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Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)

May 17, 2023

"Cry Me a River" is a song by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for his debut solo album, Justified (2002). It was written by Scott Storch with producer Timbaland and was inspired by Timberlake's former relationship with singer Britney Spears. Jive Records released the song to contemporary hit and rhythmic radio in the United States on November 25, 2002, as the album's second single. Accompanied by an electric piano, beatbox, guitars, synthesizers, Arabian-inspired riffs and Gregorian chants, "Cry Me a River" is a pop and R&B song about a heartbroken man who moves on from his last girlfriend, who had cheated on him. The song's music video featured a Spears lookalike and fueled the rumors that she had, from September 2001 to February 2002, cheated on Timberlake with Wade Robson, his choreographer.

"Cry Me a River"
Single by Justin Timberlake
from the album Justified
ReleasedNovember 25, 2002 (2002-11-25)
Recorded2002
StudioWestlake, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length4:50
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Justin Timberlake singles chronology
"Like I Love You"
(2002) 		"Cry Me a River"
(2002) 		"Work It"
(2003)
Music video
"Cry Me a River" on YouTube

"Cry Me a River" received acclaim from music critics, who praised Timbaland's production while calling it a standout track on Justified. The song earned several lists of best of the year and the decade (2000s), while Rolling Stone included it on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at 484. It won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2004 ceremony. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Pop Songs charts and charted in the top ten in other countries. It was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Filmmaker Francis Lawrence directed the music video for "Cry Me a River" at 24860 Pacific Coast Hwy in Malibu, California. In the controversial video, Timberlake's character invades the home of his ex-lover and films himself having sexual activity with another woman. Spears alleged that the video was a publicity stunt, but Timberlake maintained that she did not inspire the production. In 2011, however, Timberlake admitted his breakup with Spears inspired the video. The clip won the awards for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" on his four major concert tours: The Justified World Tour (2003–04), Justified and Stripped Tour (2003), FutureSex/LoveShow (2007), and The 20/20 Experience World Tour (2013–15). The song has been covered by various artists without chart success.

Writing and production

 
Timberlake acknowledged in December 2011 that the inspiration behind "Cry Me a River" was his ended relationship with Britney Spears.

Timberlake and Scott Storch wrote "Cry Me a River" with Timbaland, who produced the song.[3] Storch found working with Timberlake easy because of the song's meaning.[4] Reporters believed its lyrics were inspired by Timberlake's failing relationship with singer Britney Spears after the two split in late 2002.[5] Spears was also alleged to have been involved in a relationship with Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, though the two collaborated on multiple songs and the two were occasionally spotted together; Spears denied the affair.[6][7] Timberlake told MTV News, "I'm not going to specifically say if any song is about anybody. I will say writing a couple of songs on the record helped me deal with a couple of things. To me songs are songs. They can stem from things that completely happened to you personally or they can stem from ideas that you think could happen to you."[5] In December 2011, Timberlake admitted that he had written "Cry Me a River" after an argument with Spears: "I was on a phone call that was not the most enjoyable phone call. I walked into the studio and he [Timbaland] could tell I was visibly angry."[8] Timbaland recalled, "I was like, 'Man, don't worry about it' and he was like, 'I can't believe she did that to me' and he was like, 'You were my sun, you were my earth.'"[8]

"Cry Me a River" was recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles by Senator Jimmy D, while Carlos "Storm" Martinez served as the assistant engineer. Jimmy Douglass and Timbaland mixed the song at Manhattan Center Studios in New York City. Timberlake arranged the vocals and was a backup singer alongside Timbaland, Marsha Ambrosius, Tye Tribbett and Greater Anointing.[3] The ad lib "Cry me, cry meeee" at the end of the song was among Ambrosius's contributions.[9] Storch compared Timberlake's vocals on "Cry Me a River" to R&B and rock singer Daryl Hall.[4] Larry Gold provided the string arrangement and conducting, while Storch and Bill Pettaway played the clavinet and guitar, respectively.[3]

Release and response

"Cry Me a River" was released as the second single from Justified.[5] Jive Records serviced the song to contemporary and rhythmic radio in the United States on November 25, 2002.[10][11] On December 23, three remixes were released as a 12-inch single in Canada and France.[12][13] On January 5, 2003, the song was sent to urban contemporary radio stations in the US.[14] It was released as a CD single in Germany on January 23. The single contains the album version of the song and the remixes on its 12-inch single release.[15] A CD single, which included Johnny Fiasco's remix of the song and two additional remixes of "Like I Love You", was released on February 3 and 6 in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively.[16][17] "Cry Me a River" was released as a CD single in the US on February 18. The single features the album version of the song, its instrumental and four remixes.[18]

Following its release, there was media speculation that Spears had written a song as a response to "Cry Me a River";[5] she denied the rumors, explaining, "You know, it's funny. I read that I wrote this song and I wrote these lyrics and that's not my style. I would never do that."[19] Annet Artani, who co-wrote Spears' 2003 song "Everytime", stated that the song was written as a response to "Cry Me a River".[20] When asked during an interview with Diane Sawyer on PrimeTime in 2003, if "Everytime" was about Timberlake, Spears responded, "I'll let the song speak for itself."[21]

Composition and lyrical interpretation

 
"Cry Me a River"
A 27-second sample of "Cry Me a River", which uses clavinet, beatbox, guitars, synthesizers, Arabian-inspired riffs and Gregorian chants in its composition.[3][22][23][24]
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"Cry Me a River" is a pop and R&B song[25] with an instrumentation that features clavinet, guitars,[3][23] beatboxing,[24] synthesizers, Arabian-inspired riffs and Gregorian chants.[22] The instruments are arranged into what critics described as a graceful and mysterious melody.[22] Jane Stevenson of Jam! said the single combines gospel and opera.[26] Tyler Martin of Stylus Magazine enjoyed the way that the song unconventionally mixed a range of experimental sounds.[27] According to Martin, the wave synth affects the real strings to create an unusual dissonance.[27] The song's chorus devolves into a choral reading in which Timberlake pleads over the group. "Cry Me a River" finishes with a Timbaland vocal sample heard during the chorus.[27]

