I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" is a song written and recorded by English rock singer Sting. It was released from his 1996 album Mercury Falling. The song was also released as a single, and reached number 94 and number 54 on the U.S. and UK singles charts, respectively. Sting also recorded the song as a duet with country music artist Toby Keith on Keith's 1997 Dream Walkin' album. This version reached number 2 on the US Hot Country Songs charts and number 84 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, and gave Sting his only country hit.

Content

Sting started composing the song as a rock song, but the lyrical content pushed the song in a country direction, and it evolved into a country-rock shuffle.^[1] The song begins in the key of E-flat major, before modulating a semitone upward to E major in the final verse.^[2] Its lyrics concern a father whose wife has left him for another man and taken their two children. After a cynical beginning, he has a revelation about the connectedness of life and the universe, and finishes the song truly "so happy he can't stop crying." The music video for the song was directed by Lol Creme. During the Mercury Falling tour, Sting would often invite audience members up onto stage to sing the song along with him.

B sides

US Edition

This Was Never Meant to Be
Giacomo's Blues
Beneath a Desert Moon

German edition

Moonlight
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets

Chart performance (Sting version)

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	94
UK Singles Chart	54
German Singles Chart	74
Polish Singles Chart^[4]	24

Toby Keith version

"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"

Single by Toby Keith and Sting

from the album Dream Walkin'

B-side

"Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules Miss All the Fun)"

Released

6 October 1997

Format

CD single, 7"

Genre

Country, country rock

Length

4:03

Label

Mercury Nashville 568114

Producer(s)

James Stroud
Toby Keith

Toby Keith chronology

"We Were in Love"
(1997)

"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
(1997)

"Dream Walkin'"
(1998)

In 1997, country music singer Toby Keith recorded a cover version for his fourth studio album, 1997's Dream Walkin'.^[5] This version, a duet with Sting, was released in late 1997 as the album's second single. It out-peaked the original version on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 84. In addition, it reached number two on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, becoming Sting's only entry on that chart.

Background

According to Keith, Sting agreed to let Keith record the song to give it a second chance at radio, as long as Sting could play bass guitar and sing duet vocals on it.^[6] The two also performed the song at the 1997 Country Music Association awards.^[7]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Sting and Keith's voices "complement each other extremely well." She goes on to say that a great songwriter can write words and music that transcend any genre and Sting's "poignant lyrics and strong melody on this song are perfect evidence."^[8]

Chart performance (Toby Keith version)

"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" debuted at number 53 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of 11 October 1997.

Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[9]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	84
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[12]	74

References

↑ Garbarini, Vic (July 1996). "Interview with Sting". Guitar World Magazine.
↑ Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 130–138. ISBN 0-634-01594-X.
↑ "Sting – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Sting.
↑ "Polish Singles Chart |".
↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dream Walkin' review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ "Keith, Sting duet gives tune second wind". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 1997-11-07. pp. P3. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ Wix, Kimmy (1997-09-24). "31st Annual CMA Awards Show". CMT. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ Billboard, 11 October 1997
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3441." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 26 January 1998. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Toby Keith.
↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Toby Keith.
↑ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Sting

Studio albums	The Dream of the Blue Turtles ...Nothing Like the Sun The Soul Cages Ten Summoner's Tales Mercury Falling Brand New Day Sacred Love Songs from the Labyrinth If on a Winter's Night... Symphonicities The Last Ship 57th & 9th

EPs	Nada Como el Sol Demolition Man Still Be Love in the World

Live albums	Bring on the Night Acoustic Live in Newcastle ...All This Time The Journey and the Labyrinth Live in Berlin

Compilations	Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 The Very Best of... Sting & The Police The Best of 25 Years

Singles	"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" "Love Is the Seventh Wave" "Fortress Around Your Heart" "Russians" "We'll Be Together" "Be Still My Beating Heart" "Englishman in New York" "Fragile" "They Dance Alone" "All This Time" "It's Probably Me" "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" "Fields of Gold" "Shape of My Heart" "All for Love" "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" "Brand New Day" "Desert Rose" "Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)" "Whenever I Say Your Name" "I Can't Stop Thinking About You"

Guest singles	"Money for Nothing" "Take Me Home" "On Silent Wings" "Rise & Fall" "Always on Your Side" "Stolen Car"

Tours	Symphonicity Tour (2010–11) Back to Bass Tour (2011–13) On Stage Together Tour (2014–15) Summer 2015 (2015) Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour (2016) Summer 2016 (2016) Theatre, Club and Arena Tour (2017)

Theatre	3 Penny Opera (1989) The Last Ship (2014)

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Book Category

Toby Keith 1990s singles

Toby Keith	"Should've Been a Cowboy" "He Ain't Worth Missing" "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action" "Wish I Didn't Know Now"

Boomtown	"Who's That Man" "Upstairs Downtown" "You Ain't Much Fun" "Big Ol' Truck"

Blue Moon	"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" "A Woman's Touch" "Me Too"

Dream Walkin'	"We Were in Love" "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (with Sting) "Dream Walkin'" "Double Wide Paradise"

Greatest Hits Volume One	"Getcha Some" "If a Man Answers"

How Do You Like Me Now?!	"When Love Fades" "How Do You Like Me Now?!"

See also	Discography

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