How Stop Crying Your Heart Out became a late-period Oasis classic

17 June 2026, 18:34

We celebrate the stirring 2002 Oasis anthem by looking at its trivia.

One of Oasis' finest singles, Stop Crying Your Heart Out, was released in the UK on 17th June 2002.

The Heathen Chemistry track may have come along later in the band's career, but it's still up there among some of their most-loved singles.

So how much do you know about the band's noughties-era uplifting ballad? Let's take a look below...

1. Stop Crying Your Heart Out is penned solely by Noel but the band do get producing credits

   Like many of the band's tracks, the 2002 single is penned by Noel Gallagher and credits him as the sole songwriter. However, it gives "Oasis," (who at the time consisted of frontman Liam, guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Alan White) - the producer's credit.

2. It hit the airwaves in the US before the UK

   For some reason it was serviced to US radio stations in May, weeks before its UK release. The single dropped Stateside on 28th May, too. Perhaps it was an attempt for the band to break the US one more time.

   

3. It came second (in more ways than one)

   Not only was Stop Crying Your Heart Out the second single to be released from Heathen Chemistry (following The Hindu Times), but it also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart.

   And it doesn't stop there... The song was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 12th July 2002... Though it has since been certified double platinum selling over 1,200,000 copies! Not too bad for a single that didn't top the charts, eh?

4. Its video is directed by Andrew "W.I.Z" Whiston

   

   Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Official Video)

   The acclaimed English director is also responsible for the likes of Kasabian's Bless this Acid House, Kings of Leon's Supersoaker, Arctic Monkeys' The View From The Afternoon and Massive Attack's Inertia Creeps. He also directed the video for The Hindu Times from the same album and later worked with Oasis on their 2009 video for Falling Down.

5. The woman in the video is Michelle Roman

   Not much is known about the protagonist in the video, but according to IMDb, she is credited as Michelle Roman.

6. Leona Lewis covered the track for The X Factor finale

   

   Leona Lewis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out - X Factor Final - 13th Dec 2009

   If you weren't a big fan of The X Factor or the singer, you might not know she covered the song in the final of the celebrity singing competition's third series. She of course went on to win it outright and the song also featured on her second studio album Echo (2009). That's not the only history Leona's had with covering indie artists and guitar bands, either. She also famously covered Snow Patrol's Run for her debut album Spirit in 2017.

7. The ending of the video was censored...

   The video ends with the woman lighting a match and staring at it and in the uncensored version it becomes clear that she sets herself alight after dousing herself in petrol.

8. The song features on the soundtrack to the film The Butterfly Effect

   

   The Butterfly Effect Ending - Stop Crying Your Heart Out Oasis

   The Oasis song provided the ending to the 2004 sci-fi film starring Ashton Kutcher.