Rhonda_Kaye

<p>Such a powerful song, I added some harmony 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(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">power ballad</a></u><u style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: transparent;"><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><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> performed by Danish-American </span><u style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); 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(6, 69, 173); 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 10th and final track on their 1987 album, </span><em style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); 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(6, 69, 173); 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(6, 69, 173); 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(6, 69, 173);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Live Aid</a></u>, and was partly influenced by singer Mike Tramp'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."<u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Children_Cry#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a></u></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(6, 69, 173);"><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(6, 69, 173);"><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(6, 69, 173);"><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.<u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Children_Cry#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a></u></blockquote><p><br></p>