"Cry" is a song released by the British music duo Godley & Creme

Godley & Creme

Godley & Creme were an English pop music duo composed of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc. In 1979 they directed their first music video for their own single "An Englishman in New York"...

 in 1985

1985 in music

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. It was included on the duo's album The History Mix Volume 1

The History Mix Volume 1

The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs....

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The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone Top 40 hit in the US apart from their former band, 10cc

10cc

10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...

. It also reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart

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The duo also directed the song's music video

Music video

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, which featured faces blended into each other using analog cross-fading

Dissolve (film)

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,, it has a visual similarity to an earlier video by the Australian group The Reels

The Reels

The Reels is an Australian rock/indie pop group which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976 and initially disbanded in 1991, they eventually reformed in 2007. Their 1981 song, "Quasimodo's Dream", was voted one of the Top 10 Australian songs of all time by a 100-member panel from Australasian...

 "Shout & Deliver" (1981), both anticipate the digital effect of morphing

Morphing

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 used in a very similar way in Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

's 1991 video, "Black or White".

Cover versions

• The song was covered
  Cover version
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   by Australian singer Lisa Edwards
  Lisa Edwards
  Lisa Edwards is an Australian singer and musician, who had an Australian Top 5 hit with the Godley and Creme song Cry.Born in Adelaide, she is the daughter of a Jazz pianist and a stage performer. She made her stage debut aged seven with her father, who would then regularly take the young girl on...
  
   in 1992, becoming a Top 5 hit on the ARIA Charts
  ARIA Charts
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  . This version had a different structure to the original version.
• The Canadian band The Philosopher Kings
  The Philosopher Kings
  The Philosopher Kings are a Canadian rhythm and blues band who were most commercially successful in the late 1990s. The name of the band is derived from Plato's Republic, in which he outlines the design of an idealistic government, ruled by philosopher-kings...
  
   covered the song on their 1997 album Famous, Rich and Beautiful
  Famous, Rich and Beautiful
  Famous, Rich and Beautiful is the second album from Canadian R&B band The Philosopher Kings, released in 1997 .The band's most successful album, Famous, Rich and Beautiful earned the group several Juno Award nominations: for Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year in 1998, and for Pop Album of the Year...
  
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• The song was covered by Belgian
  Belgium
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   band Hooverphonic
  Hooverphonic
  Hooverphonic are a Belgian rock/pop group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and mixture of others...
  
   on tour in 2007 and was later reworked and released as a b-side for their single "Circles" in 2008.
• The song was covered by American band GAYNGS
  Gayngs
  Gayngs is a Midwest indie band with a 1980s soft rock-inspired sound. Founded by Ryan Olson, the group consists of over 25 musicians, including Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Rhymesayers rapper P.O.S, Har Mar Superstar and members of Solid Gold and The Rosebuds....
  
   on their 2010 album Relayted. The accompanying video is a direct homage to the original video, and features a cameo by Kevin Godley.

Appearances in popular culture

• The song was used by the television show Miami Vice
  Miami Vice
  Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
  
  in the episode "Definitely Miami" (1986), which featured the French actress Arielle Dombasle
  Arielle Dombasle
  Arielle Dombasle is a French-American singer, actress, director and model. Her breakthrough roles were in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach and Alain Robbe-Grillet's The Blue Villa...
  
   and American rocker Ted Nugent
  Ted Nugent
  Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
  
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• The music video for "Cry" was shown in an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head
  Beavis and Butt-Head
  Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...
  
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• The Flight of the Conchords' "I'm Not Crying" is a direct descendent of the single, with the analog fading effect being used in the TV version of the song.
• The song appeared on South African TV sports when Cricket highlights were being shown of an international series that SA won - obviously 'Cry' being what the losing team felt like doing.
• It appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
  
   on Liberty Rock Radio.

Track listing

7" - Polydor (UK) 881 786-7

1. "Cry" – 3:55
2. "Love Bombs" – 3:54

12" - Polydor (UK) 881 786-1

1. "Cry (Extended Version)" – 6:30
2. "Love Bombs" – 4:52

12" - Polydor (US) 881 786-1

1. "Cry (Extended Remix)" – 7:25
2. "Cry (Single Version)" – 3:55
3. "Cry (Extended Version)" – 6:30

CDV - Polydor (UK) 080 010-2

1. "Cry (Extended Version)" – 6:30
2. "Love Bombs" – 4:53
3. "Under Your Thumb" – 3:45
4. "Power Behind The Throne" – 3:31
5. "Cry" (Video) – 3:36

Chart positions

Chart (1985/86)	Peak Position
German Media Control Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...  Singles Chart	8
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	27
New Zealand Singles Chart	16
U.K. Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	19
U.K. Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...   (Remix)	66
US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	16
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	22
US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	21
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...	6
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	5