There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" is a 1986 single by Billy Ocean. The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. It appears on Ocean's 1986 album Love Zone, which was released on Jive Records. The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week beginning July 5, 1986, where it remained for one week, becoming the 600th song to ascend to that position. It also topped the adult contemporary and R&B charts in the United States that same summer.

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The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

Preceded by "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald	Canadian RPM number-one single July 5, 1986	Succeeded by "I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz
Preceded by "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single July 5, 1986	Succeeded by "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red
Preceded by "Live to Tell" by Madonna	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single June 21, 1986	Succeeded by "No One Is to Blame" by Howard Jones
Preceded by "Nasty" by Janet Jackson	Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single June 28 - July 5, 1986	Succeeded by "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge