"Let Her Cry" is a song by Hootie & the Blowfish

Hootie & the Blowfish

Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that enjoyed popularity in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. The band has recorded five studio albums to date, and has...

. It was the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from their successful 1994 album, Cracked Rear View

Cracked Rear View

Cracked Rear View is the major-label debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994 by Atlantic Records. It was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, eventually shipping 16 million copies to retailers by March 31, 1999...

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The single, released in December 1994 along with a music video (directed by Adolfo Doring

Adolfo Doring

Adolfo Doring is an award-winning American documentary filmmaker and director of music videos.-Video career:Doring came to New York City in the mid-eighties to study Sociology at Columbia University, then interned for Rock and Roll photographer Joel Brodsky...

), went on to reach the #2 position on the American Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart and #9 on the 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...

 chart. It also peaked at #4 on the Australian ARIA Charts

ARIA Charts

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. The song also received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was awarded between 1966 and 2011...

 in 1996.

Charts

Chart (1994-1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
Australian Singles Chart	4
Canadian RPM Top Singles	2
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	7
New Zealand Singles Chart	19
UK 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 ...	75

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart	25
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	26