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"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey for her eponymous debut studio album (1990). Written by Carey and Narada Michael Walden, and produced by the latter, the song was released as the album's fourth single in March 1991 by Columbia Records.

This article is about the song by Mariah Carey. For other uses, see I Don't Want to Cry.

"I Don't Wanna Cry"
US cassette cover
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Mariah Carey
B-side"You Need Me"
ReleasedMarch 1991
Genre
  • Pop
  • R&B
Length4:48
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Someday"
(1990)		 "I Don't Wanna Cry"
(1991)		 "There's Got to Be a Way"
(1991)

"I Don't Wanna Cry" received praise from critics as a highlight from the album. The song became Carey's fourth US number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. It was subsequently included on many of Carey's compilation albums and greatest hits releases, including #1's (1998), Greatest Hits (2001), The Essential Mariah Carey (2011) and #1 to Infinity (2015). Her live performance of the song at the Tokyo Dome in 1996 was also included on The Rarities (2020).


Background and release


In 1988, singer Brenda K. Starr took a 19-year-old Mariah Carey to a record industry gala with hope of convincing a record executive to listen to Carey's demo. Jerry L. Greenberg, the president of Atlantic Records, was interested in Carey; as she handed him the tape, Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola grabbed it from him, and said that he would tend to "the project". Mottola left the event later that evening, and got into his limousine and listened to the tape. He quickly realized that he had found a talented vocalist, turned the car around and returned to the party to find Carey, but she had already left. After a week of tracking her down through Starr's management, Mottola got in touch with Carey and invited her to go to Columbia, where she was signed in December 1988.[1] As production for her debut studio album began, Carey worked with Narada Michael Walden in New York, where they composed "I Don't Wanna Cry", with Walden producing it. While Walden described Carey as "very shy," he noted how professional she was for someone her age.[2]

In the United States, Columbia released "I Don't Wanna Cry" in March 1991 as Mariah Carey's fourth single.[3][4] Cassettes and 7-inch vinyls were issued commercially while a promotional CD included a radio edit.[5][6] The song was released in Japan on May 2, 1991, as a mini CD single.[7]



Composition and lyrics


"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a pop[8] and R&B[9] breakup song[10] in the form of a ballad.[8]


Critical reception


Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as dramatic and felt Walden's "grand production suits her acrobatic vocal style."[8] Entertainment Weekly called it as a "weeper" and a "rallying cry for the love-starved and lonely."[11] While comparing Carey's Emotions album to her debut album, Rob Tannenbaum of Rolling Stone wrote, "'I Don't Wanna Cry' was the best track on Carey's debut because her downcast whispers animated the song's luxurious sorrow; at full speed her range is so superhuman that each excessive note erodes the believability of the lyric she is singing."[12] Stephen Holden of The New York Times said Carey belts the song with bravura.[13] David Hinckley of the New York Daily News said the song "allows Carey's voice to cover a lot of ground – as does the production, ranging from a lush keyboard carpet to an acoustic guitar".[14]


Commercial performance


In the United States, "I Don't Wanna Cry" debuted at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated April 6, 1991.[15] It rose from number eight to number one on the chart dated May 25, 1991, replacing "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" by Hi-Five.[16] Its jump to number one was the biggest of any song since Meco's "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" in 1977.[17] "I Don't Wanna Cry" became Carey's fourth consecutive number one on the Hot 100, making her the second act after The Jackson 5 in 1970 to have their first four singles reach number one.[4] It spent nineteen weeks on the chart, with two at the top position.[15] "I Don't Wanna Cry" is her 11th-best performing song on the Hot 100 as of July 2018.[18] As of 2022, it is Carey's sole number-one song yet to receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.[15][19]

Elsewhere, the song reached number two in Canada; number three in Cuba; number ten in Panama; number 13 in New Zealand; and number 49 in Australia.


Music video


Larry Jordan directed the song's music video while Kim Turner and Lexi Godfrey of KRT Productions produced it. It was released in April 1991.[20] It features Carey in a dark Midwest home with an attractive man (Steven Richard Harris) and in maize, brooding over their tainted relationship.

Part of an alternative version of the music video was released on the DVD/home video The First Vision (1991), and the original, more familiar version was included on the DVD/home video #1's (1999) as a director's cut, being the only video from Carey's debut album to be included on #1's. The 1991 version had a few sepia-toned sequences that were eliminated and replaced for the DVD release. According to Carey, the sepia sequences were shot and inserted after the original video shoot had taken place, as Sony executives complained about her dress blowing up and the attractive man being a distracting element. Carey said that the added sequences were not a good look for her, and that she prefers the original director's cut.[21]


Track listings


Austrian promo CD

  1. "I Don't Wanna Cry" (album version)

Credits and personnel


Credits adapted from the liner notes of Mariah Carey.[22]