"Cry Me a River" is written in the key of G♯ minor, in alla breve, with a tempo of 74 beats per minute.[23] Timberlake's vocal range spans from the low note of C♯3 to the high note of B4.[23] Billboard magazine critics called "Cry Me a River" a bittersweet song, in which the singer's "familiar tenor belting" is tempered with a soulful falsetto and a "convincingly aggressive rock-spiked baritone" rasp.[28] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly labeled the song "a haunted, pained farewell".[29]

Lyrically, the song is about a heartbroken man who moves on from his past.[30] A Rolling Stone reviewer called the song a "breakup aria".[31] According to Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian, "Cry Me a River" stands out for its "slow-building sense of drama", which highlights Timberlake at his "husky best".[32] The song begins with the phrase "You were my sun, you were my earth", which according to Timbaland was Timberlake's inspiration to write the song.[8][23] Tanya L. Edwards of MTV News observed that Timberlake was lied to and wronged, and said this is demonstrated by the lyrics: "You don't have to say whatcha did / I already know, I found out from him / Now there's just no chance."[33] The chorus contains the lines: "Told me you loved me, why did you leave me all alone / Now you tell me you need me when you call me on the phone."[34] Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani called Timberlake's 2007 single "What Goes Around... Comes Around" an ostensible sequel to "Cry Me a River" both lyrically and musically.[35] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard stated that aside from the presence of Timbaland's "fantastically cluttered production", the difference between "Cry Me a River" and Timberlake's 2013 single "Mirrors" is clear: "10 years ago, Timberlake was broken, and now he is whole".[36]

Reception and accolades

"Cry Me a River, in all its over-sharing glory, has become a classic of its genre; a song that's able to say much more via one acoustic version than any number of media-trained interviews. It should act as the benchmark for any future pop star break-up songs."

—The Guardian's Michael Cragg in 2013.[37]

"Cry Me a River" received acclaim from music critics. Jane Stevenson of Jam! and Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called it a standout track on Justified.[24][26] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic selected the song as a highlight in his review of Justified.[38] Peter Robinson of NME described it as a "twisted epic" and "an acidic, filthy little song teeming with spite and retribution, with Timbaland's pounding."[39] Rolling Stone's Ben Ratliff viewed his production of "Cry Me a River" as exceptional.[40]

Denise Boyd of BBC Music felt that the song's lyrics play as large a role as Timbaland's production, unlike other songs on Justified.[30] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly concluded that the song is "a genuine stunner" that should leave Timberlake's fellow 'N Syncers concerned that he truly may not need them any more.[29] John Mitchell of MTV News called "Cry Me a River" and "What Goes Around... Comes Around" "kiss-off songs", with Timberlake's revenge on Spears present throughout the lyrics.[41]

Idolator staff opined it is the sound of an artist who is "relishing ripping up people's perceptions of him as a sweet-natured teen heartthrob."[42] VH1's Emily Exton wrote, "By stretching the boundaries of pop–and fusing it with notes of R&B, lots of electric goodness, and haunting choral vocals–Timberlake’s kiss-off song instantly becomes more poignant, a pointed reaction to the hurt he’s experienced by someone he once loved."[43]

According to Complex, the song "made people completely forget about 'N Sync and start asking what Timberlake would do next."[44] The single won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2004 award ceremony.[45]

It was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards.[46][47] For Pitchfork Media it was the third best song of 2003.[48]

Retrospective lists

Rolling Stone ranked "Cry Me a River" at number 20 on their list of the 100 Best Songs of the 2000s; a columnist for the magazine wrote that the real inspiration behind the song was the formation of the Timberlake–Timbaland team, "a match made in pop heaven".[49] In 2012, the magazine placed it at number 484 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[31] VH1 ranked "Cry Me a River" at number 59 on their list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s.[50] The Daily Telegraph listed the song at number 40 on the "100 songs that defined the Noughties."[51] In 2015, Spotify re-ranked Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs in two different lists. "Cry Me a River" ranked at number 14 on "by all Spotify users" and 10 on "streams from millennial users".[52] In 2018, Rolling Stone ranked the song 46 on their list "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far".[53]

Commercial performance

"Cry Me a River" debuted at number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated December 21, 2002, earning the Hot Shot Debut honor with 29.6 million audience impressions.[54] On February 1, 2003, the single reached a peak of number three, becoming Timberlake's first solo single to reach that position.[55] The song debuted on the US Pop Songs chart at number 37 in the issue dated December 14, 2002[56] and reached a peak of three on February 1, 2003.[57] For the issue dated December 28, 2002, "Cry Me a River" debuted at number 75 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[58] It reached a peak of 11 on March 8, 2003.[59] It also peaked at number two on the US Hot Dance Club Songs, becoming Timberlake's second top-three song, after his debut single "Like I Love You" reached number one.[60] As of August 2003, remixes of the single have sold more than 61,000 units in the United States.[61] As of 2018, the song has sold 1.2 million copies in the country.[62]

The song debuted at number two on the Australian Singles Chart on March 9, 2003.[63] It fell to number six in the following week. "Cry Me a River" became Timberlake's first top-three solo single on the chart.[63] The song remained on the chart for 12 consecutive weeks. It was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 35,000 units.[64] The single debuted at number 44 in New Zealand on March 9, 2003. After two weeks on the chart, it reached a peak of 11. It remained on the chart for 11 weeks.[65]

In the United Kingdom, "Cry Me a River", debuted at number two on February 15, 2003.[66] The next week it fell to number three, before returning to its original peak on March 1, 2003; it stayed on the chart for 13 weeks.[67] The song has sold over 365,000 copies in the country as of 2015.[68] It debuted at number 14 on the French Singles Chart on April 5, 2003. After three weeks, "Cry Me a River" peaked at number six, and it stayed on the chart for 21 weeks.[69] It was less successful on the Italian Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 14 and stayed on the chart for four weeks.[70] "Cry Me a River" also peaked at number five in Belgium (Wallonia),[71] at number six in the Republic of Ireland[72] and the Netherlands,[73] at number seven in Belgium (Flanders),[74] and at number 10 in Germany,[75] Norway,[76] and Sweden.[77]

Music video

Development and release

The music video for "Cry Me a River" was directed by Francis Lawrence, and filmed in Malibu, California on October 22, 2002.[5] "Lawrence created the video's concept and told MTV News, "[Justin and I] had a conversation on the phone and all he said was he wanted to have some dancing in it, but to do my thing. He told me what the song was about, but in a [general way] as well. He just said it was a kiss-off song and so I came up with this idea and he went for it."[78] Though the name "Britney" was not allowed in the video or on set, Lawrence alluded to Spears the best he could.[79] He explained: "There was just this unspoken agreement between [Justin and I]. Because [Justin and Britney] were on the same label; that’s part of the reason I thought the label would never, ever go for it. It was all about implying certain things, there’s little elements and details that play throughout [the video] and tie it in."[79] Timberlake enjoyed these details, or clues, which included a reference to Spears's tattoo[78] and her newsboy hat.[80]

"I didn’t want to see a sentimental take on the song – I was much more interested in seeing the dark, twisted version, and luckily he went for it. And clearly that scared other people away, but not Justin.

