"Crying Out Your Name" is a song performed by Swedish pop singer and music producer

Loreen Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui (born 16 October 1983), known professionally as Loreen (), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in Eurovision Song Conte ...

, it was released as the fourth single from her debut studio album '' Heal'' (2012). The song was written by Moh Denebi, Ana Diaz, Nick Jarl, Gino Yonan, Svante Halldin, Jakob Hazell and produced by SeventyEight. It was released as a

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on 8 October 2012 in Sweden. The song debuted at number 42 on the

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and peaked at 19.

Critical reception

This song was met with critical acclaim. Musicperk.com rated the song 8/10 quoting "Pretty great track indeed" Scandipop.co.uk lauded the song with "(n)ever dips below being a 9.5 out of 10 moment, not even for a second." David Lim was impressed "splendid, with its percolating synths and drum ‘n’ bass beats – is such a relatable self-destructive break up track. It totally got me with its raw flares of frustration and desperation." Higher Plain Music called the chorus of this song "epic." EscXtra praised the song by calling it one of favorites of album due to "the excellent vocal in the chorus as well as the beat of the track."Review by EscXtra
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Track listing

;Digital download 1. Crying Out Your Name" – 3:38 ;Promo Remixes: # "Crying Out Your Name (Promise Land Remix) 5:52 # "Crying Out Your Name (K-Klass Remix) 6:31 # "Crying Out Your Name (Lucas Nord Remix) 5:41 # "Crying Out Your Name (Albin Myer Remix) 4:50 # "Crying Out Your Name (Bauer & Landford Remix) 5:31 # "Crying Out Your Name (Lucas Nord Remix Radio Edit) 3:44

Credits and personnel

* Lead vocals – Loreen * Producers – SeventyEight *

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– Moh Denebi, Ana Diaz, Niklas Jarl, Gino Yonan, Svante Halldin, Jakob Hazell * Label:

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Charts

Release history

References

{{authority control 2012 singles 2012 songs Loreen songs Songs written by Svante Halldin Songs written by Jakob Hazell Song recordings produced by Jack & Coke Songs written by Moh Denebi Songs written by Nick Jarl Warner Music Group singles Synth-pop ballads