BOY GEORGE - THE CRYING GAME

THE CRYING GAME

BOY GEORGE

SONGWRITER: GEOFF STEPHENS

ALBUM: THE CRYING GAME

LABEL: SPAGHETTI RECORDS

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1993

"The Crying Game" is a song written and composed by Geoff Stephens. It was first released by Dave Berry in July 1964. It reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart. Session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan played lead guitar on Berry's version of the song, and Jimmy Page supported.

"The Crying Game" was covered by Boy George in 1992, and both this version and the original Dave Berry recordings were used as the theme to the 1992 Neil Jordan movie The Crying Game. Boy George's version of the song was produced by the Pet Shop Boys and reached #22 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., and #1 in Canada on the RPM 100 national singles chart the following year. Thus it became the biggest solo hit that he achieved in the US.

This version was also featured in the Jim Carrey comedy film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. This was a joke reference to the film The Crying Game, with which it shared a plot point.

I know all there is to know about the crying game

I've had my share of the crying game

First there are kisses, then there are sighs

And then before you know where you are

You're sayin' goodbye

One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game

And if he knows maybe he'll explain

Why there are heartaches, why there are tears

And what to do to stop feeling blue

When love disappears

I know all there is to know about the crying game

I've had my share of the crying game

First there are kisses, then there are sighs

And then before you know where you are

You're sayin' goodbye

Don't want no more of the crying game

Don't want no more of the crying game

Don't want no more of the crying game

Don't want no more of the crying game