Released in 1981 as the first single from Escape the song raced to #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock charts.
According to the website Songfacts, the genesis of the song is explained in the liner notes of Journey’s Time3 compilation:
Steve Perry wrote the chorus of the song driving fro...
[Verse 1]
It's been a mystery
And still they try to see
Why something good can hurt so bad
Caught on a one-way street
The taste of bittersweet
Love will survive somehow, some way
[Chorus]
One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder, who's crying now?
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one?
I wonder who's crying now?
[Verse 2]
So many stormy nights
So many wrongs or rights
Neither could change
Their headstrong ways
And in a lover's rage
They tore another page
The fighting is worth
The love they save
[Chorus]
One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder who's crying now?
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one?
I wonder who's crying now?
[Bridge]
Only so many tears you can cry
'Till the heartache is over
And now you can say your love
Will never die
Whoooooa-oh-whoa
Whoooa-oh
Ooooooh-whoa, ooh-whooa
[Chorus]
One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
Wonder who's crying now?
Two hearts born to run
Who will be the lonely one?
Wonder who's crying now?
Who’s Crying Now was written by Jonathan Cain & Steve Perry.
Who’s Crying Now was produced by Mike Stone & Kevin Elson.
Journey released Who’s Crying Now on Fri Jul 17 1981.