
Peak
9
Weeks
35
Score
5,179
Chart Year
1995
The music video for "Let Her Cry" was directed by American director Adolfo Doring. The video was shot in a sepia tone and features the band singing the song intercut with a woman who runs around a city in the rain.
Let Her Cry" was the follow-up to Hootie & the Blowfish's debut single, "Hold My Hand," and also a big hit. The song is about a man struggling to cope with his alcoholic wife, something covered the same year in the motion picture When A Man Loves A Woman. Frontman Darius Rucker stated in numerous interviews that he wrote the song based on his past, but with the genders reversed - he was the irresponsible drunk whose long-suffering girlfriend tried to keep things together. >> In America, Cracked Rear View stands as the best selling debut album in history. Guns N' Roses held that mark with Appetite For Destruction until 2018, when the RIAA certified Hootie's album at 21 million, besting the 18 million for Appetite. The members of Hootie & the Blowfish all contribute to the songwriting and share the credits, which might be why they've endured since the '80s with the same four members. Jim Sonefeld, the drummer in the band, recalls "Let It Cry" being first recorded with Gary Bolton at Strawberry Skys Studio in West Columbia, South Carolina, for a cassette they put together in 1991. When they signed to Atlantic Records and recorded their debut album, they included the song on the tracklist along with another from that cassette: "Time." Darius Rucker has always had a country soul. As a child, he listened to country music artists like Kenny Rogers. As an adult, he was inspired by Radney Foster's 1992 album, Del Rio, TX 1959, to make his own country album. Though Rucker's first official country single was "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," he considers "Let Her Cry" to be his first country song, and he still performs it in concert today.
She sits alone by a lamp post Tryin' to find the thought that's escaped her mind She says, "Dad's the one I love the most But Stipe's not far behind" She never lets me in, only tells me where she's been When she's had too much to drink I say that I don't care, I just run my hands through her dark hair Then I pray to God you gotta help me fly away And just let her cry if the tears fall down like rain Let her sing if it eases all her pain Let her go, let her walk right out on me And if the sun comes up tomorrow, let her be, let her be This morning, I woke up alone, found a note standing by the phone Sayin', "Maybe, maybe I'll be back someday" I wanted to look for you You walked in, I didn't know just what I should do So I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for myself Sayin' let her cry if the tears fall down like rain Let her sing if it eases all her pain Let her go, let her walk right out on me And if the sun comes up tomorrow, let her be, let her be No, no, no, no Let her cry let her cry if the tears fall down like rain Let her sing if it eases all her pain Let her go, let her walk right out on me And if the sun comes up tomorrow, let her be, ah Last night, I tried to leave, cried so much, I could not believe She was the same girl I fell in love with long ago She went in the back to get high I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin' "Oh, mama, please help me" Won't you hold my hand and Let her cry if the tears fall down like rain Let her sing if it eases all her pain Let her go, let her walk right out on me And if the sun comes up tomorrow, let her be Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain Let her sing, if it eases all her pain Let her go, let her walk right out on me And if the sun comes up tomorrow, let her be Ah, let her be
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 11, 1995 | 90 | 36 |
| 2 | Mar 18, 1995 | 81 | 45 |
| 3 | Mar 25, 1995 | 76 | 50 |
| 4 | Apr 1, 1995 | 64 | 62 |
| 5 | Apr 8, 1995 | 53 | 73 |
| 6 | Apr 15, 1995 | 37 | 89 |
| 7 | Apr 22, 1995 | 30 | 96 |
| 8 | Apr 29, 1995 | 25 | 101 |
| 9 | May 6, 1995 | 24 | 102 |
| 10 | May 13, 1995 | 22 | 104 |
| 11 | May 20, 1995 | 16 | 110 |
| 12 | May 27, 1995 | 13 | 113 |
| 13 | Jun 3, 1995 | 11 | 115 |
| 14 | Jun 10, 1995 | 10 | 116 |
| 15 | Jun 17, 1995 | 10 | 116 |
| 16 | Jun 24, 1995 | 11 | 115 |
| 17 | Jul 1, 1995 | 11 | 115 |
| 18 | Jul 8, 1995 | 9 | 117 |
| 19 | Jul 15, 1995 | 12 | 114 |
| 20 | Jul 22, 1995 | 13 | 113 |