I Never Cry

"I Never Cry" is a song by American singer Alice Cooper. It was originally released on his Alice Cooper Goes to Hell album in 1976.

"I Never Cry"
Single cover
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
B-side	"Go to Hell"
Released	July 1976
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	3:44
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Welcome to My Nightmare" (1975) "I Never Cry" (1976) "You and Me" (1977)

The song was written by Cooper and Dick Wagner. The song peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at No. 9 on Cash Box in January 1977. In Canada, it spent two weeks at No. 5.

On an episode of his radio show broadcast on November 23, 2009 Cooper stated that "I Never Cry" was his biggest selling single, though he did not supply evidence The song was, however, his only gold record in the US besides his comeback hit in 1989, "Poison". "I Never Cry" was written about Cooper's experience with alcoholism, which one year later sent the performer into rehab. He called the song "an alcoholic confession".

"I Never Cry" was performed live by Cooper, though not consistently, during all tours up to his break in touring due to his addiction to crack cocaine and eventual relapse into alcoholism following 1981’s Special Forces tour.[2] When Cooper returned to touring after Constrictor, "I Never Cry" was never again performed until the 2002 ‘Descent into Dragontown’ tour, following which the song became was a regular part of setlists on the 2005–06 ‘Dirty Diamonds’ and 2009–10 ‘Theatre of Death’ tours.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1976–77) Peak position Australia 23 Canada RPM Top Singles 5 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 18 US Billboard Hot 100 12 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 24 US Cashbox Top 100 9

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles [5] 80 Chart (1977) Rank CanadaRPM Top Singles [6] 126 US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 99

Cover versions

• "I Never Cry" was covered by Spanish rock band Hombres G on their debut album as "No llorare".[8]
• It was also covered by Poison on the 2007 album, Poison'd!

In popular culture

• OPM R&B artist Jay R performed the song in season 1 of the Philippine singing competition Your Face Sounds Familiar with a full impersonation of Alice Cooper. Cooper acknowledged the performance in a tweet.[9]
• Child actor Awra Briguela performed the song in Kids 1 of the Philippine singing competition Your Face Sounds Familiar with a full impersonation of Alice Cooper.[10]
• The song was used in the final scene and closing credits of the 2011 Bobcat Goldthwait dark comedy, God Bless America.
• The song was covered by Filipina-Australian actress Iya Villania on her 2008 album, Finally![11]

References

1. "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". iTunes (UK). Retrieved August 17, 2018.
2. ‘I Never Cry’ setlist appearances
3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-12-18. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
4. "Adult Contemporary Music Chart".
5. "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
6. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
7. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
8. hombresg.8k.com - Discografia, archived from the original on December 21, 2009, retrieved January 10, 2010
9. News, ABS-CBN. "What Alice Cooper says about Jay R's performance".
10. Corp., ABS-CBN. "Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids: Awra Briguela as Alice Cooper - I Never Cry". ABS-CBNENT.
11. Archived December 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics