"Tonight I Wanna Cry" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban.

The accompanying music video for this song was directed by Chris Hicky and premiered in early 2006.

The song was later sung by Ace Young on American Idol on 4 April 2006, which was designated a country music theme.

It was also covered by Chris Richardson on American Idol on 6 March 2007 Urban's version was also featured in the 31 January 2007 Medium episode, Very Merry Maggie.

In February 2013, The song was also performed on "American Idol" by Paul Jolley and Lazaro Arbos in front of Keith Urban himself during the "Sudden Death Round" in Las Vegas.