Crying (Roy Orbison song)
| "Crying" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
| from the album Crying | ||||
| B-side | "Candy Man" | |||
| Published | August 16, 1961 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. | |||
| Released | July 1961 | |||
| Recorded | June 26, 1961 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Monument 447 | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Fred Foster | |||
| Roy Orbison singles chronology | ||||
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"Crying" is a song written by American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison's third studio album of the same name (1962). Released in 1961, it was a number-two hit in the United States for Orbison and was covered in 1978 by Don McLean, whose version reached number one in the United Kingdom in 1980. Orbison later re-recorded the song as a duet with Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang, giving them a number-two hit in Canada.