Cry Me a River

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This article is about the original Cry Me a River. For the song with the same title by Justin Timberlake see Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song).

"Cry Me a River" is a popular song. It was written by Arthur Hamilton and was published in 1953.

A torchy, jazzy blues tune, Cry Me A River was first and most famously recorded by actress/singer Julie London in 1955. This version featured in the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It and was released as a single in April 1957 (UK #22). More recently, the song has featured on the soundtracks of the films Passion of Mind (2000) and V for Vendetta (2006).

In 1970, British Blues Rocker Joe Cocker made the charts with a rendition in his classically gravelly voice on the album Mad Dogs and Englishmen. In 1995, British actress Denise Welch's double-A side You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me/Cry Me a River spent three weeks in the UK singles chart, reaching #23. There's also a Portuguese version for this song named "Chora um Rio" composed by Artur Nestrovsky and released by Ná Ozzetti and André Mehmari. It was also recorded in French as " Pleurer Des Rivières" by Viktor Lazlo in 1985 (french lyrics by Boris Bergman).

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