Shortly after Cordet's version failed to chart, the song was recorded by Gerry and the Pacemakers themselves in April 1964.

[2] It was released in April 1964 as Gerry and the Pacemakers' fifth single in Britain, and spent 11 weeks on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart, reaching No.

[8] Cash Box described it as "an extremely pretty soft Latin beat romancer that really grows on you with each listen.

", "I Like It", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "I'm the One" – were then reissued in the US to follow up its success, but "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" remained their biggest hit in the United States.

The song has been recorded by many other singers, including Steve Lawrence (1964), José Feliciano (1968), Rickie Lee Jones (1989), Gloria Estefan (1994), Robben Ford (1995), Canadian boyband B4-4 (2000), Paul Carrack (2010), Post Image with John Greaves (2011), Nellie McKay (2015), and Ronnie Spector (2016).