Everytime I Cry

{{For|the Ava Max song|EveryTime I Cry}} {{Infobox song | name = Everytime I Cry | cover = 1407911-terri-clark-everytime-i-cry-single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Terri Clark | album = How I Feel | B-side = "Till I Get There"<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=95–96|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> | released = January 25, 1999 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:47 | label = Mercury | writer = {{hlist|Bob Regan|Karen Staley}} | producer = Keith Stegall | prev_title = You're Easy on the Eyes | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Unsung Hero | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LRkWrZr8uzA|"Everytime I Cry"}}}} }}

"'''Everytime I Cry'''" is a song written by Bob Regan and Karen Staley, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in January 1999 as the third single from her album ''How I Feel''. The song reached number 2 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in May 1999<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.8156&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=84j43j5ut6avk2a2mn1dnr0951 RPM Country Tracks]</ref> and number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=terri clark|chart=Country Songs}} Terri Clark Chart History]</ref>

==Content== The song chronicles a woman's continuing disappointment in her ex-lover who keeps putting her heart into misery over and over again.

==Critical reception== Deborah Evans Price, of ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Clark gives a strong performance. She calls Stegall's production "always right on the mark."<ref>''Billboard'', January 30, 1999</ref>

==Music video== The music video was directed by Morgan Lawley and premiered in early 1999. The video shows Clark on an escalator and in a room with the walls around her moving closer, while the video storyline interprets various forms of domestic abuse.

A young boy is shown with a hamster in a cage, at the same time a man calls the house while the mother lets the phone ring. The boy attempts to answer the phone, but is advised not to. The mother, meanwhile is putting on makeup to cover bruises on her face.

The young boy goes over to a young girl's house with the hamster in the shoebox. As she attempts to leave, he witnesses the girl getting verbally and physically abused by her father, while a vicious dog is seen chained up in the yard. The boy runs home and calls 911 to report the abuse. After the call is made, the father is confronted by the authorities as the girl is apprehended by Child Protective Services. The young boy gives the girl the hamster he intended to give her earlier as she is in the police car.

Another girl is stealing money from her mother's purse and is kicked out of the family home after being confronted by her mother. She gets in the van with her boyfriend. When she attempts to return home later, the locks on the doors are changed. She attempts to break down the door to no avail, while her parents are in fear of their daughter, who then returns to her boyfriend.

The video sees both families meeting in a support group for abuse victims and concludes with the number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline showing on the screen.

==Chart performance== "Everytime I Cry" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 6, 1999. {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1999) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Canadacountry|2|chartid=8156|publishdate=May 31, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|69|artist=Terri Clark}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|12|artist=Terri Clark}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1999) !scope="col"|Position |- | Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999|work=RPM|date=December 13, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 36 |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1999: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1999| accessdate=July 7, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 60 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Terri Clark}}

Category:Songs about heartache Category:1998 singles Category:Terri Clark songs Category:Songs written by Bob Regan Category:Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall Category:Mercury Records singles Category:Songs written by Karen Staley Category:Music videos directed by Morgan Lawley