There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Love Zone
B-side"If I Should Lose You"
Released22 January 1986
Recorded1986
GenreSoul
Length4:55
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Barry J. Eastmond
  • Wayne Brathwaite
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
(1986)
"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
(1986)
"Love Zone"
(1986)

"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" is a song by Trinidadian-English singer Billy Ocean from his sixth studio album, Love Zone (1986). The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week beginning 5 July 1986, where it remained for one week, becoming the 600th different song to ascend to that position. It also topped the adult contemporary and R&B charts in the United States that same summer.