"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden, and produced by Walden for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey (1990). The ballad was released as the album's fourth single in the second quarter of 1991. It became another U.S. number 1 single for Carey. Like the previous singles released from Mariah Carey, the song received a BMI Pop Award.

Composition and recording

"I Don't Wanna Cry" was Carey's first single that she did not co-write with Ben Margulies. When she and Walden first wrote the song, she was excited because it sounded like something that would be played on the radio. Because of bad experiences during its production and because she feels it "doesn't have a message," Carey stated in an MTV interview that she dislikes the song and tries to sing it as rarely as possible. Carey had lobbied to co-produce the song, but was denied permission by Columbia Records. She often fought with Walden in the studio concerning the song's production, and as a result Walden became her least favorite among the producers who worked on her debut album.

"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a song by Mariah Carey. It may also refer to:

"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Larry Gatlin. It was released in May 1977 as the second single from the album Love Is Just a Game. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

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"I Don't Wanna" is a song by American singer Aaliyah. Written and composed by Johnta Austin, Jazze Pha, Donnie Scantz, and Kevin Hicks, featuring production by Scantz and Hicks, it appears on both the Next Friday soundtrack (1999) and the Romeo Must Die soundtrack (2000). The song was released in August 1999 as a promotional airplay single in the United States only, where it reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. Internationally, "I Don't Wanna" was released as a double A-side with "Come Back in One Piece".

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"I Don't Wanna" is a song by English punk rock band Sham 69, it was released as the band's debut single on 28 October 1977 and was later featured on their first studio album Tell Us The Truth in 1978 as a "Captain Oi!" bonus tracklist. It was a minor hit in the United Kingdom and failed to make in the chart. The twin B-side tracks containing "Ulster" and "Red London" appears on this single. "I Don't Wanna" was written by frontman Jimmy Pursey and guitarist Dave Parsons and produced by John Cale, a founding and former member of experimental rock band The Velvet Underground. The songs were recorded took place in August 1977 at the Pathway Studios in London, United Kingdom. Rhodesian-born British photographer Jill Furmanovsky took the photos of cover on the album.

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Soul Sista is the debut album by American R&B and soul singer-songwriter KeKe Wyatt, released in the United States on November 13, 2001 by MCA Records and produced by Steve Huff.

The album peaked at #33 on the Billboard 200, and has sold 494,000 copies in the U.S. It was eventually certified gold in the U.S. for sales/shipments of 500,000 copies. It has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

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The video for her third single, "I Don't Wanna", features former spouse, Rahmat Morton playing her husband, and their son in the beginning of the video.

Promotion

Wyatt promoted the album extensively, with many promotional concerts being held around the U.S. In October 2001, she launched her KeKe Wyatt: Live Tour, which went on to play over 50 shows across the U.S. and U.K., and ended in July 2002. After touring, Wyatt continued promotion by appearing on several talk shows and red carpets.

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"Don't Wanna Cry" is Namie Amuro's third solo single on the Avex Trax label. It is her second consecutive million selling single as well as her second consecutive number one single. In December, the single took home the "Grand Prix Award" from the 38th Annual Japan Record Awards (analogous to Record of the Year from the Grammy Awards). 19 years old at the time, she is the youngest artist to have been awarded the grand prize.

Commercial tie-in

"Don't wanna cry" was used in Daido Mistio commercials as its image song.

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