Honestly, I think it was good for him in that moment of transition, because people thought he was a little milquetoast coming out of NSYNC, a little squeaky-clean and so to do something like this shifted people’s perceptions of him a little bit."

—Francis Lawrence talks about the creative concept for the video in 2017.[81]

Lawrence revealed that executives of Jive Records were also nervous about other aspects of the video, such as Timberlake's representation of a voyeur and the tone of some scenes he was portraying with a girl. "That's the thing I liked most about this project, was that he was coming into it with a super clean-cut image with 'N Sync and he's such a nice guy and so handsome and what I was into doing was making him be a bit scary. Lurking around the house in the rain, throwing a rock through her window, being a peeping Tom, getting revenge and doing stuff that's not really what a nice guy does."[78] The shoot lasted three days,[78] and involved a rain machine that gave the video a "sort of noir" feeling.[78] To create the illusion of Timberlake dancing and floating in the house he breaks into, dancers in green-screen suits lifted, dropped, and carried Timberlake around via handles underneath Timberlake's jacket.[78][79]

The music video for "Cry Me a River" premiered on MTV's TRL on November 25, 2002, the same day the single was sent to radio stations.[82] Calling in to TRL to premiere the video, Timberlake emphasized to Carson Daly, "The video is not about her. The video is about me."[82] The video was released onto the iTunes Store on April 28, 2003.[83]

Synopsis

 
Timberlake stalking the blonde woman who portrays Spears inside her house

The video begins with a blonde woman, played by model and actress Lauren Hastings (portraying Spears[84]), walking out of her house hand-in-hand with an unidentified man.[85] The couple leaves in the woman's car (a silver Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet (996)) as Timberlake rolls down the window of a black Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W220),[86] from which he and his friend have been watching the woman.[78] Timberlake breaks into the house by throwing a rock through a window and proceeds through the woman's house, with anti-gravity jumps and slides, not causing any other visible damage, except for kicking a picture frame of the woman across the living room.[84] Then he searches some drawers and finds a video camera, while the driver of the car, Timbaland, signals for his female accomplice in the back of the car, played by model Kiana Bessa, to go in. She enters the house and goes with Timberlake to a bedroom, where she starts to undress and kiss Timberlake, who has a smug expression while being filmed. They stay in the bedroom for a moment; then the accomplice exits the house but a still-cocky Timberlake stays. As the blonde woman returns, he follows her around the house and hides in a closet as she showers. He gets closer to her and touches the glass surrounding the shower. The blonde woman senses someone in the room and turns around, but Timberlake is gone. She leaves the bathroom and goes into her bedroom, where the video he made with his new lover plays on the television.

Reception

After the video's TRL premiere, Carson Daly noted that Justin's character in the video has "an American Psycho feel" to it, to which Justin replied, "Hey man, I'm crazy."[82] Peter Robinson of NME wrote that the video shows "what Justin looks like after he's had sex. Clue: he looks pretty good."[87] According to Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times, Timberlake channels the character Neo from The Matrix film series, "pacing anxiously around wet and metallic interiors".[88] At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, the video for "Cry Me a River" won in the categories of Best Male Video and Best Pop Video.[89] It had also been nominated for Video of the Year, Best Direction in a Video and Viewer's Choice.[90] In a 2006 issue proclaiming Timberlake the International Man of the Year, British GQ declared, "One minute Timberlake was a forgotten relic of teeny pop, the next he's making the video for 'Cry Me A River' in which he's stalking his ex and creeping up behind her to sniff her hair. And within the space of a year no one could give two hoots about his New Mickey Mouse Club beginnings. Timberlake suddenly became Trousersnake and he'd done the impossible—he'd become cool."[91]

Following the release of the music video, Us Weekly ran a cover story titled Britney Vs. Justin: The War Is On. Timberlake continued to deny that Spears inspired the video.[85] However, Spears told Rolling Stone in October 2003 that she received a call from Timberlake saying there would be a look-alike of her in his music video. She states that he reassured her by saying, "Don't worry about it. It's not a big deal".[92] Spears, who had not seen the video, says she allowed him to do so but became infuriated after watching it. She recalled that when she asked why he had made a video about her, he replied, "Well, I got a controversial video."[92] She stated that it was a great publicity stunt, commenting, "So he got what he wanted. I think it looks like such a desperate attempt, personally."[92] After the release of Spears' video for "Toxic" (2003), Jennifer Vineyard of MTV News said her video "[made] "Cry Me a River" look like child's play".[93]

In 2013, Billboard editor Jason Lipshutz opined the clip was "one of the more brilliant musical moments in pop music since the dawn of the century. The visual is JT's most controversial music video to date." He added, "The "Cry Me a River" video served a dual purpose for Timberlake: to court controversy, and to make its star seem more grown-up."[94] In 2018, Billboard critics named it the 24th "greatest music video of the 21st century."[95]

Live performances

Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" for the first time on an episode of TRL, the same day as the release of Justified.[96] He again performed the song at the 13th annual Billboard Music Awards, held on December 9, 2002, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He was accompanied by a string section and a 20-member choir.[97] He also performed the song on the Justified World Tour (2003–04), his first worldwide tour.[98] The song was eighth on the set list of Justified/Stripped Tour (2003), his joint North American tour with Christina Aguilera. Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" on a promotional concert held at House of Blues in West Hollywood, California on June 17, 2003.[99] He performed a rock-inspired version of the song on Saturday Night Live on October 11, 2003;[100] and it was fourteenth on the set list of his second worldwide tour, FutureSex/LoveShow (2007).[101] During his world tour in Zürich, Switzerland, in August 2007, Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" and segued into the chorus of Rehab by Amy Winehouse.[102][103]

