- Crying out for Me
Infobox Single
Name = Crying out for Me
Artist = Mario
from Album = Go!
B-side =
Released =August 21 ,2007 cite web | title="Radio And Records: Going for Adds"| work=Radio and Records| url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08/20/2007&Format=5| accessdate=2007-08-15]
Format =CD single Vinyl singleDigital download
Recorded = 2006
Genre = R&B
Length = 4:48 (Album Version) 4:24 (Single Version)
Label = 3rd Street/J Records
Writer =Jasper Cameron Amber RivesPolow da Don
Producer =Polow da Don
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "How Do I Breathe " (2007)
This single = "Crying out for Me" (2007)
Next single = "Do Right " (2007)
Misc ="Crying out for Me" is an
R&B song from Mario's third studio album "Go!", which was released onDecember 11 ,2007 and is the secondofficial single. It was produced byPolow da Don and written by Amber Rives andJasper Cameron [ [http://community.rapbasement.com/Post/Amber-RivesSongw/0BE94F10000F194BE0008001C7AF3 Rap Basement | Post | Amber Rives(Songwriting Credits) ] ] .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 rapperLil Wayne another one features rapperLil Wayne and rapperBusta Rhymes , but are not included on the single or album "Go!" .cite web | title="Mario Gets Back To Making Music With Akon, Timbaland, Neptunes"| work=MTV News| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1557037/20070412/mario.jhtml| accessdate=2007-04-14] The song is very similar in theme to his 2004 hit "Let Me Love You ".Music video
The video was directed by
Gil Green and premiered onBET 'sAccess Granted onSeptember 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 inJustin 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" (radio edit)
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