She Cries Your Name

"She Cries Your Name" is a song by Beth Orton. It was released as her third single and found on her 1996 debut album Superpinkymandy and again, as a slightly different version, on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It was also re-released in 1997, with a different set of B-sides.

"She Cries Your Name"
Single by Beth Orton
from the album Trailer Park
Released26 September 1996 & 2 June 1997
LabelHeavenly Records
Songwriter(s)Beth Orton, William Orbit

Background

An early version of "She Cries Your Name" appeared on the 1995 William Orbit album Strange Cargo Hinterland. This version was substantially different from Orton's solo versions, removing most of the folk elements. Orton would later repurpose her chorus on the Orton song, sung repeatedly with layered vocals, as the chorus of her solo version of the track.[1]

The 1996 re-release of "She Cries Your Name" was the lead single from Trailer Park.[2]

Both releases contain 4 songs, and were released on CD and vinyl. The initial release peaked at #76, and the re-release at #40 in the UK official singles chart.

Video

The video for "She Cries Your Name" was shot in a trailer park in the Mojave Desert, which inspired the title of Orton's Trailer Park LP.[3] MTV placed the video into active rotation on September 16, 1997.[4]

Reception

Critics praised Orton's blend of genres on "She Cried Your Name," one reviewer for Option calling the blend of trip-hop, folk music, and soul music "smooth."[5] BBC London presenter Gary Crowley, speaking to Billboard, called "She Cried Your Name" "a fantastic piece of mood music, like a singer/songwriter with a club feel."[2] Spin critic Sarah Vowell called the single the standout track from Trailer Park: "a bittersweet ballad that tastes like tea brewed from tears."[6]

A 2009 retrospective in Pitchfork praised the single's longevity, in particular Orton's "cozy, impressionistic Americana sketches" of the lyrics and the production by Victor Van Vugt.

Track listing

CD: Heavenly / HVN 60CD United Kingdom
  1. "She Cries Your Name" - 4:48
  2. "Tangent" - 7:29
  3. "Safety" - 2:11
  4. "It's Not the Spotlight" (Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin) (Rod Stewart cover) - 4:18
  • 1996 release

CD: Heavenly / HVN 68CD United Kingdom
  1. "She Cries Your Name" - 4:48
  2. "Bullet" - 4:38
  3. "Best Bit" - 3:05
  4. "It's Not the Spotlight" - 4:18
  • 1997 re-release

References
  1. "Beth Orton and the Beat". New Directions in Music. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. Sexton, Paul (14 December 1996). "Britain's Beth Orton Makes Heavenly Debut". Billboard.
  3. Belcher, David (31 October 1996). "Scottish sound of Beth's folk roots". The Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. Reece, Doug (27 September 1997). "Popular Uprisings: Billboard's Weekly Coverage of Hot Prospects for the Heatseekers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. "Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name". No. 72–76. Sonic Options Network. 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. Vowell, Sarah (January 1998). "Unheard Music: Our critics stump for their overlooked and ignored favorites from the margins of '97". Spin. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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