Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Mad-Eyes - Madonna single lyrics, Evita soundtrack, Eva Peron, Casa Rosada

DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

Lyrics

It won't be easy
You'll think it's strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I've done

You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen
I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at hill
Looking out of the window
Staying out of the sun

So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

And as for fortune
And as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired

They are illusions
They're not the solutions they promise to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me

Don't cry for me Argentina

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do is look at me to know
That every word is true

Credits

Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Produced by Nigel Wright, Alan Parker, Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Caddick
Vocals by Madonna

Album

Evita

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Single

As second single from the Evita soundtrack, Warner released Don't Cry For Me Argentina late 1996. It was a big hit, reaching #1 in France, Japan, Canada and reaching #3 in the UK and Germany. In the US, the Miami Mix of the song (remixed by Madonna, Pablo Flores and Javier Garza) was promoted to radio and the single was released two months later (maxi-single only, without the album version), in February 1997. This decision made the single reaching only #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 because airplay was already fading. It did climb to the top of Hot Dance / Club Play chart though. Madonna's rendition hit the charts 20 years after Julie Covington got a UK #1 with the very first recording, but it was also covered by numerous other artists, being the most famous song of the musical.

Video

There was no video made for this song. Instead the original scene from the movie, with Evita singing on the balcony of the Casa Rosada, was used.

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Tour

On the Drowned World Tour a beautiful instrumental version of this song is used as an interlude, setting the tone for the Spanish-Latino part of the show. With burning candles in the corners of the stage, three couples dance a fantastic Argentinian tango.