Don't Cry (Seal song)

"Don't Cry"
"Don't Cry"
	US CD single; also regular cover art for other editions
Single by Seal
from the album Seal
A-side	"Prayer for the Dying"
Released	27 November 1995
Length	6:17 (album version); 4:34 (single version);
Label	ZTT; Sire;
Songwriter(s)	Seal
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
Licensed audio
	"Don't Cry" on YouTube

"Don't Cry" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal. It was released as the final single from his second studio album, Seal (also known as Seal II) (1994), as a double A-side with "Prayer for the Dying" in November 1995 by ZTT and Sire.

Critical reception

Emma Cochrane from Smash Hits praised the song as "hauntingly beautiful".^[2]

Weekly chart performance for "Don't Cry"
Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[3]	2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[4]	6
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	51
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[6]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	33
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[8]	71
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	14

Year-end chart performance for "Don't Cry"
Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[10]	30
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[11]	45
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[12]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	100

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 25 November 1995. p. 39.
^ Cochrane, Emma (25 May 1994). "New Albums". Smash Hits. p. 48. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2907." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2926." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ "Seal Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Seal Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Seal Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Seal Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
^ "1996 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 28 December 1996. p. YE-84. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

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Discography
Studio albums	Seal (1991) Seal (1994) Human Being (1998) Seal IV (2003) System (2007) Soul (2008) Seal 6: Commitment (2010) Soul 2 (2011) 7 (2015) Standards (2017)
Live albums	Live in Paris (2005)
Compilations	Best 1991–2004 (2004) Hits (2009)
Unreleased albums	Togetherland (2001)
Singles	"Crazy" (1990) "Future Love Paradise" (1991) "The Beginning" (1991) "Killer" (1991) "Violet" (1992) "Prayer for the Dying" (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" (1994) "Newborn Friend" (1994) "I'm Alive" (1995) "Don't Cry" (1995) "Fly Like an Eagle" (1997) "Human Beings" (1998) "This Could Be Heaven" (2001) "Les Mots" (2001) "My Vision" (2002) "Get It Together" (2002) "Love's Divine" (2003) "Waiting for You" (2003) "Walk On By" (2004) "Killer 2005" (2005) "Amazing" (2007) "The Right Life" (2008) "A Change Is Gonna Come" (2008) "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (2008) "I Can't Stand the Rain" (2009) "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (2009) "Secret" (2010)
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