I Never Cry

The song was written by Cooper and Dick Wagner. The song reached #12 on the US charts in January 1977. On Alice's radio show November 23, 2009 Alice stated that this was his biggest selling single. However, he did not state what source or criterion he was referencing when making this statement. The song was, however, his only gold record in the U.S. besides his comeback hit in 1989, "Poison." The song was written about his drinking problem, which would in one year send the performer into rehab. Cooper called the song "an alcoholic confession".

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–77)	Peak position
Australia	23
Canadian RPM	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Cashbox Top 100	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada^[1]	80
U.S. Cash Box^[2]	69

Chart (1977)	Rank
Australia^[3]	181
Canada^[4]	126
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[5]	99

Cover versions

"I Never Cry" was covered by Spanish rock band Hombres G on their debut album as "No llorare".^[6]
It was also covered by Poison on the 2007 album, Poison'd!

In popular culture

Opm R&B artist Jay-R performed the song on the show "Your face sounds familiar" with a full impersonation of Alice Cooper. It caught Coopers' attention and twitted about it.
The song was used in the final scene and closing credits of the 2011 Bobcat Goldthwait dark comedy, God Bless America.
The song was covered by Filipina-Australian actress Iya Villania on her 2008 album, Finally!.^[7]
In the Philippines, the part of the said song was used in the opening stinger of Green FM La Salle Cavite DWSU 95.9 FM's Kausap since 2013.

References

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↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
↑ hombresg.8k.com - Discografia, retrieved 10 January 2010
↑ Archived December 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Alice Cooper

Original band Alice Cooper Glen Buxton Michael Bruce Dennis Dunaway Neal Smith Other personnel

Studio albums	Pretties for You Easy Action Love It to Death Killer School's Out Billion Dollar Babies Muscle of Love Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper Goes to Hell Lace and Whiskey From the Inside Flush the Fashion Special Forces Zipper Catches Skin DaDa Constrictor Raise Your Fist and Yell Trash Hey Stoopid The Last Temptation Brutal Planet Dragontown The Eyes of Alice Cooper Dirty Diamonds Along Came a Spider Welcome 2 My Nightmare

Live albums	The Alice Cooper Show A Fistful of Alice Brutally Live Live at Montreux 2005 Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken

Singles	"Reflected" "Shoe Salesman" "I'm Eighteen" "Caught in a Dream" "Under My Wheels" "Be My Lover" "School's Out" "Elected" "Hello Hooray" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Billion Dollar Babies" "Halo of Flies" "Teenage Lament '74" "Only Women Bleed" "Department of Youth" "Welcome to My Nightmare" "I Never Cry" "You and Me" "How You Gonna See Me Now" "Clones (We're All)" "7 and 7 Is" "I Am the Future" "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" "Teenage Frankenstein" "Freedom" "Poison" "Bed of Nails" "House of Fire" "Only My Heart Talkin'" "Hey Stoopid" "Love's a Loaded Gun" "Feed My Frankenstein" "Lost in America" "It's Me" "Brutal Planet" "Gimme" "Keepin' Halloween Alive" "I'll Bite Your Face Off"

Compilations and box sets	School Days: The Early Recordings Greatest Hits Prince of Darkness The Beast of Alice Cooper Science Fiction Classicks The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper Super Hits Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper The Definitive Alice Cooper The Essentials: Alice Cooper Hell Is School's Out and Other Hits

Videography	Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper The Nightmare Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper and Friends The Strange Case of Alice Cooper The Nightmare Returns Alice Cooper Trashes the World Brutally Live Live at Montreux 2005 Theatre of Death: Live at Hammersmith 2009 Super Duper Alice Cooper Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken

Tours	Welcome to My Nightmare Tour Theatre of Death Tour No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour Masters of Madness Tour

Related articles	Discography Filmography Steven Nights with Alice Cooper Solid Rock Foundation The Hollywood Vampires Hollywood Vampires (band)

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