"Crying in the Chapel" is song by Australian pop singer

Peter Blakeley Peter Blakeley is an Australian white soul/adult contemporary singer and songwriter. Blakeley was a lead singer of the Rockmelons in the mid-1980s. He launched a solo career in 1987 and had a massive hit single in Australia in 1989 with "Cryi ...

. The song was released in November 1989 as the lead single from Blakeley's second studio album, ''

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'' (1990). It was Blakeley's first single to receive commercial success, peaking at #3 on the

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Singles chart, and was certified Platinum. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, "Crying in the Chapel" won

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. The song also earned Blakeley a nomination for ARIA Award for Best Male Artist and

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Track listings

7" Single

*Side A "Crying in the Chapel" - 3:40 *Side B "Caterina" - 3:30

12" Single

*Side A "Crying in the Chapel" (The Jungle Mix) - 6:15 *Side B "Crying in the Chapel" (The Jungle Dub)- 5:40

CD single

# "Crying in the Chapel" - 3:40 # "Caterina" - 3:30 # "Vicious" - 3:50 # "Crying in the Chapel" (The Jungle Mix) - 6:15

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{authority control 1989 singles 1989 songs ARIA Award-winning songs Songs written by Aaron Zigman