"Don't Cry Out Loud" is a song written in 1976 by Peter Allen with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager that is best known as a hit single for Melissa Manchester in the US and for Elkie Brooks in the UK.
"We Don't Cry Out Loud" was the second of three consecutive single releases by the Moments, which were co-written by Carole Bayer Sager.
According to Arista Records president Clive Davis, Melissa Manchester recorded "Don't Cry Out Loud" at his strong suggestion as Davis felt that Manchester's intended 1979 album release lacked a potential top 40 comeback hit.
"[5] Recorded at Allen Zentz Studios Hollywood, "Don't Cry Out Loud" was released 11 October 1978 and did indeed reach the top 40 at the end of 1978, rising to a number 10 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 twenty weeks later in March 1979.
[3] The single also reached number 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and thanks to its long chart life on the Hot 100, was ranked as Billboard′s 26th biggest hit of 1979, ranking ahead of a number of songs that reached higher (but shorter) peaks on the weekly surveys (including Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" and the Bee Gees' number-one hit "Love You Inside Out").
[12] It was also featured (lip synced) in the BBC comedy Beautiful People and in one episode of CBC's Schitt's Creek.
[13] Elkie Brooks released a version of the song for the UK market with Gus Dudgeon producing.
The song has also been recorded by the Airmen of Note (instrumental), Rachelle Ann Go, Shirley Bassey, Anita Dobson, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jal Joshua, Joe Longthorne ("We Don't Cry Out Loud"), Sandra Reemer, and Shirley Zwerus (nl).
An excerpt of "Don't Cry Out Loud" is performed by Jane Krakowski in the role of Jenna Maroney in a 2009 episode of the NBC-TV series 30 Rock entitled "The Ones".