Don't Cry (Seal song)

"Don't Cry"
"Don't Cry"
	US CD single; also regular cover art for other editions
Single by Seal
from the album Seal
A-side	"Prayer for the Dying"
Released	27 November 1995
Length	6:17 (album version); 4:34 (single version);
Label	ZTT; Sire;
Songwriter(s)	Seal
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
Licensed audio
	"Don't Cry" on YouTube

"Don't Cry" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal. It was released as the final single from his second studio album, Seal (also known as Seal II) (1994), as a double A-side with "Prayer for the Dying" in November 1995 by ZTT and Sire.

Critical reception

Emma Cochrane from Smash Hits praised the song as "hauntingly beautiful".^[2]

Weekly chart performance for "Don't Cry"
Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[3]	2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[4]	6
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	51
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[6]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	33
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[8]	71
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	14

Year-end chart performance for "Don't Cry"
Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[10]	30
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[11]	45
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[12]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	100

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 25 November 1995. p. 39.
^ Cochrane, Emma (25 May 1994). "New Albums". Smash Hits. p. 48. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2907." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2926." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ "Seal Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Seal Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Seal Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Seal Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
^ "1996 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 28 December 1996. p. YE-84. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

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