When Susannah Cries

"When Susannah Cries"
Single by Espen Lind
from the album Red
Released 1997
Format
Genre
Length 3:39
Label Universal Records
Songwriter(s) Espen Lind
Producer(s) Espen Lind
Espen Lind singles chronology
"Baby You're So Cool"
(1997)		 "When Susannah Cries"
(1997)		 "Lucky For You"
(1997)

"Baby You're So Cool"
(1997)		 "When Susannah Cries"
(1997)		 "Lucky For You"
(1997)
Music video
"When Susannah Cries" on YouTube

"When Susannah Cries" is a 1997 song by Norwegian singer Espen Lind. It was released as the second single from his second album Red. The song was first released under the moniker, 'Sway'. Later it was re-released under his own name. "When Susannah Cries" was a big hit in several European and Latin American countries, including Norway where it was number one for six weeks. The song peaked within the top 10 in eleven countries, like Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Lind received the Norwegian Grammy Award, Spellemannprisen for the Song of the Year with "When Susannah Cries" in 1998.[1]

Lind has told in interviews that he almost gave the song away, but his record company, Universal convinced him to keep it. He had sent several songs to them, and the last one was "When Susannah Cries". Lind felt that the song was a bit sticky and lame, but Universal said that it was the only song they liked.[2] It went on to become Linds commercial breakthrough and the most played song in Norwegian radio in 1997.

A music video was made for the song. It featured American actress and model Angelica Bridges, known from the American action drama series Baywatch. The video was added on high rotation on MTV, TMF, VIVA and ZTV.[3]

"When Susannah Cries" was performed by Pete Seppälä in the Semi Finals of the Finnish reality-television singing competition Idols in 2005 and by participant Tim David Weller in the tenth season of the German reality talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2013.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997-98) Peak
positions
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 21
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 18
France (SNEP)[8] 41
Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[12] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[13] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 34
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 185

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Peak
positions
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[16] 69

References

  1. ↑ "Rockipedia: Espen Lind" (in Norwegian). rockipedia.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "- Han sa: Gir du bort den låta, er du en større idiot enn jeg trodde" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "When Susannah Cries" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Musicline.de – Espen Lind Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Espen Lind" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries". VG-lista. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Top 10 Spain" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Espen Lind – When Susannah Cries". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1998" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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