"Let Her Cry" was the follow-up to Hootie & the Blowfish's debut single, "Hold My Hand," and also a big hit. The song is about a man struggling to cope with his alcoholic wife, something covered the same year in the motion picture When A Man Loves A Woman. Frontman Darius Rucker stated in numerous interviews that he wrote the song based on his past, but with the genders reversed - he was the irresponsible drunk whose long-suffering girlfriend tried to keep things together.
In America, Cracked Rear View stands as the best selling debut album in history. Guns N' Roses held that mark with Appetite For Destruction until 2018, when the RIAA certified Hootie's album at 21 million, besting the 18 million for Appetite.
The members of Hootie & the Blowfish all contribute to the songwriting and share the credits, which might be why they've endured since the '80s with the same four members. Jim Sonefeld, the drummer in the band, recalls "Let It Cry" being first recorded with Gary Bolton at Strawberry Skys Studio in West Columbia, South Carolina, for a cassette they put together in 1991. When they signed to Atlantic Records and recorded their debut album, they included the song on the tracklist along with another from that cassette: "Time."
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