On October 23, 2010, while performing at the annual charity gig "Justin Timberlake and Friends" in Las Vegas, Timberlake began the show with a slow and "sultry" performance of "Cry Me a River" and segued into a cover of Bill Withers' 1971 single "Ain't No Sunshine".[104] He later resumed "Cry Me a River" before segueing into a cover of Drake's 2010 song "Over". Jillian Mapes of Billboard described the performance as "completely lovely in an effortless sort of way."[104] Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" at concert he held during the 2013 Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans.[105] Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" in a medley with other of his songs at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. After the performance he accepted a Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the ceremony.[106] Timberlake included the single on the set list of his fifth worldwide concert tour, The 20/20 Experience World Tour (2013–15).[107]

Covers

The song was first covered by Welsh alternative metal band Lostprophets, recorded in a BBC Radio One session. It appears as a b-side of the single Last Train Home, released in 2004.[108] American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performed a cover of "Cry Me a River" in Memphis, Tennessee, during the Speak Now World Tour (2011–12).[109] Justin Bieber recorded a cover of the song together with Kanye West's 2007 single "Stronger", which he posted on his YouTube account.[110] Canadian rock band The Cliks also covered the song for their 2007 album Snakehouse.[111] British singer Leona Lewis covered "Cry Me a River" during her debut concert tour The Labyrinth (2010). The Sheffield Star described the version as a "beautifully, sitting quietly, almost a capella".[112] In 2011 New Zealand band Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra released a cover version on their "I Love You..." EP.[113]

American indie pop duo Jack and White covered the song on their 2012 extended play Undercover.[114] Recording artist Kelly Clarkson covered the song on September 1, 2012, as a fan request during her 2012 Summer Tour with The Fray.[115] In January 2013, American singer Selena Gomez performed an acoustic version of "Cry Me a River" at the UNICEF charity concert in New York City.[116] In February 2015, Scottish synthpop band Chvrches performed a cover of "Cry Me a River" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.[117] The New Jersey alternative metal band 40 Below Summer performed a cover of the song in their 2015 album Transmission Infrared. American Post-Hardcore vocalist Johnny Craig is also well known for his 2009 cover of the song, prior to his first solo album release.

In other media

In May 2020, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released a campaign ad which took aim at Donald Trump for complaining in a 2020 interview about being "treated worse" by the media than any other president instead of focusing on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The ad was soundtracked by "Cry Me a River".[118]

Influence

"[The song] is the universal symbol of the bad celebrity break-up – more powerful than a stack of Angelina vs. Aniston tabloid covers, more effective than an official statement mailed to People magazine."

—Ottawa Citizen's Leah Collins following Selena Gomez's cover in 2013.[119]

"Cry Me a River" marked the first collaboration between Timberlake and Timbaland, and its critical and commercial success started "one of the most forward-thinking star-producer duos in pop music", as described by Variety's author Andrew Barker.[120] Alternative rock band Coldplay revealed that the single was an inspiration for the drumbeat of their song "Lost!".[121] Rock singer Marilyn Manson cited it as one of the main songs that influenced him.[122] In order to use the song in the 2017 film Lady Bird set in 2003, director Greta Gerwig sent a letter to Timberlake, "Your album Justified was that year, and it owned that year."[123]

Rosalía samples the chorus from "Cry Me a River" for her song "Bagdad" on her album El mal querer (2018), featuring a Barcelona children's choir. Billboard deemed the track "a transcultural re-interpretation" of "Cry Me a River."[124] Halsey's song "Without Me" contains an interpolation of the pre-chorus of "Cry Me a River".[125]

"Cry Me a River" was also the title of a 1953 song written by Arthur Hamilton and made famous by Julie London in 1955. According to the Wikipedia article on the song, Hamilton was the originator of the phrase "cry me a river" borrowed in the song covered by Timberlake.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Recording and mixing
  • Recorded at Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, New York City, New York; strings recorded at The Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Justified, Jive Records.[3]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Cry Me a River"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[157] 2× Platinum 140,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[158] Platinum 90,000 
France (SNEP)[159] Gold 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[160] Gold 250,000 
Italy (FIMI)[161] Gold 25,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[162] Platinum 600,000 
United States (RIAA) — 1,200,000[62]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Radio and release history

Release dates and formats for "Cry Me a River"
Region Release date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United States November 25, 2002
Jive [163]
Germany December 23, 2002 12-inch vinyl [164]
United States December 23, 2002 [165]
United States January 6, 2003 Urban contemporary radio [166]
Germany January 27, 2003 Maxi single [15]
United Kingdom February 3, 2003 CD single, 12-inch vinyl, cassette single [167]
United States February 18, 2003 Maxi single [18]
Australia February 24, 2003 CD single [168]
France March 31, 2003 CD single, maxi single [169][170]

