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