Cry Like a Baby
| "Cry Like a Baby" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Box Tops | ||||
| from the album Cry Like a Baby | ||||
| B-side | "The Door You Closed to Me" | |||
| Released | February 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Studio | American (Memphis, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Mala | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham | |||
| Producer(s) | Chips Moman | |||
| The Box Tops singles chronology | ||||
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"Cry Like a Baby" is a 1968 song written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, and performed by The Box Tops. The song reached No. 2 in April 1968 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. "Cry Like a Baby" also reached No. 2 on Cashbox for one week. It stayed on the Hot 100 for 15 weeks and Cashbox for 14 weeks. It was awarded a gold disc for selling over one million copies in the United States.