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river, justin, timberlake, song, river, song, american, singer, songwriter, justin, timberlake, debut, solo, album, justified, 2002, written, scott, storch, with, producer, timbaland, inspired, timberlake, former, relationship, with, singer, britney, spears, j. Cry Me a River is a song by American singer songwriter Justin Timberlake for his debut solo album Justified 2002 It was written by Scott Storch with producer Timbaland and was inspired by Timberlake s former relationship with singer Britney Spears Jive Records released the song to contemporary hit and rhythmic radio in the United States on November 25 2002 as the album s second single Accompanied by an electric piano beatbox guitars synthesizers Arabian inspired riffs and Gregorian chants Cry Me a River is a pop and R amp B song about a heartbroken man who moves on from his last girlfriend who had cheated on him The song s music video featured a Spears lookalike and fueled the rumors that she had from September 2001 to February 2002 cheated on Timberlake with Wade Robson his choreographer Cry Me a River Single by Justin Timberlakefrom the album JustifiedReleasedNovember 25 2002 2002 11 25 Recorded2002StudioWestlake Los Angeles CaliforniaGenrePop 1 2 R amp BLength4 50LabelJiveSongwriter s Justin Timberlake Timothy Mosley Scott StorchProducer s Timbaland Scott StorchJustin Timberlake singles chronology Like I Love You 2002 Cry Me a River 2002 Work It 2003 Music video Cry Me a River on YouTube Cry Me a River received acclaim from music critics who praised Timbaland s production while calling it a standout track on Justified The song earned several lists of best of the year and the decade 2000s while Rolling Stone included it on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at 484 It won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2004 ceremony The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Pop Songs charts and charted in the top ten in other countries It was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA and platinum by the British Phonographic Industry BPI Filmmaker Francis Lawrence directed the music video for Cry Me a River at 24860 Pacific Coast Hwy in Malibu California In the controversial video Timberlake s character invades the home of his ex lover and films himself having sexual activity with another woman Spears alleged that the video was a publicity stunt but Timberlake maintained that she did not inspire the production In 2011 however Timberlake admitted his breakup with Spears inspired the video The clip won the awards for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards Timberlake performed Cry Me a River on his four major concert tours The Justified World Tour 2003 04 Justified and Stripped Tour 2003 FutureSex LoveShow 2007 and The 20 20 Experience World Tour 2013 15 The song has been covered by various artists without chart success Contents 1 Writing and production 2 Release and response 3 Composition and lyrical interpretation 4 Reception and accolades 4 1 Retrospective lists 5 Commercial performance 6 Music video 6 1 Development and release 6 2 Synopsis 6 3 Reception 7 Live performances 8 Covers 8 1 In other media 9 Influence 10 Track listings 11 Credits and personnel 12 Charts 12 1 Weekly charts 12 2 Year end charts 13 Certifications 14 Radio and release history 15 ReferencesWriting and production Edit Timberlake acknowledged in December 2011 that the inspiration behind Cry Me a River was his ended relationship with Britney Spears Timberlake and Scott Storch wrote Cry Me a River with Timbaland who produced the song 3 Storch found working with Timberlake easy because of the song s meaning 4 Reporters believed its lyrics were inspired by Timberlake s failing relationship with singer Britney Spears after the two split in late 2002 5 Spears was also alleged to have been involved in a relationship with Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst though the two collaborated on multiple songs and the two were occasionally spotted together Spears denied the affair 6 7 Timberlake told MTV News I m not going to specifically say if any song is about anybody I will say writing a couple of songs on the record helped me deal with a couple of things To me songs are songs They can stem from things that completely happened to you personally or they can stem from ideas that you think could happen to you 5 In December 2011 Timberlake admitted that he had written Cry Me a River after an argument with Spears I was on a phone call that was not the most enjoyable phone call I walked into the studio and he Timbaland could tell I was visibly angry 8 Timbaland recalled I was like Man don t worry about it and he was like I can t believe she did that to me and he was like You were my sun you were my earth 8 Cry Me a River was recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles by Senator Jimmy D while Carlos Storm Martinez served as the assistant engineer Jimmy Douglass and Timbaland mixed the song at Manhattan Center Studios in New York City Timberlake arranged the vocals and was a backup singer alongside Timbaland Marsha Ambrosius Tye Tribbett and Greater Anointing 3 The ad lib Cry me cry meeee at the end of the song was among Ambrosius s contributions 9 Storch compared Timberlake s vocals on Cry Me a River to R amp B and rock singer Daryl Hall 4 Larry Gold provided the string arrangement and conducting while Storch and Bill Pettaway played the clavinet and guitar respectively 3 Release and response Edit Cry Me a River was released as the second single from Justified 5 Jive Records serviced the song to contemporary and rhythmic radio in the United States on November 25 2002 10 11 On December 23 three remixes were released as a 12 inch single in Canada and France 12 13 On January 5 2003 the song was sent to urban contemporary radio stations in the US 14 It was released as a CD single in Germany on January 23 The single contains the album version of the song and the remixes on its 12 inch single release 15 A CD single which included Johnny Fiasco s remix of the song and two additional remixes of Like I Love You was released on February 3 and 6 in the United Kingdom and Canada respectively 16 17 Cry Me a River was released as a CD single in the US on February 18 The single features the album version of the song its instrumental and four remixes 18 Following its release there was media speculation that Spears had written a song as a response to Cry Me a River 5 she denied the rumors explaining You know it s funny I read that I wrote this song and I wrote these lyrics and that s not my style I would never do that 19 Annet Artani who co wrote Spears 2003 song Everytime stated that the song was written as a response to Cry Me a River 20 When asked during an interview with Diane Sawyer on PrimeTime in 2003 if Everytime was about Timberlake Spears responded I ll let the song speak for itself 21 Composition and lyrical interpretation Edit Cry Me a River source source A 27 second sample of Cry Me a River which uses clavinet beatbox guitars synthesizers Arabian inspired riffs and Gregorian chants in its composition 3 22 23 24 Problems playing this file See media help Cry Me a River is a pop and R amp B song 25 with an instrumentation that features clavinet guitars 3 23 beatboxing 24 synthesizers Arabian inspired riffs and Gregorian chants 22 The instruments are arranged into what critics described as a graceful and mysterious melody 22 Jane Stevenson of Jam said the single combines gospel and opera 26 Tyler Martin of Stylus Magazine enjoyed the way that the song unconventionally mixed a range of experimental sounds 27 According to Martin the wave synth affects the real strings to create an unusual dissonance 27 The song s chorus devolves into a choral reading in which Timberlake pleads over the group Cry Me a River finishes with a Timbaland vocal sample heard during the chorus 27 