I Might Be Crying
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"I Might Be Crying" was the first single to be released from Tanita Tikaram
's fifth studio album Lovers In The City
. This single peaked at #64 in UK. The song contains backing vocals by Jennifer Warnes
. A video for this single was filmed in Vietnam
.
One of its b-sides is Not Waving but Drowning
, a poem by Stevie Smith
set to music.
Tanita Tikaram
Tanita Tikaram is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart...
's fifth studio album Lovers In The City
Lovers in the City
Lovers in the City is a 1995 album by Tanita Tikaram. Jennifer Warnes provided backing vocals on four tracks on the album. One of these songs, "I Might Be Crying", was released as lead single. A video for this single was filmed in Vietnam...
. This single peaked at #64 in UK. The song contains backing vocals by Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra as...
. A video for this single was filmed in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
.
One of its b-sides is Not Waving but Drowning
Not Waving but Drowning
"Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by British poet Stevie Smith published in 1957 as part of a collection of the same title. The work, the most famous of Smith's poems, describes a man whose distressed thrashing in the sea causes onlookers to believe that he is waving to them...
, a poem by Stevie Smith
Stevie Smith
Florence Margaret Smith, known as Stevie Smith was an English poet and novelist.-Life:Stevie Smith, born Florence Margaret Smith in Kingston upon Hull, was the second daughter of Ethel and Charles Smith. Contemporary Women Poets...
set to music.
Releases
- I Might Be Crying (5" CD; YZ879CDX - 4509-98900-2) b-side: Five Feet Away, Not Waving But Drowning
- I Might Be Crying (5" CD; YZ879CD - 4509-98901-2) b-side: Five Feet Away