Location

Personnel


Charts



See also



References


  1. Nickson, Chris (November 25, 1998). Mariah Carey Revisited: An Unauthorised Biography. St. Martin's Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0312195125.
  2. Nickson 1998, pp. 28
  3. "Single Reviews". Billboard. March 30, 1991. p. 123. ProQuest 1505994955.
  4. Grein, Paul (May 25, 1991). "Bolton Wastes No Time Reaching No. 1; Fences Jumps; Vandross' Power Play". Chart Beat. Billboard. p. 6. ProQuest 1505923943.
  5. "Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. August 10, 1991. p. 68. ProQuest 1505902190.
  6. "I Don't Wanna Cry" (CD). Mariah Carey. Columbia Records. 1991. CSK 73743.
  7. "アイ・ドント・ワナ・クライ" [I Don't Wanna Cry] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  8. "Single Reviews". Billboard. March 30, 1991. p. 123. ProQuest 1505994955.
  9. Tan, Emily (February 13, 2018). "10. "I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey - Brokenhearted: 20 R&B Songs That Will Get You Through a Heartbreak". The Boombox. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  10. "Looks, Voice Took Carey to the Top". The Province. August 13, 1990. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Celebrate Mariah Carey's birthday with the ultimate ranking of her No. 1 hits". Entertainment Weekly. March 27, 2018. p. 94. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  12. Rob Tannenbaum (November 14, 1991). "Mariah Carey Emotions Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  13. Holden, Stephen (July 8, 1990). "Three Voices and the Dangers of Compromise". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015.
  14. "Dynamite Debut by Mariah Carey". City Lights. New York Daily News. June 4, 1990. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Mariah Carey Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  16. "The Hot 100 Week of May 25, 1991". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  17. Grein, Paul (June 1, 1991). "Abdul Casts Spell; R.E.M. Back on "Time"; Ice-T Stirs Sales; De La Soul Alive & Well". Chart Beat. Billboard. p. 10. ProQuest 1505924910.
  18. "Hot 100 60th Anniversary". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  19. "American single certifications – Mariah Carey". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  20. "New Videoclips". Billboard. April 20, 1991. p. 54. ProQuest 1506012977.
  21. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry (Memories & Rants Edition)". YouTube.
  22. Mariah Carey (CD liner notes). Mariah Carey. Columbia Records. 1990. 466815 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. "Mariah Carey – I Don't Wanna Cry". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  24. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1552." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  25. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1543." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  26. Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. p. 59. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  27. "Breves de espectáculos". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 42. June 27, 1991. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  28. "Mariah Carey – I Don't Wanna Cry". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  29. "Discos más populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 50. August 3, 1991. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  30. "Mariah Carey Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  31. "Mariah Carey Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  32. "Top 40 Radio Monitor". Billboard. July 6, 1991. p. 66. ProQuest 1505924656.
  33. "Top 100 Singles". Cash Box. June 1, 1991. p. 4 – via Internet Archive.
  34. "Top R&B Singles". Cash Box. June 1, 1991. p. 9 – via Internet Archive.
  35. "Adult Contemporary". Gavin Report. May 24, 1991. p. 8.
  36. "Top 40". Gavin Report. May 24, 1991. p. 8.
  37. "Crossover Chart". Gavin Report. May 31, 1991. p. 29.
  38. "Urban Contemporary". Gavin Report. June 7, 1991. p. 26.
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  42. "The Year in Music 1991". Billboard. December 21, 1991. p. YE-14. ProQuest 1286414097.
  43. "The Year in Music 1991". Billboard. December 21, 1991. p. YE-36. ProQuest 1286415000.
  44. "The Year in Music 1991". Billboard. December 21, 1991. p. YE-18. ProQuest 1286414287.
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  46. "Top 40 Top 100". Gavin Report. December 13, 1991. p. 24.
  47. "Urban Top 100". Gavin Report. December 13, 1991. p. 26.
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На других языках

[de] I Don’t Wanna Cry

I Don’t Wanna Cry ist ein Lied der amerikanischen Sängerin Mariah Carey. Das Lied wurde von ihr und Narada Michael Walden geschrieben und von Walden produziert. Es erschien auf Careys Debütalbum Mariah Carey (1990). Die Ballade wurde als die vierte Single des Albums im März 1991 veröffentlicht. Das Lied wurde in den Vereinigten Staaten ein weiterer Nummer-eins-Hit für Mariah Carey. Wie die Vorgänger Singles konnte auch I Don’t Wanna Cry einen BMI Pop Award erhalten.
- [en] I Don't Wanna Cry

[es] I don't wanna cry

«I Don't Wanna Cry» (en español: «No quiero llorar») es una canción grabada, escrita e interpretada por la cantautora estadounidense Mariah Carey, escrita por la propia Mariah Carey y Narada Michael Walden y producida por Walden para su álbum debut homónimo de estudio, Mariah Carey (1990). La balada fue el cuarto sencillo del álbum y se convirtió en otro sencillo número uno en Estados Unidos para la cantante Carey, aunque en el resto del mundo fue un considerable fracaso comercial. Al igual que el resto de los sencillos publicados del álbum Mariah Carey, la canción recibió un premio pop BMI.

[ru] I Don’t Wanna Cry

«I Don’t Wanna Cry» — песня, написанная американской певицей Мэрайей Кэри и Нарада Майклом Уолденом, а также спродюсированная Уолденом для дебютного альбома певицы — Mariah Carey 1990 года. Баллада была издана в качестве четвёртого сингла альбома во второй четверти 1991 года. Песня стала ещё одним хитом номер один в США для Мэрайи, но в других странах потерпела коммерческую неудачу. Как и предыдущие синглы альбома Mariah Carey, песня получила награду — «BMI Pop Award».


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