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"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
Song
B-side"Thank You for the Good Times"
"Shout It Out Loud"

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was released as the second single from their fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry, on 17 June 2002. The song was written by the band's main songwriter, Noel Gallagher, and is described as a slow ballad in the spirit of "Don't Look Back In Anger".

Three months prior to the intended release date, the album Heathen Chemistry was leaked in its entirety on the internet and circulated illegally. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" received radio airplay immediately after its official release, and became one of the band's most successful singles, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart.

Internet leak

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" was made available three months before Heathen Chemistry, along with "Songbird", "She Is Love", and "Little by Little", after an individual recorded a studio session and leaked the material online.[1][2][3] Noel Gallagher, lead singer of Oasis, commented on the leak. He referred to Radiohead's practice of running a webcam and keeping a diary whilst recording, saying:

"...I don't want to know how you make your records and I don't want you to know how I make my records. I don't want you to see me in the studio looking like an arse, having just got out of bed! The more information you give people, the more the magic goes out of the music. Web cams in studios I find appalling. Ours would be quite interesting as it goes, you'd just see a load of people sitting around drinking."[4]

Later that month, Heathen Chemistry was leaked in its entirety.[5]

Theme

The song is an "epic weepy"[6] anthem drawing on themes also found in "Don't Look Back in Anger". The song advises that in times of hardship, one should simply get over it and get on with life.

Music and structure

Music video"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" on YouTube

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" is a slow ballad with a tempo of 76 beats per minute; it is played in the key of B minor.[7][8] The song features two verses, with the chorus being played three times. During the first three lines of the verses, Liam sings the verse and Noel echos it, question-and-answer style. The solo is slow, with a violin accompanying a guitar and grand piano. During the solo, three vocalists—Noel, Liam and Gem Archer—perform a harmonized and slurred "Aaaaahhh!"

Reception

Noel Gallagher had great expectations for the song: "I hope it does for us what 'Don't Look Back In Anger' did ... I didn't want it as a single because I thought we'd done all that before, but everyone's going, 'You're fucking mad.'". NME said, 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' [is where] you really start rolling out the red carpet. A return to the long lost humanism of 'Don't Look Back In Anger', it's a reminder of Noel's knack of cheering up his audience just when they need it most." Q magazine held up the song as proof that "genius never completely left Oasis".

In 2010 Australia's Hit Magazine listed "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" at #22 in a list of the 100 greatest songs of the 21st century.[9]

Video

The song's music video, shot in London, alternates between the story of a woman and shots of Oasis performing the song. The woman is feeling down at the beginning of the video; she is seen walking down an empty street with all the electric billboards turned off; no one is around. After the first chorus and the beginning of the second verse, the billboards illuminate with images of clouds; the woman is happy. During the solo, the woman is seen walking away from a petrol station with a dripping full can of petrol. All the billboards darken once again, and she feels down.[10] Near the end of the uncensored version, the woman is seen sitting beside a road taking the full can of petrol and dousing herself with it. She holds a burning match in her hand.[11] Gallagher was told by the director that the contents were not "petrol" but only "holy water".[citation needed]

Appearances in other media

Track listing

  • CD RKIDSCD 24
  1. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (Noel Gallagher) – 5:05
  2. "Thank You for the Good Times" (Andy Bell) – 4:32
  3. "Shout It Out Loud" (Noel Gallagher) – 4:20
  • 7" RKID 24
  1. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" – 5:05
  2. "Thank You for the Good Times" – 4:32
  • 12" RKID 24T
  1. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" – 5:05
  2. "Thank You for the Good Times" – 4:32
  3. "Shout It Out Loud" – 4:20
  • DVD RKIDSDVD 24
  1. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" – 5:05
  2. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (demo) – 5:08
  3. 10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion – Part Two – 7:24

"10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion – Part Two" is the second part of a feature covering 48 hours on the road with Oasis during the Tour of Brotherly Love, which was a tour of the United States with the Black Crowes in May and June 2001.

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[17] 48
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 41
Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] 17
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 11
Italy (FIMI)[21] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 73
Norway (VG-lista)[23] 13
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 48
UK Singles (OCC)[26] 2

Cover versions

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" was covered by British singer Leona Lewis and is included as the tenth track her second studio album, Echo (2009), however, the song is not featured on the North American tracklising. Lewis first sang the song on 3 December, 2009, as part of a set-list on the BBC Radio 2 show Live Sessions with Ken Bruce,[27] as well as song BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge[citation needed]. Lewis also performed the song on 13 December 2009 during the live final of The X Factor.[citation needed] Though not officially released as a single, Lewis's version charted on the UK Singles Chart[citation needed] at number 29 as well as on the Irish Singles Chart at 31.[citation needed]

The song was covered by Rowetta in 2005 on her self-titled album, and Haylie Duff in 2009, with the title "Heart Out", for her debut album. The song was covered throughout series 6 of The X Factor, with Jamie Archer, Kandy Rain, Miss Frank, and Rachel Adedeji all singing the song at different stages of the competition.

References

  1. ^ "Pirated Oasis Songs Make Record Company Bosses Look Back in Anger". The Independent (London). 9 April 2002. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ "Hot Edited by Ben Todd; Oasis Faced by Net Losses". Daily Star. 9 April 2002. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "New Oasis tracks leaked on the Internet". New Musical Express. 5 April 2002. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ "Release Me". Edmonton Journal (Alberta). 13 April 2002. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ Peachey, Paul (20 April 2002). "Oasis Album Free on the Internet Three Months Early". The Independent (London). {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Stop Crying Your Heart Out Review BBC". BBC Manchester. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Stop Crying Your Heart Out Notes". scribd.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  8. ^ Oasis: Heathen Chemistry Tab. Omnibus Press. 2002. ISBN 0711995605. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ Herald Sun 'Hit Magazine' December 2010, Pge. 7
  10. ^ "Stop Crying Your Heart Out". Oasis. YouTube. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Stop Crying you heart out uncensored video's end". YouTube. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  12. ^ "The Butterfly Effect (2004)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Smallville Music". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  14. ^ "Stop Crying Your Heart Out – 'Time Flies... 1994–2009' Clip". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  15. ^ "Stop Crying Your Heart Out Live at Glastonbury 2004". BBC. YouTube. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  16. ^ "Made of Honor (2008)". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  18. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  19. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out". Tracklisten. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  20. ^ "Oasis: Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  22. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  23. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out". VG-lista. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  24. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  25. ^ "Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  26. ^ "Oasis: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  27. ^ "Radio 2 – Events – Leona Lewis". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 21 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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