Cry Me a River is written in the key of G minor in alla breve with a tempo of 74 beats per minute 23 Timberlake s vocal range spans from the low note of C 3 to the high note of B4 23 Billboard magazine critics called Cry Me a River a bittersweet song in which the singer s familiar tenor belting is tempered with a soulful falsetto and a convincingly aggressive rock spiked baritone rasp 28 David Browne of Entertainment Weekly labeled the song a haunted pained farewell 29 Lyrically the song is about a heartbroken man who moves on from his past 30 A Rolling Stone reviewer called the song a breakup aria 31 According to Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian Cry Me a River stands out for its slow building sense of drama which highlights Timberlake at his husky best 32 The song begins with the phrase You were my sun you were my earth which according to Timbaland was Timberlake s inspiration to write the song 8 23 Tanya L Edwards of MTV News observed that Timberlake was lied to and wronged and said this is demonstrated by the lyrics You don t have to say whatcha did I already know I found out from him Now there s just no chance 33 The chorus contains the lines Told me you loved me why did you leave me all alone Now you tell me you need me when you call me on the phone 34 Slant Magazine s Sal Cinquemani called Timberlake s 2007 single What Goes Around Comes Around an ostensible sequel to Cry Me a River both lyrically and musically 35 Jason Lipshutz of Billboard stated that aside from the presence of Timbaland s fantastically cluttered production the difference between Cry Me a River and Timberlake s 2013 single Mirrors is clear 10 years ago Timberlake was broken and now he is whole 36 Reception and accolades Edit Cry Me a River in all its over sharing glory has become a classic of its genre a song that s able to say much more via one acoustic version than any number of media trained interviews It should act as the benchmark for any future pop star break up songs The Guardian s Michael Cragg in 2013 37 Cry Me a River received acclaim from music critics Jane Stevenson of Jam and Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called it a standout track on Justified 24 26 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic selected the song as a highlight in his review of Justified 38 Peter Robinson of NME described it as a twisted epic and an acidic filthy little song teeming with spite and retribution with Timbaland s pounding 39 Rolling Stone s Ben Ratliff viewed his production of Cry Me a River as exceptional 40 Denise Boyd of BBC Music felt that the song s lyrics play as large a role as Timbaland s production unlike other songs on Justified 30 David Browne of Entertainment Weekly concluded that the song is a genuine stunner that should leave Timberlake s fellow N Syncers concerned that he truly may not need them any more 29 John Mitchell of MTV News called Cry Me a River and What Goes Around Comes Around kiss off songs with Timberlake s revenge on Spears present throughout the lyrics 41 Idolator staff opined it is the sound of an artist who is relishing ripping up people s perceptions of him as a sweet natured teen heartthrob 42 VH1 s Emily Exton wrote By stretching the boundaries of pop and fusing it with notes of R amp B lots of electric goodness and haunting choral vocals Timberlake s kiss off song instantly becomes more poignant a pointed reaction to the hurt he s experienced by someone he once loved 43 According to Complex the song made people completely forget about N Sync and start asking what Timberlake would do next 44 The single won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2004 award ceremony 45 It was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards 46 47 For Pitchfork Media it was the third best song of 2003 48 Retrospective lists Edit Rolling Stone ranked Cry Me a River at number 20 on their list of the 100 Best Songs of the 2000s a columnist for the magazine wrote that the real inspiration behind the song was the formation of the Timberlake Timbaland team a match made in pop heaven 49 In 2012 the magazine placed it at number 484 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 31 VH1 ranked Cry Me a River at number 59 on their list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s 50 The Daily Telegraph listed the song at number 40 on the 100 songs that defined the Noughties 51 In 2015 Spotify re ranked Rolling Stone s 500 Greatest Songs in two different lists Cry Me a River ranked at number 14 on by all Spotify users and 10 on streams from millennial users 52 In 2018 Rolling Stone ranked the song 46 on their list The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century So Far 53 Commercial performance Edit Cry Me a River debuted at number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated December 21 2002 earning the Hot Shot Debut honor with 29 6 million audience impressions 54 On February 1 2003 the single reached a peak of number three becoming Timberlake s first solo single to reach that position 55 The song debuted on the US Pop Songs chart at number 37 in the issue dated December 14 2002 56 and reached a peak of three on February 1 2003 57 For the issue dated December 28 2002 Cry Me a River debuted at number 75 on the US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart 58 It reached a peak of 11 on March 8 2003 59 It also peaked at number two on the US Hot Dance Club Songs becoming Timberlake s second top three song after his debut single Like I Love You reached number one 60 As of August 2003 remixes of the single have sold more than 61 000 units in the United States 61 As of 2018 the song has sold 1 2 million copies in the country 62 The song debuted at number two on the Australian Singles Chart on March 9 2003 63 It fell to number six in the following week Cry Me a River became Timberlake s first top three solo single on the chart 63 The song remained on the chart for 12 consecutive weeks It was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA for shipments of 35 000 units 64 The single debuted at number 44 in New Zealand on March 9 2003 After two weeks on the chart it reached a peak of 11 It remained on the chart for 11 weeks 65 In the United Kingdom Cry Me a River debuted at number two on February 15 2003 66 The next week it fell to number three before returning to its original peak on March 1 2003 it stayed on the chart for 13 weeks 67 The song has sold over 365 000 copies in the country as of 2015 68 It debuted at number 14 on the French Singles Chart on April 5 2003 After three weeks Cry Me a River peaked at number six and it stayed on the chart for 21 weeks 69 It was less successful on the Italian Singles Chart where it peaked at number 14 and stayed on the chart for four weeks 70 Cry Me a River also peaked at number five in Belgium Wallonia 71 at number six in the Republic of Ireland 72 and the Netherlands 73 at number seven in Belgium Flanders 74 and at number 10 in Germany 75 Norway 76 and Sweden 77 Music video EditDevelopment and release Edit The music video for Cry Me a River was directed by Francis Lawrence and filmed in Malibu California on October 22 2002 5 Lawrence created the video s concept and told MTV News Justin and I had a conversation on the phone and all he said was he wanted to have some dancing in it but to do my thing He told me what the song was about but in a general way as well He just said it was a kiss off song and so I came up with this idea and he went for it 78 Though the name Britney was not allowed in the video or on set Lawrence alluded to Spears the best he could 79 He explained There was just this unspoken agreement between Justin and I Because Justin and Britney were on the same label that s part of the reason I thought the label would never ever go for it It was all about implying certain things there s little elements and details that play throughout the video and tie it in 79 Timberlake