"Cry" is a song by the English pop music duo Godley & Creme, released on 11 March 1985 by Polydor Records. It was included on the duo's sixth studio album The History Mix Volume 1.
The song reached No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone top-40 hit in the United States apart from their former band, 10cc. It reached No. 19 on the UK singles chart. The duo directed the song's music video, which features faces blended into each other using dissolving and wiping effects.
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Creation and recording
After Godley & Creme left their former band 10cc after the group's fourth studio album How Dare You! (1976), they began writing songs for their own albums, but became better known for producing music videos for other bands. Within the music video producing process, they met producer Trevor Horn, ex of the Buggles and now heading his own label ZTT Records.
Godley & Creme asked Horn to produce their album, but had very little material that was recording studio ready. After their first track failed to produce the required effect, Horn asked what else they had. The pair had already written the first verse of "Cry", and much as though the song came from a position – a man in a relationship where his partner lies and cheats on him – unlike 10cc's 1975 song "I'm Not in Love", it did not come from real-life experience. The three hence sat down and started writing down words and phrases which could be associated with the first verse, and then Horn put Godley in the recording booth to record them. Godley later described the song's creation process as "patchwork like", but it worked due to its envisaged simple production.
