Cry (Faith Hill song)

"Cry"
Single by Faith Hill
from the album Cry
B-side	"Wicked" "Shadows"
Released	August 19, 2002 (2002-08-19)
Studio	Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park, California) The Hit Factory (New York City) Oceanway (Nashville, Tennessee) The Attic (Monrovia, California)
Genre	Country
Length	3:42
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Angie Aparo
Producer(s)	Marti Frederiksen Faith Hill
Faith Hill singles chronology
"There You'll Be" (2001) "Cry" (2002) "When the Lights Go Down" (2002)

"Cry" is a song by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released as the first single from her fifth studio album of the same name (2002). The song was originally written and recorded by singer-songwriter Angie Aparo for his 1999 album, The American. In 2003, at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, Hill won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Cry", marking her second win in the category.^[1]

Originally released to country radio on August 19, 2002, "Cry" crossed over to pop and adult contemporary radio in September 2002. It spent 11 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and eventually peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Cry" also reached number three on the Canadian Singles Chart and was a top-20 hit in Hungary, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, and Spain.