Cry (The Mavis's song)

"Cry"
Single by The Mavis's
from the album Pink Pills
Released 19 January 1998
Format CD single
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length 4:09
Label Festival Mushroom Records
Writer(s) Barry Palmer, Matt Thomas, The Mavis's
Producer(s) The Mavis's, Kalju Tonuma
The Mavis's singles chronology
"Naughty Boy"
(1997)		 "Cry"
(1998)		 "Lever"
(1998)
Alternative cover
Remixes

"Cry" is a song by Australian alternative rock group, The Mavis's. The song was released in January 1998 as the first single from their second studio album, Pink Pills (1998). The single peaked at number 13, becoming the group's highest charting single.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, "Cry" was nominated for two awards—ARIA Award for Single of the Year, losing to "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia; and ARIA Award for Song of the Year, but lost to "No Aphrodisiac" by The Whitlams.[1][2]

The song polled at number 61 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 countdown.[3]

Track listing

CD single (MUSH0170.2)[4]
  1. "Cry" – 4:09
  2. "Sandman" – 3:21
  3. "Thunder" (demo) – 2:47
CD single [Remixes] (MUSH01710.5)[5]
  1. "Cry" (Single version)
  2. "Cry" (Blast Off Beverly Mix)
  3. "Cry" (Shower Hour Mix)
  4. "Cry" (Pink Bits Mix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 90

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Gold 35,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1998: 12th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Australia 1998 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Triple J Hottest 100 History - 1998". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Mavis's "Cry"". Discogs. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Mavis's "Cry" Remixes". Discogs. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – The Mavis's – Cry". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1998". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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