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"When the Children Cry" is a power ballad [4] [5] performed by Danish-American glam metal band White Lion. It is the third single and closing track on their 1987 album, Pride . It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 , number two in Canada, and number 88 in the United Kingdom.
Pride is the second studio album by the American-Danish glam-metal band White Lion, released on June 22, 1987, by Atlantic Records.The album featured the two top ten hits "Wait" and "When the Children Cry".
The re-recorded "When the Children Cry" was released as a promo and later an iTunes single [4] and was also released on several mixed compilation albums. In 2004, an acoustic version of "When the Children Cry" was recorded and featured on the VH1 Classic Metal Mania: Stripped compilation.
The band achieved success with their number eight hit "Wait" and number three hit "When the Children Cry" from their second album, the double platinum selling Pride. [1] The band continued their success with their third album, Big Game which achieved Gold status and their fourth album Mane Attraction which included a supporting tour.
Unlike most bands of their genre, [citation needed] White Lion recorded occasional songs that addressed social or political issues such as apartheid ("Cry for Freedom"), the war in El Salvador ("El Salvador") and the effect of divorce on children ("Broken Home"). The song "Little Fighter" was about the Rainbow Warrior, a ship owned by the ...
A re-recorded "Cry for Freedom" was released as the first single for "Songs of White Lion", [7] followed by a reworked take on "Little Fighter". [8] Mike Tramp embarked on an extensive U.S. tour in May 2023. The Songs of White Lion trek, which was originally supposed to take place in April/May 2020, will see Tramp performing White Lion hits. [9]
Austyns Stancil's performance during the knockouts round on "The Voice" brought coach Snoop Dogg to tears. On the Nov. 11 episode of the singing competition, Snoop brought Stancil, Christina Eagle ...
"Tell Me" features a music video and together along with "Wait" and "When the Children Cry" made Pride a massive success. Mike Tramp has said, "It just proves that the album is timeless. Those songs will live on forever." [4] "Tell Me" is a snapshot of the late 1980s sound.