Cry (The Used song)

"Cry"
Single by The Used
from the album Imaginary Enemy
Released January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)
Format Digital download
Label Hopeless
Producer(s) John Feldmann
The Used singles chronology
"Hands and Faces"
(2012)		 "Cry"
(2014)		 "Over and Over Again"
(2017)

"Hands and Faces"
(2012)		 "Cry"
(2014)		 "Over and Over Again"
(2017)

"Cry" is a song by American rock band The Used, and was released as the first single for their sixth studio album Imaginary Enemy.

Track listings

Digital download

No.TitleLength
1."Cry"3:30

Promo CD

No.TitleLength
1."Cry" (radio edit)3:08

Release

On 20 January 2014, The Used released a sample of "Cry" on their Instagram page.[1] The song was released with an accompanying music video a week later on 27 January, 2014.[2]

Background

The Used's lead singer, Bert McCracken, explained that "Cry" was about the fight between love and conflict and that he believed everyone has experienced a loss of control while in a relationship.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AAA Music [4]
Bring the Noise UK 7/10[5]

AAA Music said that while Cry departed from the band's "cry-hard songs" of the 2000s, the lyrics aligned with The Used's image.[4] Similarly, Bringthenoiseuk praised McCracken's alternating vocals by saying they were performed "in a way only veterans of the style can".[5]

Nick Antone, of Mindequalsblown, critiqued McCracken for having a "pop-sounding voice" on the lyrics in comparison to the rawness of The Ocean of the Sky. On the other hand, Antone praised the usage of Auto-Tune to create a Depeche Mode-like track.[6]

Music video

The Used released a music video for "Cry" directed by Gus Black on 27 January, 2014. The music video takes place in a post-apocalyptic desert where a heroine, whose face is covered by a gas mask, goes against a villain who burns books.[7]

Bert McCracken, lead singer of The Used, said that the video was to remind people to embrace the present and to avoid the constrictions of the future. In his statement, McCracken quoted Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right and said "The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk".[7]

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] 38

References

  1. ↑ Crane, Matt. "The Used tease new song from 'Imaginary Enemy'". altpress.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Sharp, Tyler. "The Used Release New Song "Cry"". Mind Equals Blown. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Used Mix Personal & Political On New Album 'Imaginary Enemy'". fuse.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 Panasuik, Samantha. "THE USED – Cry". aaamusic.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 Lasbury, Emily. "ALBUM REVIEW: The Used – Imaginary Enemy". bringthenoiseuk.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Antone, Nick. "Single Review: The Used's "Cry"". mindequalsblown.net. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 O'Neil, Luke. "The Used Usher In A Pop-Screamo Revival With Their Post-Apocalyptic Video For 'Cry'". mtv.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Used Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
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