enjoyed these details or clues which included a reference to Spears s tattoo 78 and her newsboy hat 80 I didn t want to see a sentimental take on the song I was much more interested in seeing the dark twisted version and luckily he went for it And clearly that scared other people away but not Justin Honestly I think it was good for him in that moment of transition because people thought he was a little milquetoast coming out of NSYNC a little squeaky clean and so to do something like this shifted people s perceptions of him a little bit Francis Lawrence talks about the creative concept for the video in 2017 81 Lawrence revealed that executives of Jive Records were also nervous about other aspects of the video such as Timberlake s representation of a voyeur and the tone of some scenes he was portraying with a girl That s the thing I liked most about this project was that he was coming into it with a super clean cut image with N Sync and he s such a nice guy and so handsome and what I was into doing was making him be a bit scary Lurking around the house in the rain throwing a rock through her window being a peeping Tom getting revenge and doing stuff that s not really what a nice guy does 78 The shoot lasted three days 78 and involved a rain machine that gave the video a sort of noir feeling 78 To create the illusion of Timberlake dancing and floating in the house he breaks into dancers in green screen suits lifted dropped and carried Timberlake around via handles underneath Timberlake s jacket 78 79 The music video for Cry Me a River premiered on MTV s TRL on November 25 2002 the same day the single was sent to radio stations 82 Calling in to TRL to premiere the video Timberlake emphasized to Carson Daly The video is not about her The video is about me 82 The video was released onto the iTunes Store on April 28 2003 83 Synopsis Edit Timberlake stalking the blonde woman who portrays Spears inside her house The video begins with a blonde woman played by model and actress Lauren Hastings portraying Spears 84 walking out of her house hand in hand with an unidentified man 85 The couple leaves in the woman s car a silver Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet 996 as Timberlake rolls down the window of a black Mercedes Benz S Class W220 86 from which he and his friend have been watching the woman 78 Timberlake breaks into the house by throwing a rock through a window and proceeds through the woman s house with anti gravity jumps and slides not causing any other visible damage except for kicking a picture frame of the woman across the living room 84 Then he searches some drawers and finds a video camera while the driver of the car Timbaland signals for his female accomplice in the back of the car played by model Kiana Bessa to go in She enters the house and goes with Timberlake to a bedroom where she starts to undress and kiss Timberlake who has a smug expression while being filmed They stay in the bedroom for a moment then the accomplice exits the house but a still cocky Timberlake stays As the blonde woman returns he follows her around the house and hides in a closet as she showers He gets closer to her and touches the glass surrounding the shower The blonde woman senses someone in the room and turns around but Timberlake is gone She leaves the bathroom and goes into her bedroom where the video he made with his new lover plays on the television Reception Edit After the video s TRL premiere Carson Daly noted that Justin s character in the video has an American Psycho feel to it to which Justin replied Hey man I m crazy 82 Peter Robinson of NME wrote that the video shows what Justin looks like after he s had sex Clue he looks pretty good 87 According to Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times Timberlake channels the character Neo from The Matrix film series pacing anxiously around wet and metallic interiors 88 At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards the video for Cry Me a River won in the categories of Best Male Video and Best Pop Video 89 It had also been nominated for Video of the Year Best Direction in a Video and Viewer s Choice 90 In a 2006 issue proclaiming Timberlake the International Man of the Year British GQ declared One minute Timberlake was a forgotten relic of teeny pop the next he s making the video for Cry Me A River in which he s stalking his ex and creeping up behind her to sniff her hair And within the space of a year no one could give two hoots about his New Mickey Mouse Club beginnings Timberlake suddenly became Trousersnake and he d done the impossible he d become cool 91 Following the release of the music video Us Weekly ran a cover story titled Britney Vs Justin The War Is On Timberlake continued to deny that Spears inspired the video 85 However Spears told Rolling Stone in October 2003 that she received a call from Timberlake saying there would be a look alike of her in his music video She states that he reassured her by saying Don t worry about it It s not a big deal 92 Spears who had not seen the video says she allowed him to do so but became infuriated after watching it She recalled that when she asked why he had made a video about her he replied Well I got a controversial video 92 She stated that it was a great publicity stunt commenting So he got what he wanted I think it looks like such a desperate attempt personally 92 After the release of Spears video for Toxic 2003 Jennifer Vineyard of MTV News said her video made Cry Me a River look like child s play 93 In 2013 Billboard editor Jason Lipshutz opined the clip was one of the more brilliant musical moments in pop music since the dawn of the century The visual is JT s most controversial music video to date He added The Cry Me a River video served a dual purpose for Timberlake to court controversy and to make its star seem more grown up 94 In 2018 Billboard critics named it the 24th greatest music video of the 21st century 95 Live performances EditTimberlake performed Cry Me a River for the first time on an episode of TRL the same day as the release of Justified 96 He again performed the song at the 13th annual Billboard Music Awards held on December 9 2002 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas He was accompanied by a string section and a 20 member choir 97 He also performed the song on the Justified World Tour 2003 04 his first worldwide tour 98 The song was eighth on the set list of Justified Stripped Tour 2003 his joint North American tour with Christina Aguilera Timberlake performed Cry Me a River on a promotional concert held at House of Blues in West Hollywood California on June 17 2003 99 He performed a rock inspired version of the song on Saturday Night Live on October 11 2003 100 and it was fourteenth on the set list of his second worldwide tour FutureSex LoveShow 2007 101 During his world tour in Zurich Switzerland in August 2007 Timberlake performed Cry Me a River and segued into the chorus of Rehab by Amy Winehouse 102 103 On October 23 2010 while performing at the annual charity gig Justin Timberlake and Friends in Las Vegas Timberlake began the show with a slow and sultry performance of Cry Me a River and segued into a cover of Bill Withers 1971 single Ain t No Sunshine 104 He later resumed Cry Me a River before segueing into a cover of Drake s 2010 song Over Jillian Mapes of Billboard described the performance as completely lovely in an effortless sort of way 104 Timberlake performed Cry Me a River at concert he held during the 2013 Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans 105 Timberlake performed Cry Me a River in a medley with other of his songs at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards After the performance he accepted a Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the ceremony 106 Timberlake included the single on the set list of his fifth worldwide concert tour The 20 20 Experience World Tour 2013 15 107 Covers EditThe song