Crying Out for Me

"Crying Out for Me"
Single by Mario
from the album Go
Released	August 21, 2007[1]
Format	CD single vinyl single Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	R&B
Length	4:48 (Album Version) 4:24 (Single Version)
Label	3rd Street/J Records
Writer(s)	Jasper Cameron Amber Rives Polow da Don
Producer	Polow da Don
Certification	Gold (RIAA)[2]
Mario singles chronology
"How Do I Breathe" (2007) "Crying out for Me" (2007) "Do Right" (2007)

"Crying Out for Me" is an R&B song from Mario's third studio album Go, which was released on December 11, 2007 and is the second official single. It was produced by Polow da Don and written by Amber Rives and Jasper Cameron^[3].The song has been listed for 15 week in the Billboard Hot 100. Its first appearance was week 50/2007 and the last appearance was week 12/2008. Its peak position was number 33, where it stayed for 1 week. Its highest entry was 97. The official remix features rapper Lil Wayne another one features rapper Busta Rhymes, but are not included on the single or album Go .^[4] The song is very similar in theme to his 2004 hit "Let Me Love You".

Critical reception

Mark Edward Nero from About.com stated that the song "is the Usher sound-alike jam"^[5]

Aaron Fields from KSTW.com said "I really like this track produced by Polow da Don. It's a smooth track about the classic subject...woman is being done wrong in her current relationship in which Mario sings to her, "I can hear your heart, crying out for me". Great vocals, great beat and definitely a great choice for the second single".^[6]

Music video

The video was directed by R. Malcom Jones and premiered on BET's Access Granted on September 17, 2007. In the video, the song has some alternate changes. In the beginning, Mario arrives at some place. He sees his female friend having an argument with her boyfriend. When her boyfriend walks off, Mario walks over to greet her. Her boyfriend jealously snatches her away from him and gets in his face. The girl, bruised, calls Mario from a payphone. They then go to a club. He picks her up later and she looking over her shoulder, leaves. After they embrace, Mario drives off. They get a surprise when they notice that they are being followed by the girl's boyfriend. He tries to run them off the road but ends up crashing, killing himself, is similar to the end scene in Justin Timberlake's video "What Goes Around...Comes Around". They get out to investigate and see that he is dead. The girl tearfully turns to Mario and he comforts her.

Track listing

Crying Out For Me (main)

1. "Crying out for Me" (radio edit)

Crying Out For Me [SINGLE]

1. Radio Edit (4:10)
2. Instrumental (4:18)
3. Call Out Hook (0:10)

Crying Out for Me (Piano Vocal, Sheet music) (Sheet music)

1. Piano Vocal Artist
2. Mario Sheet music

Charts

Chart (2007/2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	5

Notes

1. ^ "Radio And Records: Going for Adds". Radio and Records. http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08/20/2007&Format=5. Retrieved 2007-08-15. 
2. ^ "Mario - Gold CD single". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. 
3. ^ Rap Basement | Post | Amber Rives(Songwriting Credits)
4. ^ "Mario Gets Back To Making Music With Akon, Timbaland, Neptunes". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1557037/20070412/mario.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
5. ^ "New Music: Mario - "Crying Out for Me"". http://randb.about.com/b/2007/11/12/new-music-mario-crying-out-for-me.htm. 
6. ^ "The Beat: Mario "Go" Review". http://kstw.com/underground/Mario.Go.Go.2.599751.html.