| Baby You Can Cry | |
| Cover: | Ai - Baby You Can Cry.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ai |
| Album: | Kansha!!!!! - Thank You for 20 Years New and Best |
| Recorded: | 2019 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 3:13 |
| Prev Title: | You Never Know |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | I'm Coming Home |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
"Baby You Can Cry" is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released September 27, 2019, by EMI Records. The song samples Namie Amuro's song, "Baby Don't Cry" and served as the lead single for Ai's greatest hits album, Kansha!!!!! - Thank You for 20 Years New and Best.
Celebrating her twenty-year anniversary in the music industry, Ai traveled to Los Angeles, California to record new content for an album.[1] In September 2019, "Baby You Can Cry" was announced for release later that month along with a greatest hits album in November.[2] [3] [4] A gospel choir tour was also announced to take place in Japan in support of the album.[5]
The song was released digitally on September 27.[6]
Ai performed "Baby You Can Cry" and other songs during her 20th anniversary premium live gospel choir tour that took place in November 2019.[7] [8] Further performances were scheduled in 2020 but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour was rescheduled to May 2021 and was postponed due to rising cases of COVID-19 in Japan as of May 10, 2021.
A music video was released the same day the song was released. The video was recorded at a recording studio in Tokyo.
| Japan Top Download Songs (Billboard Japan)[9] | 92 |
| Date | Format | Label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | September 27, 2019 | ||||
| Japan | November 1, 2019 | Radio airplay | Universal Japan | [10] |