"Cry" is a song written by Amund Bjørklund and Espen Lind

Espen Lind

Espen Lind, , is a Norwegian songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is one half of the production team Espionage.- Solo records :...

 for former Hear'say

Hear'Say

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 member Kym Marsh

Kym Marsh

Kimberley Gail Marsh is an English actress and singer.- Early life :Marsh was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester and raised in Garswood, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside...

's debut album Standing Tall. It was released as her debut solo single on April 6, 2003 in the United Kingdom

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. It charted at a peak position of number two in the UK Singles Chart

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 in its second week of release.

Reception

The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, in contrast to the reviews of her debut album. In her review of the album Standing Tall, BBC

BBC

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 Music's Ruth Mitchell wrote "Opener "Cry" isn't a fantastic start. The acoustic guitar introduction has been used to death...and the melody, although pleasant, packs no punches and holds no surprises. Yahoo! Music

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 called it a "homage to Natalie Imbruglia

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's Torn

Torn (Ednaswap song)

"Torn" is a song by the band Ednaswap from their debut album Ednaswap . It was their second single from that album, after "Glow". "Torn" was written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, and Phil Thornalley during a demo session in 1993 before Ednaswap was formed. The lyrics were written by Preven....

" and "it's this track that sets the breezy-mostly-written-by-Norwegians guitar pop template on which the rest of the album follows." The Guardian

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's Betty Clarke called the song "a catchy, chick-lit ode to wrong-doing", while