was first covered by Welsh alternative metal band Lostprophets recorded in a BBC Radio One session It appears as a b side of the single Last Train Home released in 2004 108 American singer songwriter Taylor Swift performed a cover of Cry Me a River in Memphis Tennessee during the Speak Now World Tour 2011 12 109 Justin Bieber recorded a cover of the song together with Kanye West s 2007 single Stronger which he posted on his YouTube account 110 Canadian rock band The Cliks also covered the song for their 2007 album Snakehouse 111 British singer Leona Lewis covered Cry Me a River during her debut concert tour The Labyrinth 2010 The Sheffield Star described the version as a beautifully sitting quietly almost a capella 112 In 2011 New Zealand band Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra released a cover version on their I Love You EP 113 American indie pop duo Jack and White covered the song on their 2012 extended play Undercover 114 Recording artist Kelly Clarkson covered the song on September 1 2012 as a fan request during her 2012 Summer Tour with The Fray 115 In January 2013 American singer Selena Gomez performed an acoustic version of Cry Me a River at the UNICEF charity concert in New York City 116 In February 2015 Scottish synthpop band Chvrches performed a cover of Cry Me a River on BBC Radio 1 s Live Lounge 117 The New Jersey alternative metal band 40 Below Summer performed a cover of the song in their 2015 album Transmission Infrared American Post Hardcore vocalist Johnny Craig is also well known for his 2009 cover of the song prior to his first solo album release In other media Edit In May 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released a campaign ad which took aim at Donald Trump for complaining in a 2020 interview about being treated worse by the media than any other president instead of focusing on the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic The ad was soundtracked by Cry Me a River 118 Influence Edit The song is the universal symbol of the bad celebrity break up more powerful than a stack of Angelina vs Aniston tabloid covers more effective than an official statement mailed to People magazine Ottawa Citizen s Leah Collins following Selena Gomez s cover in 2013 119 Cry Me a River marked the first collaboration between Timberlake and Timbaland and its critical and commercial success started one of the most forward thinking star producer duos in pop music as described by Variety s author Andrew Barker 120 Alternative rock band Coldplay revealed that the single was an inspiration for the drumbeat of their song Lost 121 Rock singer Marilyn Manson cited it as one of the main songs that influenced him 122 In order to use the song in the 2017 film Lady Bird set in 2003 director Greta Gerwig sent a letter to Timberlake Your album Justified was that year and it owned that year 123 Rosalia samples the chorus from Cry Me a River for her song Bagdad on her album El mal querer 2018 featuring a Barcelona children s choir Billboard deemed the track a transcultural re interpretation of Cry Me a River 124 Halsey s song Without Me contains an interpolation of the pre chorus of Cry Me a River 125 Cry Me a River was also the title of a 1953 song written by Arthur Hamilton and made famous by Julie London in 1955 According to the Wikipedia article on the song Hamilton was the originator of the phrase cry me a river borrowed in the song covered by Timberlake Track listings Edit12 inch single 12 Cry Me a River Dirty Vegas Vocal Mix 8 11 Cry Me a River Bill Hamel Justinough Vocal Remix 7 43 Cry Me a River Johny Fiasco mix 7 56Germany maxi single 15 Cry Me a River 4 48 Cry Me a River Dirty Vegas Vocal Mix 8 11 Cry Me a River Bill Hamel Justinough Vocal Remix 7 43 Like I Love You Basement Jaxx Vocal Mix 6 04UK maxi single 16 Cry Me a River 4 48 Cry Me a River Dirty Vegas Vocal Mix 8 11 Cry Me a River Bill Hamel Vocal Remix 7 43 Canada maxi single 17 Cry Me a River Johny Fiasco mix 7 56 Like I Love You Basement Jaxx Vocal Mix 6 04 Like I Love You Deep Dish Zigzag Remix 9 40US maxi single 18 126 Cry Me a River 4 48 Cry Me a River Instrumental version 4 48 Cry Me a River Dirty Vegas Vocal Mix 8 11 Cry Me A River Junior s Vasquez Earth Club Mix 6 43 Like I Love You Basement Jaxx Vocal Mix 6 04 Like I Love You Deep Dish Zigzag Remix 9 40Credits and personnel EditRecording and mixingRecorded at Westlake Recording Studios Los Angeles California mixed at Manhattan Center Studios New York City New York strings recorded at The Studio Philadelphia Pennsylvania PersonnelSongwriting Justin Timberlake Timothy Mosley Scott Storch Production Timbaland Recording Senator Jimmy D Assistant engineer Carlos Storm Martinez Mixing Jimmy Douglass Timbaland Mixing assistant Steamy String arrangement and conducting Larry Gold Background vocals Justin Timberlake Timbaland Marsha Ambrosius Tyrone Tribbett Greater Anointing Clavinet Scott Storch Guitar Bill Pettaway Vocal arrangement Justin Timberlake Credits adapted from the liner notes of Justified Jive Records 3 Charts EditWeekly charts Edit 2003 weekly chart performance for Cry Me a River Chart 2003 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 63 2Australian Urban ARIA 127 3Austria O3 Austria Top 40 128 29Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 74 7Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 71 5Croatia HRT 129 4Denmark Tracklisten 130 11Europe Eurochart Hot 100 131 4Finland Suomen virallinen lista 132 19France SNEP 69 6Germany Official German Charts 75 13Greece IFPI 133 11Hungary Single Top 40 134 6Ireland IRMA 72 6Italy FIMI 70 14Netherlands Dutch Top 40 135 7Netherlands Single Top 100 73 6New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 65 11Norway VG lista 76 10Poland Music amp Media 136 14Romania Romanian Top 100 137 16Scotland OCC 138 3Sweden Sverigetopplistan 77 10Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 139 20UK Singles OCC 66 2UK Indie OCC 140 1UK Hip Hop R amp B OCC 141 1US Billboard Hot 100 55 3US Dance Club Songs Billboard 60 Remixes 2US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 142 Dirty Vegas J Fiasco amp B Hamel Mixes 1US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 59 11US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 143 3US Rhythmic Billboard 144 92013 weekly chart performance for Cry Me a River Chart 2013 PeakpositionCanada Nielsen SoundScan 145 43 Year end charts Edit Year end chart performance for Cry Me a River Chart 2003 PositionAustralia ARIA 146 54Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 147 60Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 148 33France SNEP 149 50Ireland IRMA 150 36Netherlands Dutch Top 40 151 56Netherlands Single Top 100 152 61Sweden Sverigetopplistan 153 72UK Singles OCC 154 29US Billboard Hot 100 155 30US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 156 75Certifications EditCertifications and sales for Cry Me a River Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 157 2 Platinum 140 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 158 Platinum 90 000 France SNEP 159 Gold 250 000 Germany BVMI 160 Gold 250 000 Italy FIMI 161 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 162 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 1 200 000 62 Sales figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Radio and release history EditRelease dates and formats for Cry Me a River Region Release date Format s Label s Ref s United States November 25 2002 Contemporary hit radiorhythmic contemporary radio Jive 163 Germany December 23 2002 12 inch vinyl 164 United States December 23 2002 165 United States January 6 2003 Urban contemporary radio 166 Germany January 27 2003 Maxi single 15 United Kingdom February 3 2003 CD single 12 inch vinyl cassette single 167 United States February 18 2003 Maxi single 18 Australia February 24 2003 CD single 168 France March 31 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