"When a Woman Cries" is a song written by Buck Moore and

Mentor Williams Mentor Ralph Williams (June 11, 1946 – November 16, 2016) was an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing " Drift Away," a popular song first performed by John Henry Kurtz in 1972 and popularized by Dobie Gray the followi ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist Janie Fricke. It was released in November 1986 as the second single from the album ''

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''. The song reached #20 on the ''

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart.

Chart performance

References

1987 singles 1986 songs Janie Fricke songs Songs written by Mentor Williams Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson Columbia Records singles Songs written by Buck Moore {{1986-country-song-stub