"Teary Eyed" a song by American recording artist

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. It was written by

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and Elliott for her sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2005), while production was handled by the former. Released as the album's second

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on September 12, 2005, the song reached the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom

Chart performance

In the United States, the song did not appear on the ''

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. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on September 26, 2005, but it was also unsuccessful there, peaking at number 47. Due to the failure of the single to chart in the top 40 in the UK, it was quickly withdrawn from radio playlists. In Australia, "Teary Eyed" reached the top 40 of the

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, peaking at number 36. On the issue date of February 11, 2006, the song debuted at number 45 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, and the following month, it peaked within the top five of the

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chart.

Music video

The music video for "Teary Eyed" takes place mainly in an insane asylum with Elliott in a straight jacket. In between cuts she is looking at an injured man on a hospital bed (the man she is singing about). As usual Elliot uses her sample technique to promote the song "Meltdown" by performing in the middle of the video. There are various shots of a car flipping and bursting into flames due to Elliott stabbing a hole in the front left tire out of her ange

Track listings

UK CD # "Teary Eyed" (radio version) # " Lose Control (Missy Elliott song), Lose Control" (Jacques Lu Cont Mix Edit; featuring

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) # "Teary Eyed" (video) UK vinyl # "Teary Eyed" (radio version) # "Teary Eyed" (instrumental) # "Teary Eyed" (a capella) # "Lose Control" (Jacques Lu Cont Mix; featuring

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Charts

Release history

References

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