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cry for help

n. (context idiomatic English) act out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help.

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Cry for Help

"Cry for Help" is the title of the first single taken from British dance-pop singer Rick Astley's third studio album, Free. It was written by Rick Astley and Rob Fisher.

Released as a single in January 1991, "Cry for Help" reached the Top 10 on both the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom as well as the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, where the song peaked at No. 7 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 in Canada, and it was a No. 1 hit on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. The song's No. 7 UK chart placing meant that Astley became the first male solo artist to have his first eight singles reach the British Top 10.

The song is a moving soul ballad, unlike many of Astley's other more famous dance-oriented hit singles (" Never Gonna Give You Up"). It was co-written by British singer-songwriter Rob Fisher, formerly one half of the 1980s pop group Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher. To date, the song was Astley's last appearance in the Top 10 in either the U.S. or U.K.

The song has been sung by Rick Astley in duet with Soren Sko and covered by Thomas Anders (ex- Modern Talking).

Cry for Help (EP)

"Cry For Help EP" is an EP released by the German hard rock band Bonfire. It was released in 2012 as a charity to prevent animal abuse. It was supported by PETA and specifically combated the Ukrainian government's policy to reward people for killing stray street dogs. The track 'Cry For Help' was originally part of the album Double X, but has been re-recorded for this release. The band donated 1 Euro to PETA for each sale made of this EP. Although Dominik Huelshorst was the one whom performed on this release, the band's new drummer, Harry Reischmann is shown in the music video to the song.

Cry for Help (disambiguation)

Cry for Help may refer to:

  • " Cry for Help", a single by Rick Astley
  • Cry for Help (EP), an EP by Bonfire
  • Cry for Help (album), a 1982 album by Super Heroines
  • A Cry for Help, a 1912 American drama silent film
  • A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, a 1989 NBC TV-movie based on the 1985 ruling Thurman v. City of Torrington
  • Cry for Help (Steven Universe), an episode of the American animated television series Steven Universe
Cry for Help (Steven Universe)

"Cry for Help" is the eleventh episode of the second season of American animated television series Steven Universe, which premiered on July 13, 2015 on Cartoon Network. The episode was written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston and Jeff Liu.

The episode follows Steven and the Gems attempting to destroy a Gem communication hub when TV broadcasts are disrupted by signals emitted by Peridot from the tower. In order to demolish the tower, Garnet and Pearl fuse into Sardonyx, leaving Amethyst in dismay. However, as the tower keeps getting fixed, Steven and Amethyst are shocked to see who's really behind the repairs.

Cry for Help (film)

Cry for Help or Cry for Help Behind Bars'' (German:Notschrei hinter Gittern'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Franz Hofer and starring Hans Mierendorff, John Mylong and Franz Verdier.

Usage examples of "cry for help".

Perhaps she had indeed sensed my cry for help, yet she gave no outer sign that she had done so.

The caller had been female, in a panic, and had blurted out a cry for help before the phone went dead.

She could scream, a perfectly pitched, resonant cry for help that would no doubt be cut short by a well-placed bullet.

On the ground they overpowered him, and a mailed hand was set upon his mouth, crushing back into his throat the cry for help he would have raised.

In the night when the rabbits cry for help it's because they are in the cages in the cellar trapped.

One man was to wait outside by the crack in the World until the others came out with the golden box, and, should they cry for help, he was to threaten at once to unfasten the iron clamp that kept the crack together.

In answer to his cry for help, Myles's friends started to his aid.

Producing a beamer of his own from within the folds of his robes, the man-who had yet to utter a word, even a simple cry for help--took a wild shot at Pip.

He who had ridden westward, doubtless to Oskold's chief hold, had been bearing a cry for help—.