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. It was also certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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".
Music video
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".
It was the most requested video on MTV in 1993.
References
- ↑ "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.
