The Dolphin's Cry

"The Dolphin's Cry"
Single by Live
from the album The Distance to Here
B-side	"Vine Street"
Released	1999 (US)
Format	CD single
Recorded	At the Site, Village Recorder, A&M Studios and the Plant, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock Post-grunge Hard rock
Length	4:25 (album version) 4:02 (radio edit)
Label	Radioactive (US)
Writer(s)	Ed Kowalczyk
Live singles chronology
"Rattlesnake" (1997) "The Dolphin's Cry" (1999) "Run to the Water" (2000)

"The Dolphin's Cry" is a song by the alternative rock band Live. It was released as the first single from their fourth studio album The Distance to Here in 1999. The song was co-produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads.

Music video

The video, directed by Martin Weisz,^[1] features the band playing in an alley as successively larger waves of water flow towards them. The other people in the alley grow more panicked as the waves get larger. Towards the end of the song, the largest wave sweeps through the alley and knocks the band down, but they get back up and resume playing.

Track listings

All songs written by Ed Kowalczyk, except where noted:

US version (Promo)

1. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Radio Edit) – 4:02
2. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Album Version) – 4:27
3. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Suggested Callout Hook) – 0:21

South African and Australian version

1. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Radio Edit) – 4:02
2. "Vine Street" – 3:19
3. "Sun" (Loop Version) – 4:42

European version 1

1. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Album Version) – 4:24
2. "Vine Street" – 3:19
3. "Lakini's Juice" (Sippin' on Lakini's Juice Remix) (Kowalczyk, Live) – 7:42

European version 2

1. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Album Version) – 4:24
2. "Sun" (Loop Version) – 4:42
3. "Turn My Head" (Recorded live in Melbourne, Australia 1997) (Kowalczyk, Live) – 4:14
4. "The Dolphin's Cry" (Video)

German version 1

1. "The Dolphin's Cry" – 4:24
2. "Vine Street" – 3:19

German version 2

1. "The Dolphin's Cry" – 4:24
2. "Vine Street" – 3:19
3. "Sun" (Loop Version) – 4:42

Chart Positions

Preceded by "Enemy" by Days of the New

RPM Canadian rock/alternative chart Number-one single November 1 - 7, 1999

Succeeded by "Enemy" by Days of the New

In the US "The Dolphin's Cry" reached #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, #2 on the Mainstream Rock Chart and #3 on the Modern Rock Tracks Chart.^[2] In Canada the song topped the Rock / Alternative chart.^[3]

The single also reached #7 in Belgium (Flanders), #10 in The Netherlands, #25 in Australia, #48 in New Zealand^[4] and #62 in the UK.^[5] The song proved to be Live's final entry in the UK Singles Chart.

References

1. ^ "Live - The Dolphins Cry" mvdbase.com
2. ^ "The Distance To Here > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" Allmusic
3. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 2, November 01 1999" RPM via Library and Archives Canada
4. ^ "LIVE - THE DOLPHIN'S CRY (NUMMER)" Ultratop
5. ^ "The Dolphins Cry" Chart Stats

External links

• Official band website
• Official music video via Live's VEVO channel on YouTube