
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Score
2,642
Chart Year
1963
"Cry Baby" is a song originally recorded by Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters, in 1963, and later recorded by rock singer Janis Joplin in 1970. Bert Berns wrote the song with Jerry Ragovoy. Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters recorded it for the United Artists record label. It topped the R&B chart and went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, paving the way for soul hits by Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding later in the decade. The third verse was spoken by Mimms until the repeated refrain of the repeated song title. In Canada the song reached #5 on the CHUM Charts. On the New Zealand lever hit parade it peaked at #5
[Chorus] Cry cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Welcome back home. Now he told you, that he loved you much more than I But he left you and you don't you just don't know why And when you don't know what to do You come running and [Chorus] Well I can always lose, Don't you know nobody can love you the way that I do Take the pain and the heartache too Ah honey you know that I'll be around When you need to [Chorus] Welcome back home I've spent so many nights Just waiting for you to come walking through that door And even tho you've made a fool of me so many times before I know that all it takes is just the sight of your face To make me realize that I will always love you darlin And I can see that you got some more tears to shed I can see it baby, cause your eyes, your eyes are getting red So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon c'mon Cry cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Cry cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 17, 1963 | 100 | 26 |
| 2 | Aug 24, 1963 | 79 | 47 |
| 3 | Aug 31, 1963 | 69 | 57 |
| 4 | Sep 7, 1963 | 31 | 95 |
| 5 | Sep 14, 1963 | 13 | 113 |
| 6 | Sep 21, 1963 | 10 | 116 |
| 7 | Sep 28, 1963 | 9 | 117 |
| 8 | Oct 5, 1963 | 5 | 121 |
| 9 | Oct 12, 1963 | 4 | 122 |
| 10 | Oct 19, 1963 | 5 | 121 |
| 11 | Oct 26, 1963 | 10 | 116 |
| 12 | Nov 2, 1963 | 17 | 109 |
| 13 | Nov 9, 1963 | 28 | 98 |
| 14 | Nov 16, 1963 | 39 | 87 |