"Cry" is the title of a 1951 popular song written by Churchill Kohlman. The song was first recorded by Ruth Casey on the Cadillac label. The biggest hit version was recorded in New York City by Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads on October 16, 1951.

The recording was released by Okeh Records as catalog number 6840. It was a No.1 hit on the Billboard magazine chart that year, and one side of one of the biggest two-sided hits, as the flip side, "The Little White Cloud that Cried," reached No.2 on the Billboard chart. The Johnnie Ray recording also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists and the flip side, "The Little White Cloud that Cried," peaked at number six.

Lynn Anderson had major success in the country music market with her 1972 version, released on Columbia Records, which hit No.1 on the Cashbox country charts, and No. 3 on the Billboard magazineHot Country Singles chart. It also charted in the Top 20 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Charts.

Crystal Gayle had her own hit version of the song in 1986, taking it to No. 1 on the Billboard magazineHot Country Singles chart.

Dutch singer/comedian André van Duin had a Dutch Top 40 number one hit in 1982 with a Dutch version of the song titled "Als je huilt". When he performed this song on TV he used a special pair of glasses which sprayed water (tears) into the audience .