"Cry for You" is a song by American R&B group Jodeci recorded for their second album, Diary of a Mad Band (1993). The song was released as the album's lead single in November 1993 by Uptown/MCA. It peaked at numbers fifteen and nineteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. The song also spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart (the last of five Jodeci songs to hit number one on that chart), and number one on the Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales in excess of 500,000 units.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song three out of five, writing, "An excellent dead slow, soul drenched ballad in much the same style as that purveyed by Boyz II Men. So slow, even in remixes, that club support is minimal, but specialist radio will love it." John Mulvey from NME commented, "So Jodeci come all over all sultry and lonesome, look like rejects from the Dogg Pound and sound about as mean as Luther Vandross."

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Information taken from Discogs.

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Cover and sample versions

The song was later sampled by hip hop artist Bun B for his 2008 single "You're Everything." The song was covered by J Valentine, Tank, Bobby Cash, & T. Nelson under the title "Cry 4 U". The song is available on the J Valentine mixtape "Love & Other Drugs". The Isley Brothers interpolated the song on the cover version of the track "Warm Summer Night" from the 2001 album, Eternal. Drake mentions the song in the chorus of his 2016 single, "Controlla". Gerald Levert re-sung the song on the track "Hang in There" from his 2007 posthumous album, In My Songs. Diddy references the song and the group on his 2010 single Hello Good Morning with the line "Your baby momma cry for me like Jodeci".