Cry Wolf (Laura Branigan song) explained

Cry Wolf
Cover:	Laura Branigan - Cry Wolf.png
Border:	yes
Type:	single
Artist:	Laura Branigan
Album:	Touch
B-Side:	"Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" (NA) "Touch" (EU)
Released:	1988
Studio:	Powertrax, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Pop rock
Length:	4:48
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	David Kershenbaum
Prev Title:	Power of Love
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	The Name Game
Next Year:	1988

"Cry Wolf" is a song by American singer Laura Branigan, released as the third and final single from her fifth studio album, Touch (1987). It was written by singer-songwriter Jude Johnstone, who later recorded the song herself for her 2002 debut album. Stevie Nicks recorded a cover in 1989 for her fourth solo studio album, The Other Side of the Mirror.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Touch.^[1]

• Laura Branigan – vocals
• David Kershenbaum – production
• Bob Marlette – arrangements, keyboards, guitars, string arrangements, drum programming
• Carlos Vega – drums
• John Nelson – guitars
• Kim Scharnberg – string arrangements, conducting
• Kenneth G. Kugler – copyist
• Julie Ann Gigante, Ralph D. Morrison III, Clayton Haslop, Alexander Horvath, R.F. Peterson, Arthur Zadinsky, Michael Nowak, Raymond J. Tischer II, Margot MacLaine, Armen Ksjikian, Dennis Karmazyn, Michael Matthews – strings
• David J. Holman – engineering, mixing, PPG programming

Cover versions

• 1989: Stevie Nicks was the first to cover the song and it was featured on her album The Other Side of the Mirror.
• 1992: Anne Haigis covered the song as the title track to her eighth studio album.
• 2002: Jude Johnstone, the writer of the song, recorded it herself for her debut album Coming of Age.

Notes and References

1. . liner notes . Laura Branigan . Atlantic Records . 1987 . 81747-1.
2. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . illustrated . St Ives, NSW . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 45 . 0-646-11917-6.