"Cry" is a song by Australian

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. The song was released in January 1998 as the second single from their second

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, '' Pink Pills'' (1998). The single peaked at number 13 in Australia, becoming the group's highest-charting single. At the

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, "Cry" was nominated for two awards— Single of the Year, losing to "

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" by

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; and Song of the Year, but lost to "

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. The song appeared at number 61 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 countdown.

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In an interview with

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, Matt Thomas explained that 'Cry' detailed the hardships of his then-relationship with

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singer Fiona Horne. "It was a long-distance romance and it was taking its toll. I remember the night we recorded it, when the mix came together. We were putting the vocoder on the vocals and I remember thinking, 'This is something really special'. It was the artistic pinnacle of our career!"

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