"Cry Tough" | ||||
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Single by Poison | ||||
from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In | ||||
B-side | " Look What the Cat Dragged In" | |||
Released | August 5, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Glam metal [1] [2] | |||
Length | 3:38 | |||
Label | Enigma/ Capitol Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dall; DeVille; Michaels; Rockett | |||
Producer(s) | Ric Browde | |||
Poison singles chronology | ||||
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"Cry Tough" is the debut single by the American glam metal band Poison. It was featured on the group's first album Look What the Cat Dragged In. [3]
Upon the single release John Aizlewood left warm review for Number One on 29 August 1986. He considered that "Poison put the groove in groovy", song has "an impossible sound to ignore" and "it would be nice to see them chartbound". [4]
"Cry Tough" was released as a single in 1986 on Capitol Records' Enigma label. It is about believing in oneself to make one's dreams come true.
The B-side is the title track "Look What The Cat Dragged In".
The song failed to chart in the US but charted at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart. [5]
The song's video was placed on New York Times list of the 15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos. [6]
"Cry Tough" is on the following albums:
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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UK Singles ( OCC) [7] | 97 |
Lyrically, "Hangin' Tough" and "Cry Tough" have the same basic, vague message...but Poison presented that image through the medium of knowingly trashy glam metal.