narada Michael Walden;
Producer	Narada Michael Walden
Shanice singles chronology

"I'm Cryin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Shanice, released in February 1992 by Motown Records as the second single from her second album, Inner Child (1991). Produced by Narada Michael Walden, who also co-wrote the lyrics, it was the follow-up to her highly successful single "I Love Your Smile". The song peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Pop/urban ingenue follows the giddy 'I Love Your Smile' with a mature and sensitive ballad. Grand production by Walden inspires a powerful vocal performance, which should help build momentum at several radio formats."^[1] Michael Eric Dyson from Rolling Stone described the song as "a piercing lamentation of lost love, [that] slowly builds to a wailing climax."^[2]

Track listing

CD single^[3]

Radio Edit (3:46)
Full Version (5:03)
Instrumental (5:02)

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	140
Germany (GfK)^[5]	47
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[6]	69
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)^[7]	11

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	February 18, 1992	N/a	Motown	^{[citation needed]}
Japan	May 25, 1992	Mini-CD		^[8]
Australia	June 22, 1992	CD cassette		^[9]

References

↑ Flick, Larry (February 22, 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
↑ Dyson, Michael Eric (March 19, 1992). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. Issue 626.
↑ deetownsounds.com Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Accessed November 29, 2007
↑ "Shanice chart history, received from ARIA on October 12, 2021". ARIA. Retrieved July 4, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. Only releases credited to 'Shanice' are listed.
↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
↑ "Shanice – I'm Cryin'" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
↑ "Shanice Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
↑ "シャニース | アイム・クライン" [Shanice | I'm Cryin'] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 22/06/92: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 125. June 21, 1992. p. 19.

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[1] Flick, Larry (February 22, 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2020.

[2] Dyson, Michael Eric (March 19, 1992). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. Issue 626.

[3] townsounds.com Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Accessed November 29, 2007

[4] "Shanice chart history, received from ARIA on October 12, 2021". ARIA. Retrieved July 4, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. Only releases credited to 'Shanice' are listed.

[sc_Germany_Shanice-5] "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_Shanice-6] "Shanice – I'm Cryin'" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[7] "Shanice Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

[8] "シャニース | アイム・クライン" [Shanice | I'm Cryin'] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2025.

[9] "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 22/06/92: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 125. June 21, 1992. p. 19.

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