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| Name = I Cry at Night
| Type = [[Song]]
| Artist = [[Elton John]]
| Album = [[A Single Man]] (1998 reissue)
| Cover = Elton John – A Single Man.jpg
| track_no = 14
| Recorded = January-September 1978
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Ballad]]
| Length = 3:16
| Label = [[MCA Records|MCA]] (US/Canada)<br> [[Rocket Records]]
| Writer = [[Elton John]], [[Bernie Taupin]]
| Producer = Clive Franks, Elton John
| prev = ‘[[Flinstone Boy]]’
| prev_no = 13
| next = ‘[[Lovesick (Elton John song)|Lovesick]]’
| next_no = 15
}}
”’I Cry at Night”’ is a song by [[Elton John]] with lyrics written by [[Bernie Taupin]]. It appeared as the b-side to his 1978 single, ‘[[Part-Time Love]]’.
==Musical structure==
The song only features a grand piano and a synthesizer. There are also double tracked vocals, and that’s it. The simplicity of the song fits in with the sad lyrics.
==Lyrical meaning==
Taupin wrote this song during 1975-76 when he was divorcing his first wife Maxine, for whom he wrote one of John’s more popular songs, ‘[[Tiny Dancer]]’. It was not included on the ‘[[Blue Moves]]’-album but was written during the sessions. The lyrics stands as some of the most personal by Taupin, and is a gem for die hard fans.
Bernie writes of himself:
”’This man holds a hand that shows a tremble
This man that I live in bares his faults.
He has a heart and a well worn soul
Ten years a slave to rock ‘n’ roll!, But he has to tremble.”’
Despite the songs popularity amongst die-hard fans, it has never been performed live.
[[Category:1978 songs]]
[[Category:Elton John songs]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin]]
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