You See Me Crying
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"You See Me Crying" | ||||
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Single by Aerosmith | ||||
from the album Toys in the Attic | ||||
B-side | "Toys in the Attic" | |||
Released | November 11, 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length |
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Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Steven Tyler, Don Solomon | |||
Producer(s) | Jack Douglas | |||
Aerosmith singles chronology | ||||
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"You See Me Crying" is a
Recording
The song is a complex piano ballad and was heavily orchestrated. The main piano lick is taken from the ending of the original 1971 demo of "
The band's label, Columbia Records, was nonetheless very impressed with the song and the recording process. Bruce Lundvall, then-president of Columbia, walked in on the recording sessions for Toys when the band was working on the song and remarked: "You guys got an incredible thing going here. I just came from a Herbie Hancock session and this is much more fun".[2]
Brad Whitford played lead guitar on the song, rather than Aerosmith's usual lead guitarist Joe Perry.[1]
Reception
Performance notes
The final version of the song was taken from takes 12, 14, and 15, and the single version of the song was edited down to 3:00.[4]
While Aerosmith were planning the
References
- ^ a b c Childers, Chad (September 10, 2012). "Top 10 Aerosmith Songs of the '70s". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ISBN 0-380-97594-7
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 22, 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ Toys in the Attic, 1993, Remastered Liner Notes
- ISBN 978-0-7603-4106-3.