Cryin'
| "Cryin'" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Aerosmith | |
| from the album Get a Grip | |
| Released | June 20, 1993 |
| Studio | A&M (Hollywood) Little Mountain (Vancouver) |
| Genre | Hard rock |
| Length | 5:08 |
| Label | Geffen |
| Songwriter(s) | Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Taylor Rhodes |
| Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn |
"Cryin'" is the third single off of American rock band Aerosmith's eleventh studio album Get a Grip. The song was released on June 20, 1993.
The song was able to make it to #1 on the Mainstream Rock, #11 on the Mainstream Top 40, and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.[1][2][3] It was also certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4]
The song is about a relationship that goes from good to bad. Vocalist Steven Tyler said that he considered it a country song and the band just "Aerosmith’d it".[5]
Music video[change | change source]
A music video for the song was released. It was directed by Marty Callner. During the video, it cuts back and forth to the band playing in a church and the story. In the story, a girl catches her boyfriend cheating on her in a movie theatre. Later, the couple a driving in a car. She breaks up with him, punches him in the face and kicks him out of the car. She is shown getting a tattoo and having sex with another man. Later, her car breaks down. She gets a naval piercing and eats at a diner. While eating, a man steals her backpack, she chases him down and kicks him. She considers commiting suicide by jumping off an overpass and her ex-boyfriend shows up to the scene. She jumps off and it's shown that she has a bungee jump rope tied to her waist. Her ex-boyfriend looks down to her and she gives him the middle finger.
The video features actors Alicia Silverstone as the girl, Stephen Dorff as the ex-boyfriend, and a then-unknown Josh Holloway as the backpack thief. It is the third Aerosmith music video that Silverstone has appeared in with her also being in "Amazing" and "Crazy".[6]
It was the most requested video on MTV in 1993.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Aerosmith - Mainstream Rock Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Aerosmith - Mainstream Top 40 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Aerosmith - Hot 100 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Aerosmith - Cryin'". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Steven Tyler on Going Country, 'Idol' and the Future of Aerosmith". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Aerosmith's Alicia Silverstone Trilogy: A Tribute to the Greatest Rock Video Franchise". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "30 Years Ago: When Alicia Silverstone and Aerosmith Ruled MTV". Mental Floss. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
