WHO'S CRYING NOW
JOURNEY
SONGWRITERS: JONATHAN CAIN
& STEVE PERRY
WHERE:FROM LIVE AT LA FORUM
2018
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: ESCAPE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1981
Journey is
an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former
members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several
phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987 when Steve
Perry was lead vocalist. During that period, the band released a series of hit
songs, including "Don't Stop Believin'"(1981), which in 2009 became
the top-selling track in iTunes history among songs not released in the 21st
century. Its parent studio album, Escape, the band's seventh and most
successful, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of
their most popular singles, "Open Arms". Its 1983 follow-up album, Frontiers,
was almost as successful in the United States, reaching No. 2 and spawning
several successful singles; it broadened the band's appeal in the United
Kingdom, where it reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. Journey enjoyed a successful
reunion in the mid-1990s and later regrouped with a series of lead singers.
Sales
have resulted in one diamond, ten platinum(including seven consecutive
multi-platinum albums between 1978 and 1987) and three gold albums. They have
had eighteen Top 40 singles in the U.S. (the second most without a Billboard Hot
100 number one single behind Electric Light Orchestra with 20), six of which
reached the Top 10 of the US chart and two of which reached No.1 on other Billboard
charts, and a No.6 hit on the UK Singles Chart in "Don't Stop
Believin'". In
2005, "Don't Stop Believin'" reached No. 3 on iTunes downloads. Originally
a progressive rock band, Journey was described by AllMusic as having cemented a
reputation as "one of America's most beloved (and sometimes hated)
commercial rock/pop bands" by 1978, when they redefined their sound by
embracing pop arrangements on their fourth album, Infinity.
According
to the Recording Industry Association of America, Journey has sold 48 million
albums in the U.S., making them the 25th best-selling band. Their worldwide
sales have reached over 75 million records, making them one of the world's
best-selling bands of all time. A 2005 USA Today opinion poll named Journey the
fifth-best U.S. rock band in history. Their songs have become arena rock staples
and are still played on rock radio stations across the world. Journey ranks No.
96 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Journey
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the class of 2017.
Inductees included lead Singer Steve Perry, guitarist Neal Schon, keyboardists Jonathan
Cain and Gregg Rolie, bassist Ross Valory, and drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Steve
Smith.
"Who's
Crying Now" is a song by the American rock band Journey. It was written by
Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry. It was released in 1981 as the first single from
Escape and reached No. 4 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Mainstream Rock
Tracks charts. The song charted at No. 46 in the UK Singles Chart, and was the
band's highest charting single in the UK until "Don't Stop Believin'"
(also released as a single from the Escape album in 1981) incurred a resurgence
in worldwide popularity in 2009.
The song
is highlighted by Steve Perry's lyrics (with vocal riffs highly reminiscent of Sam
Cooke) and piano playing by Jonathan Cain which segues into a bass riff by Ross
Valory, and other guitars. At the end of the song, Neal Schon plays a repeating
guitar solo that sounds similar to Santana. According to Schon on In the Studio
with Redbeard(which devoted an entire episode to the making of Escape),
originally he recorded an aggressive, experimental guitar solo which he liked
but Perry and Cain did not. He then recorded a second solo, the "simplest thing he could
play off the top of his head" as recalled by Perry. That
one was appreciated much more by the rest of the band. Steve Smith's drumming
is only found in the choruses and towards the end of the song.
Billboard
Magazine praised "Who's Crying Now" as "one of Journey's
strongest and classiest records," and "one of the most appealing love
songs" of 1981.
It's
been a mystery
Still
they try to see
Why
something good
Can
hurt so bad
Caught
on a one-way street
The
taste of bittersweet
Love
will survive somehow, someway
(Chorus)
One
love feeds the fire
One
heart burns desire
Wonder
who's cryin' now
Two
hearts born to run
Who'll
be the lonely one?
Wonder
who's cryin' now
So
many stormy nights
So
many wrong or rights
Neither
would change
Their
headstrong ways
In a
lover's rage
They
tore another page
The
fighting is worth
The
love they save
(Chorus)
Only
so many tears
You
can cry
'Til
the heartache is over
And
now you can say
Your
love will never die.
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