Cry Baby Cry (Santana song)

"Cry Baby Cry" is a song by American rock band Santana from their nineteenth studio album, All That I Am (2005). The song features Jamaican singer and songwriter Sean Paul and English singer and songwriter Joss Stone, and was released as the album's third and final single. It was written by Lester Mendez, Sean Paul, Kara DioGuardi, and Jimmy Harry.

"Cry Baby Cry"
Single by Santana featuring Sean Paul and Joss Stone
from the album All That I Am
ReleasedMay 8, 2006 (2006-05-08)
Recorded2005
Genre
Length3:53
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Lester Mendez
Santana singles chronology
"Just Feel Better"
(2005)		 "Cry Baby Cry"
(2006)		 "Illegal"
(2006)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Temperature"
(2006)		 "Cry Baby Cry"
(2006)		 "Never Gonna Be the Same"
(2006)
Joss Stone singles chronology
"Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
(2005)		 "Cry Baby Cry"
(2006)		 "Tell Me 'bout It"
(2007)

Song information

"Cry Baby Cry" was the third US single and the second international single from Santana's album All That I Am. The song is also included as a bonus track on the 2006 special edition of Sean Paul's third studio album, The Trinity (2005).

The single was released in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2006,[1] and was the biggest hit from Santana's album, despite peaking at number seventy-one on the UK Singles Chart and spending only one week inside it. However, it fared better than the previous single, "Just Feel Better", which missed the chart completely. It was the smallest hit from Paul's album though and his first single to miss the UK top forty, as well as the first single to miss the top forty for Stone.

Music video

The music video, directed by Chris Robinson, features Santana playing the guitar, Sean Paul in a black wall singing, and footage of women crying (including actress Dania Ramirez). Stone does not appear in the video.

Track listing
  • CD single
  1. "Cry Baby Cry" (Album Version) (Santana featuring Sean Paul and Joss Stone) – 3:53
  2. "Con Santana" (Album Version) (Santana featuring Ismaïla and Sixu Toure a.k.a. Toure Kunda) – 3:20
  3. "Cry Baby Cry" (FP Mix) (Santana featuring Sean Paul and Joss Stone) – 3:51
  4. "Cry Baby Cry" (video)

Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[2] 142
Germany (Official German Charts)[3] 47
Italy (FIMI)[4] 19
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[5] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 63
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[7] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 29
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 71

References
  1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. May 6, 2006. p. 27.
  2. "Santana feat. Sean Paul and Joss Stone – Cry Baby Cry" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  3. "Santana feat. Sean Paul and Joss Stone – Cry Baby Cry" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  4. "Santana feat. Sean Paul and Joss Stone – Cry Baby Cry". Top Digital Download. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  5. "Tipparade-lijst van week 22, 2006" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  6. "Santana feat. Sean Paul and Joss Stone – Cry Baby Cry" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  7. "Romanian Top 100 – Issue nr: 19/2006 (15 Mai – 21 Mai 2006)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on May 18, 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  8. "Santana feat. Sean Paul and Joss Stone – Cry Baby Cry". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  9. "Santana: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
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