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Cryin'
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<p>"Cryin'" is a song by American <a href="/facts/Hard_rock/yC1FkQcC">hard rock</a> band <a href="/facts/Aerosmith/LaGApUxS">Aerosmith</a>. The <a href="/facts/Power_ballad/jj6FDXRy">power ballad</a> was written by <a href="/facts/Steven_Tyler/rVVKj4Sd">Steven Tyler</a>, <a href="/facts/Joe_Perry_(musician)/wIkFApHW">Joe Perry</a>, and <a href="/facts/Taylor_Rhodes/c8XjLpBA">Taylor Rhodes</a>, and released by <a href="/facts/Geffen_Records/80PSzA3c">Geffen Records</a> on June 29, 1993, as the third <a href="/facts/Single_(music)/xkeLPy2P">single</a> (second in the United States) from their 11th studio album, <i><a href="/facts/Get_a_Grip/a8U419Su">Get a Grip</a></i> (1993). </p><p>"Cryin'" reached number 12 on the US <i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">Hot 100</a> and number 11 on the <a href="/facts/Cash_Box_Top_100_Pop_Singles/FqArdzAj"><i>Cash Box</i> Top 100</a>. It is one of their most successful hits in Europe, reaching number one in Norway, number three in Iceland, Portugal, and Sweden, and number 17 on the <a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK Singles Chart</a>. The song went <a href="/facts/RIAA_certification/TWwUbkQP">gold</a> in the US for selling over 500,000 copies. Its music video, directed by Marty Callner, features <a href="/facts/Alicia_Silverstone/Ve2We1GL">Alicia Silverstone</a>, <a href="/facts/Stephen_Dorff/1NE9j92g">Stephen Dorff</a> and <a href="/facts/Josh_Holloway/80IKrRrL">Josh Holloway</a>. </p>