Rhonda_Kaye

<p>Love this song, message, singing with myself and tyfl!</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">From Wikipedia,</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">When the Children Cry</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a </span><u style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">power ballad</a></u><sup style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: transparent;"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Children_Cry#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Children_Cry#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a></u></sup><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> performed by Danish-American </span><u style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_metal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">glam metal</a></u><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> band </span><u style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">White Lion</a></u><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It is the third single and closing track on their 1987 album, </span><em style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: transparent;"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(White_Lion_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pride</a></u></em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It peaked at number three on the US </span><em style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></u></em><u style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Hot 100</a></u><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, number two in Canada, and number 88 in the United Kingdom.</span></p><p><br></p><p>The song was written immediately after <u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Live Aid</a></u>, and was partly influenced by singer <u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tramp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Tramp</a></u>'s childhood. He said, "“I was around five or six when my father left us. My mom was left with three boys. So without a doubt my own story is in that song."<sup style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Children_Cry#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a></u></sup></p><p>He also said,</p><blockquote>Even though the words are simple, it has a very powerful lyric. Imagine being a kid from <u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen,_Denmark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Copenhagen, Denmark</a></u>, sitting there in <u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Staten Island</a></u> and writing, “No more presidents, and all the wars will end" at the time when <u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ronald Reagan</a></u> is the president. But it was how I felt at the time. That song began by just sitting around and playing. Then Vito changed it to the fingerpicking style.<sup style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Children_Cry#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a></u></sup></blockquote><p><br></p>