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 | |||
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| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steven Tyler, Don Solomon | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Douglas | |||
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"You See Me Crying" is a power ballad by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1975 as the last track on the band's breakthrough album Toys in the Attic. A shorter mix of the song was released as the third single from the album in November 1975, but failed to chart. Consequently, the original single (backed with "Toys in the Attic") is rather rare.
The song is a complex piano ballad and was heavily orchestrated. Aerosmith and producer Jack Douglas brought in a symphony orchestra for the song, which was conducted by Mike Mainieri. The song itself was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and outside collaborator Don Solomon (keyboardist on Tyler's first band, Chain Reaction). Some of the band members became frustrated with the song, which took a long time to complete, due to the many complex drum and guitar parts. Due to the complex arrangement featuring piano and orchestra, Aerosmith rarely plays the song live.[1]
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]
