Cry for You (September song)
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| Single by September | ||||
| from the album In Orbit and Dancing Shoes | ||||
| Released | 29 November 2006 | |||
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| Recorded | 2005 | |||
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3:55 (album version) 3:30 (single edit) 2:47 (UK radio edit) |
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| Producer(s) | Jonas von der Burg | |||
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"Cry for You", also known as Cry for You (You'll Never See Me Again) on Hard2Beat, is a song by Swedish singer September. The dance-pop track spent three weeks at the top spot of Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay Chart in May 2007. In the United States, it is the second single from September's album September, succeeding "Satellites" (a number 8 hit on the Dance Airplay chart), while overseas it is her fifth single release from her second studio album In Orbit, following "It Doesn't Matter". It is also a single from various compilation albums released in Europe.
The single was a huge success in Sweden as well as the rest of Europe, and can be considered her biggest hit yet, together with "Satellites". In her homeland of Sweden, "Cry for You" peaked at the number 6 position on the Swedish Top 60 Singles Chart for two weeks in a row. It remained on the singles chart in Sweden for 17 non-consecutive weeks. It stands as the 1403rd best song of all time in Sweden. In the UK it stands as the biggest selling number five hit of 2008.
As of November 2010, "Cry for You" has been certified Gold in the United States for sales of over 500,000 copies, making September the first Swedish singer to receive a Gold certification in the United States since Ace of Base's 1998 hit "Cruel Summer".
Before the worldwide release in 2007, September had originally recorded the song back in 2005 for her studio album In Orbit (2005). However, in many compilations September has released, the song has appeared on her compilations including September, Dancing in Orbit, Gold and Cry for You - The Album. According to September, she stated the reason why she wanted to release it worldwide, by saying "The song was so strong by itself. And I've been there and it feels like the fans are starved of dance music. But now dance music is coming back again, and the world is getting smaller and smaller because of the internet – that now sometimes you don't even have to do much promotion, although obviously it is still very important. But I think that a hit song will always find a way."
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