Released February 1992 Recorded 1991 Length 3:11 | Format CD Genre Soft rock Label Warner Bros. Records | |
"Can't Cry Hard Enough" is a song originally performed by The Williams Brothers, and written by David Williams and Marvin Etzioni from the band Lone Justice. The song peaked at number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. It also spent two weeks at number 29 on the Cash Box chart.
It was subsequently covered by Victoria Williams, Julie Miller on her album Invisible Girl, and Susan Ashton on her 1999 album Closer. Tom Freund recorded the song for his 2008 album Collapsible Plans, and this version appeared on the TV series One Tree Hill. Filipino singers Jed Madela, Sam Milby and Rachelle Ann Go have also covered this song.
Another duo of male siblings from Australia covered the song, Geoff and Ben Robertson with Anton Aktila, under the stage name the Robertson Brothers included a version in their album Symmetry in 1994.
English soft rock band Smokie (with lead singer Alan Barton, who died in 1995) recorded their version which appears on their CD Celebration in 1994. It was also recorded by Bellefire in 2004 for their final album Spin the Wheel.
The song was played at the end of a 1993 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210.