Journey - Who's Crying Now | REACTION 

Absolutely right they did. My FM station of choice at the time was K92 out of Roanke, VA. They had the coolest prime time Disc Jockey, a guy by the name of David Lee Michaels....always up in the "air chair", never failed to play this song in its entirety every single night at or near the close of his show around 10PM. Come to think of it, I still have the old 45rpm record, the original vinyl lp, the cassette & CD & all of them have Neal's full guitar riff. I've never even heard a version of the song without it.

Never heard about that. Good info!

They sure did. ❤

Sounds like a familiar Freddie Mercury story up against his record label.

Steve fought because the end solo represents the lovers fighting.

I think Perry, Steve Walsh and Lou Gramm top the list.

He's the best voice in music❤❤❤ and Michael Mcdonald

YES THEY DID

@@DropAnchor1978 Brad Delp on Boston... More Than A Feeling really tears up vocals as well!

@@suecook1326 Absolutely! He would have been next on the list if I had done more than three. I would add Jimi Jamison of Survivor, too. Mickey Thomas of Starship.

I agree with you but this is the one exception. Great live version but this track is so well performed and produced, I prefer the studio version. I need to hear him drag out the lyric “Two hearts born to ru-uah-un” (run). This is a masterpiece vocal performance. Live is an A. Studio is A+.

Agreed100 I saw them twice!! Ten rows back and literally blown away at their voices n talents🎉🎉🎉🎉

Saw them 6 times at The Summit in Houston (now Joel Osteen's "church") and Steve Perry solo on his For The Love Of Strange Medicine tour in 1994. I just can't get into them with a wannabe sound-similar

I don't believe so. Talk about setting a MOOD. That song certainly does it.

@@L1623VP I checked. Journey did do that song. Here’s a link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fTkHFQC3wow.html

@@Wordsmyth8 Oops...I thought you were asking if the guys from Views from the 502 had done a reaction to Lov'in, Touch'in, Squeeze'in yet, not if Journey sang that song. That's why I answered, "I don't believe so" because I'm sure they haven't reacted to it, yet. I wasn't implying that Journey didn't sing that song. It's classic Journey.

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A little trivia: There are 156 "Na's" in that song.

The live version, please!

Mother Father live for sure!

@@brentkraus457 Yeah that was an amazing performance

The Live version of Mather, Father is a must!!! Guaranteed your minds will be blown. Be sure to listen to the keyboard that follows immediately at the end of the song.

Yes mother father live in Houston is Epic his vocals will make you cry!

"Wheel In The Sky" was almost overplayed in late '77-'78; I couldn't wait to get to that concert that summer! 'Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' too. Lots of Steve in the late 70's!

That tells you how good the 80s were when this one only made it to #4

Mine too!❤

Sam Cooke was Perry's biggest influence.

And it's true! We were so blessed! 💜

Definitely an under appreciated Journey song! Steve Perry is just an incredible vocal talent

Almost age 13 when this was released. Cruising down the street on my bike with a radio on my handlebars, sun going down. Great memories!

Same. I was 12 ❤

My first time hearing it in my brother's brown buick the last summer I had with him in 1981. I was 16 and he took me and my youngest brother to Astroworld in Houston.

I was also 10. I remember sleeping with my little radio on and this song Bette Davis Eyes and Rod Stewart Passion playing all the time.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nZTcKcr-nLs.htmlsi=2l6CxEl6TVJlB_c5 The above link is to an instrumental version for the song. Even with my untrained musical ears, I can pick out the bass that was mentioned by the previous poster. What's interesting about the instrumental version is seemingly how little the lead guitar is primarily involved throughout the song. Of course, that changes when Neal Schon takes firm control of the song for the last minute or so with an amazing solo. I'm not sure who made the decision to hold the guitar solo until the end, but it may be that the solo is so highly revered (beyond being brilliantly played) because the lead guitar is not really prominently featured but it just "busts the doors down" at the end. Knowing a band as musically proficient and such talented songwriters, one has to imagine that was not a coincidence. When Jonathan Cain, Journey's keyboard/piano player and a key songwriter, was promoting his autobiography not too many years ago, he was asked about the writing of "Don't Stop Believin'." While there have been or may be some differences of opinion about how much the song may have changed under influence from band members, the one thing that Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry have been consistent about in interviews is that Cain's original version had the classic chorus much earlier in and throughout the song, but Perry convinced Cain that there needed to be a "build up" to the chorus much later in the song. Given this was how "Don't Stop Believin'" was structured, it's not a stretch to think the conscious decision was made by the band to "build up" to Schon's solo in "Who's Cryin' Now" for maximum impact. It can be truly fascinating to learn how the music we know and love was created, along with the "what ifs" if other writing/performing decisions may have been made.

Peg you are so right they killed being live

Definitely ✨✨✨

Hell yeah Neil rips

Amen

EXACTLY.

Yes Cindy it's so entertaining😄🔥❤

@@hollysmith9979 yes and so genuine and heartfelt🔥🥰❤️

Only so many tears you can cry is my life story now....

I get it all too much

I love that fact,thanks.

Lyrics are unbelievable also❤

Facts

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aTTWwfFEbb4.htmlsi=p4KLzam1_gJ_GqHf If anyone wants to jump into the "way back machine," the above link is a TV ad promoting the "Escape" album from when it was released in summer 1981. As was mentioned by the above poster and others, "Who's Cryin' Now?" was the lead single off the album. Here's the especially interesting part: Often times, depending on how much power a band had with its record company and in its contract, the A&R executive (the person responsible for promoting singles/albums for that record label's artists with the media and making sure radio stations would be sent complimentary copies of songs to play on the air) might communicate with the record's producer and band members for suggestions about what songs should be singles from the album. Ultimately, in most cases with big time labels (like Columbia, the record company that Journey was on for its epic run), the decision on singles and in what order they would be released was likely made by higher up label executives. What is so incredible about this system and how it pertains to this song is that, in most cases, high-ranking executives from big time labels would choose the first single to be the song that they wanted to drive initial interest in the album from fans (to buy it) and radio stations (to play it). So, it was considered by most record labels at the time that the first single should be central to marketing the album and how that single was received might sink or skyrocket an album. As you can hear in the TV ad from that time, the Columbia executive who made the decision on the singles wanted the album marketed around "Who's Cryin' Now?", which is mentioned as the "featured single" in and prominently played throughout the ad. Of course, the irony of all this is that the second single off the album was "Don't Stop Believin'" and the third single off the album was "Open Arms," both which catapulted the band's popularity into the stratosphere and both are still considered "iconic" songs (of at least the 1980s). In retrospect, "Who's Cryin' Now?" is viewed by many as a severely underrated song in its excellence and popularity (which are both true), but Journey's record label thought, before the album was released, that it would be a bigger hit than "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Open Arms." Incredible stuff.

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I disagree

Doesn't matter. Perry's voice is perfect every single time. ❤

Maybe Open Arms was bigger selling?

@@randallwong7196 Open Arms reached higher in the charts, but this song outsold it. Now it's Don't Stop Believin', Separate Ways and Any Way You Want It.

Second that! Gotta do it…