Don't Cry (Seal song)

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"Don't Cry"
U.S. CD single; also regular cover art for other editions
Single by Seal
from the album Seal
A-side"Prayer for the Dying"
Released27 November 1995 (1995-11-27)[1]
Length
  • 6:17 (album version)
  • 4:34 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Seal
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
"I'm Alive"
(1995)
"Don't Cry" / "Prayer for the Dying"
(1995)
"Fly Like an Eagle"
(1996)
Licensed audio
"Don't Cry" on YouTube

"Don't Cry" is a song by Seal. It was released as the final single from his second studio album, Seal (a.k.a. Seal II), as a double A-side with "Prayer for the Dying" in November 1995.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 6
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[3] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 51
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 33
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 71
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[8] 14

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 45
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[10] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 100
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 25 November 1995. p. 39.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2926." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2907." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Seal: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Seal Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Seal Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Seal Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Seal Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  10. ^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  12. ^ "1996 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 28 December 1996. p. YE-84. Retrieved 10 September 2021.